barefoot ecstatic dance

2012-01-06T11:34:00.002-04:00

barefoot ecstatic dragon dance
January 21, 2012
7:30-10pm
DANSpace
1531 Grafton St, 3rd Floor
$10 or... pay what you can
children welcome
Info: 477-1075

Join us as we welcome in the year of the dragon! Dragons are the free spirits of the Chinese Zodiac... colourful, flamboyant, powerful and fearless... Come express your courageous, confident, beautiful dance for the coming year!

barefoot ecstatic dance is a creative experience
where you are invited to surrender to the music
and open up to spontaneous movement.
There is no right or wrong way of moving,
nor are you striving for a beautiful way of moving.
Let your unique dance of today emerge.

2011-01-28T15:01:00.001-04:00

psychedelia ecstatic dance

Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011
7:30-10:00 pm
DANSpace
1531 Grafton St.,
3rd Floor
Halifax
$10 or pay what you can
children welcome

info: 477-1075

Barefoot ecstatic dance has gone psychedelic, featuring music from the 60s and 70s. So dig out your best old duds (bell bottoms, tie dyes, beads and bandanas) and meet us on the dance floor!

Peace Out Man!

2011-01-04T17:50:00.001-04:00

barefoot ecstatic dance
withwith Dj embe

Saturday, January 8
7:30-9:30 pm
DANSpace
1531 Grafton St.,
3rd Floor
Halifax
$10 or pay what you can
children welcome

info: 477-1075

surrender to the music and
open up to spontaneous movement.
there is no right or wrong way of moving,
nor are you striving for a beautiful way
of moving. let your unique dance
of today emerge.

dance is freedom

2010-12-08T12:14:00.001-04:00

barefoot ecstatic dance

Saturday, December 11
7:30-9:30 pm
DANSpace
1531 Grafton St.,
3rd Floor
Halifax
$10 or pay what you can
children welcome

info: 477-1075

surrender to the music and
open up to spontaneous movement.
there is no right or wrong way of moving,
nor are you striving for a beautiful way
of moving. let your unique dance
of today emerge.

dance is freedom

2010-11-15T13:29:00.000-04:00

barefoot ecstatic dance

Saturday, Nov. 20
7:30-9:30 pm
DANSpace
1531 Grafton St.,
3rd Floor
Halifax
$10 or pay what you can
children welcome

info: 477-1075

surrender to the music and
open up to spontaneous movement.
there is no right or wrong way of moving,
nor are you striving for a beautiful way
of moving. let your unique dance
of today emerge.

dance is freedom

UPCOMING DATES:

Mark your calendar:
DECEMBER 11

2010-08-05T16:02:00.001-04:00

LIVE!
BAREFOOT ECSTATIC DANCE
WITH

RAGLEELA
groove to an exotic fusion of
Indian tabla, world percussion,
guitar, sitar and violin

Thursday, August 19
8 PM
at the DANSpace
1531 Grafton Street
3rd Floor
$20
(pre-paid tickets available
at Elsie's Used Clothing
1530 Queen Street)

For info:
902-477-1075
jutras_pierre@yahoo.ca

Band website:
http://www.ragleela.com

2010-07-13T09:09:00.000-04:00

LIVE
BAREFOOT ECSTATIC DANCE
WITH

OKA
dance to the
Australian desert groove
of Oka

Friday, July 23
8 PM
at the DANSpace
1531 Grafton Street
3rd Floor
$20
(pre-paid tickets available
at Elsie's Used Clothing
1530 Queen Street)

A barefoot ecstatic dance event on live electronic beats, didgeridoo, world percussion, woodwinds and slide guitar in an explosive fusion of organic world sounds and modern electronica

For info:
902-477-1075
jutras_pierre@yahoo.ca

Band website:
http://www.okamusic.com.au

2010-05-05T16:23:00.001-04:00

barefoot ecstatic dance

Saturday, May 15
7:30-9:30 pm
DANSpace
1531 Grafton St.,
3rd Floor
Halifax
$10 or pay what you can
children welcome

info: 423-2768

surrender to the music and
open up to spontaneous movement.
there is no right or wrong way of moving,
nor are you striving for a beautiful way
of moving. let your unique dance
of today emerge.

dance is freedom

UPCOMING DATES:
June 19
at Shining Bay

2009-01-08T12:58:00.002-04:00

Playlist from the December ecstatic dance
(song—artist—album):

Bells of Oaxaca—Daniel Lanois—Here Is What Is
Mirremkak—Oka—Onetalk
Spellbound—Movses Panossian & Avo Arutunian—Serpent's Garden
Nectar Moon—Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors—Bardo
La redecouverte—Yann Tiersen—Amelie Poulin Soundtrack
Bo'ee (Come With Me)—The Idan Raichel Project
Ganja Babe—Michael Franti & Spearhead—Weeds Soundtrack
Tire Swing—Kimya Dawson—Juno Soundtrack
Swervin—Blak Jak
Bardo—Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors—Bardo
Jerusalem—Matisyahu—Youth
Vadzimu—A Peace of Ebony—African Groove
Paper Planes—MIA—Kala
Say Hey (I Love You)—Michael Franti & Spearhead
Awesome unknown mideastern percussion from DJ Root mix...
Cha Cha—Balkan Beat Box—BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2007
Not A Crime—Gogol Bordello—BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2007
Matisse the Cat—Jesse Cook—Frontiers
Spanish Stroll—Mink Deville—Fatboy Slim: Late Night Tales
Quelle que chose from DJ Root mix...
Where Do You Go To My Lovely—Peter Sarstedt
No Woman No Cry—Bill Bourne—Boon Tang (the amazing group hug song)
Gabriel—Lamb—Best of Lamb
Wintersong—Sarah McLachlan—Wintersong
Go To Sleep—Sarah Harmer—All Of Our Names
Ethereal piano melody courtesy Brian Eno

2008-06-23T08:25:00.003-04:00

Summer Hiatus

Yes, unfortunately we have to break for the summer, but barefoot ecstatic dance will be back in September. We will post upcoming dates here as soon as we have them.

