Freeform Dance Dance! Special Solstice Dance!

Welcome to FreeForm Dance Dance!! A dance for every body! Celebrating the solstice, the set list will honor the return of the light and longer days (as well as blessing for the nourishment of the dark). We will have an altar honoring the sun's return, and you are welcome to bring something to place on the altar that can receive a blessing. Doors open 10am, music 10:20am-11:40am, closing circle 11:40am-11:55am. We dance freestyle with an ecstatic dance format, with a fabulous and inspirational setlist like no other--music from all eras, styles, peoples and cultures of the world. Music in all kinds of languages. Popular, familiar music and music from around the globe. This is a unique kind of ecstatic dance. We take requests 2+ days ahead of time. Join our mailing list for weekly updates and announcements: [hidden] No steps, no instruction, no choreography. Our studio is gorgeous, full of natural light only, with tree-filled windows facing south. We provide a few yoga mats, chairs, musical instruments like shakers and rattles. Wear shoes or dance in bare feet on the beautiful hardwood floor. At FreeForm Dance Dance there is something for everyone when it comes to dancing, movement and the music. We begin softly with slower beats, build to a crescendo in the middle, and then slow down again to a quieter pace at the end. The dance is a journey, 80 minutes. We include pop music from every decade and era, Broadway and swing music, Bollywood, Zydeco, Cajun, North, South, West and East Africa, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, France, Spain, Bellydance, Bhangra, and also rock, funk, hip-hop, classical and awesome all-time dance music. We begin in a brief welcome circle and end with a circle, but if you come a little late or leave early, you are still entirely welcome to join right in (and no one is required to participate in the opening and closing circles, although in many dancing cultures around the world with dance as a journey or prayer, this is part of the process). At the end of our dance together, everyone shares a short few words of appreciation. People also bring poems, a very short one-verse song, or a quote to share. Grace usually shares one passage from the Tao Te Ching. Dance is $15-$25 sliding scale for those attending in-person. We rent the studio at a fairly hefty fee, buy music, buy supplies like tape and yoga mats, and equipment....and we appreciate your presence in this joyful co-creation! Children 12 and under also welcome with a parent or caregiver (sliding scale $0-$10). Zoom costs as a subscription to run. Zoom attendees usually contribute $5-$20 to support us. Pay at the door. No credit cards. To reserve your spot now, send paypal to [hidden] or venmo @ JonMark4. Pre-paid dance cards 11 dances for the price of 10 for the sliding scale of $125-$250 that you can store with us. When we dance, we move into our "regular" lives with the sparkle of dance around us. Life becomes a playground. Magic things will happen. Northgate Community Center 10510 -5th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98155 (enter at south door). On zoom: we stream our set list through zoom so you can hear the sound well. You can choose to turn your video off, and your microphone will be turned off automatically during the dance (we'll turn it on at the end to hear you speak in our closing circle). People in person will come up to the screen to dance with you sometimes! We love our dancing friends from Europe, Africa and other parts of the US and Canada who join us! Find zoom for your country at zoom.us (or your country). Download the free software. ZOOM PARTICIPANTS: We open zoom from the studio at 10:05am Pacific Time with warm-up music and setlist begins at 10:20am Pacific Time. Join Zoom Meeting [hidden] Meeting ID: 338 195 361 password: f2d2joy More Info below.