An Ecstatic Year in Review 2011
December 31, 2010 - January 1, 2011
Our first New Year's Eve Dance!
Mill Valley Community Center - Marin
Knowa Knowone, Rhythmystic, & Bombgoddess
Jan. 2nd - 1st Sunday in 2011: Dragonfly
Jan 5th - 1st Wednesday in 2011: Neptune
Ecstatic Dance was held in the Grand Ballroom at the Event Center while Sweet's Ballroom was temporarily closed.January 10th
First Ecstatic Dance LIVE
Every Monday Night: January - February, 2011
Every Thursday Night: March - May, 2011
Live Music Ecstatic Dance
Improv based house band comprised of Brian Baker, Evan Fraser, Aharon "Wheels" Bolsta, Charles Moselle, Ayla Nereo, Vidya Venkat, Shay Nichols, and other guests...March 2011
After 4 months dancing at the Grand Ballroom
at 14th & Broadway...
Ecstatic Dance Returns to Sweet's Ballroom
at 19th & Broadway.
(sigh of relief)
Saturday June 4th, 2011
Ecstatic Dance's 3 Year Anniversary Celebration
Rain Outside brought the Dance Inside.
Baron von Spirit, Bombgoddess, Dragonfly, Rhythmystic, & Sol Rising
Sunday June 5th, 2011
Mass Transit Dance is Born
Donna and Tyler explain their past, present, and future in a letter to the community.
October 1, 2011Dance Outside - Lake Merritt, Oakland CA
Ecstatic Dance, Mass Transit Dance, & AcroYoga
combine forces to bring this Free Event to Oakland.
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| Ecstatic Dance Outside - Lake Merritt, Oakland, Oct.1, 2011.MOV |
AcroYoga: Jenny Sauer-Klein & Tyler Blank
Music: Sharu, Baron von Spirit, RhythmStar, Sol Rising, & Bombgoddess
October 11th, 2011
Full Moon LIVE Ecstatic Dance
Returns Monthly on the Full Moon
A Live Dance Band Odyssey
Bands: Antioquia, Con Brio, Moving Parts, Afrolicious, & more...November 2011
Tyler hires Dan Laureano as Assistant Director of Ecstatic Dance.
(Help has arrived)
November 2nd, 2011
Ecstatic Dance keeps its doors open for the community
the Night of the General Strike in Oakland.
November 19th, 2011
After practicing for 3 weeks at Sweet's Ballroom
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| One People flash mob - Occupy |
One People Flash Mob
shares it's public performance with the world
at Occupy SF & Occupy Oakland
Flashmob Produced & Directed by Magalie Bonneau-Marcil of DancingwithoutBorders.org, Video Directed & Edited by Ben Flanigan (BenFlanigan.com), Choreographers: Giuliana Blasi, Samantha Sweetwater and Mika Lemoine.
Rehearsal space donated by Ecstatic Dance
December 2011
Sweet's Mezzanine (Upstairs) gets a facelift
Couches and chill lounge fill the space,
chandelier is lit with water lights.
New Resident DJ's in 2011:
Baron von Sprit
Sharu
Visiting DJ's in 2011:
Shaman's Dream (Craig Kohland & Rara Avis), Desert Dwellers (Amani Friend), RhythmStar, Fieldtrip, saQi, David Block (the Human Experience), Kaminanda, REK (Soulsalaam)
December 31st, 2011 - January 1st, 2012
New Year's Eve Ecstatic Dance
@ Sweet's Ballroom!
Alxndr, RhythmStar, & Alia (Bombgoddess)
AcroYoga, Temptress Elixirs, Rhythmseed Catering, Lydia's Loving Foods, Om Shan Tea, Chill Lounge, Midnight Surprise
7pm - 2am !
Looking forward to 2012:
Yoga Upstairs in January
Ecstatic Dance New York City in March
Church of Ecstatic Dance
and more...
Thanks for the Memories...!
New Year's Eve
$30 in advance here
(or 3 Ecstatic Dance Passes)Celebrate by Dancing
the last day of 2011
and the first moments of 2012
Thank you for dancing your transformation,
with music that inspires our movement,
in a temple with communities united.
Tyler Blank
Ecstatic Dance SF Bay
EcstaticDance.org