There is a talk of having a live ecstatic dance mid summer, so keep your eyes peeled for posters, and we will put it out to the e-mail list. If you are not on our e-mail list and would like to be please send us a request: nakedsouldancecollective@gmail.com

2008-06-07T21:29:00.001-04:00

I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing.

The power of love came into me,
and I became fierce like a lion,
then tender like the evening star.

He said, ‘You’re not mad enough.
You don’t belong in this house.’

I went wild and had to be tied up.
He said, ‘Still not wild enough
to stay with us!’

I broke through another layer
into joyfulness.

He said, ‘Its not enough.’
I died.

He said, ‘You are a clever little man,
full of fantasy and doubting.’

I plucked out my feathers and became a fool.
He said, ‘Now you are the candle
for this assembly.’

But I’m no candle. Look!
I’m scattered smoke

He said, ‘You are the Sheikh, the guide.’
But I’m not a teacher. I have no power.

He said, ‘You already have wings.
I cannot give you wings.’

But I wanted his wings.
I felt like some flightless chicken.

Then new events said to me,
‘Don’t move. A sublime generosity is
coming towards you.’

And old love said, ‘Stay with me.’

I said, ‘I will.’

You are the fountain of the sun’s light.
I am a willow shadow on the ground.
You make my raggedness silky.

The soul at dawn is like darkened water
that slowly begins to say Thank you, thank you.

Then at sunset, again, Venus gradually
Changes into the moon and then the whole nightsky.

This comes of smiling back
at your smile.

The chess master says nothing,
other than moving the silent chess piece.

That I am part of the ploys
of this game makes me
amazingly happy.

From: Rumi – Like This

2008-04-04T09:42:00.001-04:00

Congratulations to Mas Cencerro for the amazing flow they created for us last month... Glen, Jeff, Dan and Virgil, my socks off to you not only for your skilled musicianship, but for the way you intuited what we dancers needed, the exchange between the dancers and the music was brilliant, it was subtle, open and honest, it was alive, and there was a connection between the dancers and the musicians and the music that was almost tangible... did all of you feel that?

some of you may not know this, but almost all of the music Mas Cencerro played for us was original, and created just for us dancers. incredible what? and who would have known that a vacuum cleaner hose was a musical instrument? or that a drummer could play such sublime piano?

bravo to the dancers too, for the heartfelt sharing of your most honest and open expression of yourselves!

2007-08-07T11:25:00.000-04:00

Some of the Music from the September Flow

Natasha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project
Eastenders • Arabian Travels, Vol. 2: A Six Degrees Collection
Matisyahu • Youth
Ben Harper • Fight For Your Mind
Hardstone • African Groove
Nickodemus Feat. Carol C. • Sahara Lounge
Michael Franti/Spearhead • Yell Fire!
Suited And Booted (Essential Mod & Ska)
O.M.F.O. Borat - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
Jerry Alfred • Native American Odyssey
A Band Of Owls • Of Wood and Water, Stars and Song
Ani Difranco • Reckoning
Ben Harper • Welcome to the Cruel World

2007-05-02T08:32:00.006-04:00

music from the june flow

Prana (Sahana Vavatu) • Shaman's Dream • Yoga Rhythms, Shiva Rea
Anasthasia • Deep Forest • Boheme
Semaname • Various Artists • Sufi Traveler_Seyahatname
ICH TROEDL GERN • tobias ott
Media Luna • Deep Forest • Comparsa
Los Biblicos (The Nightingales) • Consuelo Luz • Buddha Bar II
Baby Daddy • Wyclef Jean Feat. Redman • The Preacher's Son
Mockingbird • Eminem • Encore
Snow (Hey Oh) • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Stadium Arcadium: Jupiter
Aiwa • Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim • Ceasefire
Santa Maria • Gotan Project • World Lounge (Putumayo)
Reel 'N' Roll • Rawlins Cross • Reel 'N' Roll
Where You End • Moby • Hotel
What'd I Say • Ray Charles • Georgia On My Mind
Echo Beach • Martha & The Muffins • Big Shiny '80s
Fool in the Rain • Led Zeppelin • Box Set
Walk on the Wild Side • Lou Reed • Walk on the Wild Side: Best of Lou Reed
Buck Naked • David Byrne • Eponymous
God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters • Moby • Songs 1993-1998
Good Mother • Theresa Sokyrka • These Old Charms
Brian Eno • (the beautiful piano piece, don't know the album, sorry)
When It's Cold I'd Like To Die • Moby • Songs 1993-1998
Last Dance • Sarah McLachlan • Surfacing

2007-05-02T07:42:00.000-04:00

Dance, when you're broken open!
Dance, when you've torn the bandage off!
Dance in the middle of fighting!
Dance in your blood!
Dance when you're perfectly free!
Struck, the dancers hear the
tambourine inside of them —
as a wave rises to foam on
its very top, begin!
All the leaves are clapping time!
Close your ears on your head that
only listens to cynical jokes and lies —
There are other things to hear and see:
Dance, music and a brilliant city
inside the soul!

~ Rumi