dance church
Dance Church is a ritual act of decolonizing the mind, body, and spirit.
We come together each week in an act of liberation.
Colonization has operated on separation for centuries. Separation between ourselves and the aina (the land), between each other, and from our own bodies.
Dance Church is our form of resistance, healing, and cultural resurgence.
We dance to re-indigenize our senses.
We dance to celebrate being in our bodies and moving in ways that are true to ourselves.
We dance to remember who we are.
Dance is our way of bringing awareness back into the body, allowing for the release of stored trauma and reclaiming a sense of self-ownership.
Guidelines
The dance floor is a non-verbal space
We join together to create a safe and sacred space for movement. Eliminating talking on the dance floor allows us to move out of our heads and into our bodies, hearts, and souls. We leave behind the words and worries of the day and connect with spirit and one another in new ways.
The dance floor is a place of respect and safety
Ecstatic Dance has been created as a safe container, whether we’re dancing alone or with others.
This is also why there are no drugs or alcohol allowed at Dance Church. The goal is to raise our vibrations as a collective, and in order to do that, we must keep our space and our vessels clean and clear so that we can facilitate deep healing and communion with spirit.
Consent is one of the founding pillars of Dance Church, and while contact-improv is part of the culture, the foundation is in radical consent. Every Dance Church begins with a reminder of our intent and an overview of our agreements as a dance community. We all have different levels of comfort when it comes to being approached and touched, and safety is paramount.
Please keep the dance floor free from:
Talking, eating, drinking, street shoes, photos, videos, and artificial scents (colognes/perfumes/etc).