Ecstatic Dance LA ≫ JEREMY SOLE

2020 will be a massive year for us all! We are opening our 6th year of Ecstatic Dance LA events in an epic fashion with the legendary Jeremy Sole leading the musical wave!

Jeremy has worked with many of the biggest artists in the music industry, produced a plethora of eclectic events, and is well known as that epic DJ on KCRW radio where he’s won #2 DJ of the year and “Best Radio Show” of the year.

Needless to say, this will be musically an incredibly rich and high-vibe ecstatic way to start 2020.

Come dance how you please in an inspirational setting and let’s start the year stronger than ever with this incredible community and energy from the music and freedom of expression that will launch us into the ultimate ecstatic year!

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➤ Ecstatic Dance LA weaves together world class DJs, immersive sound journeys and free-form movement. It’s a substance-free, all ages community celebration where you can simply BE yourself and experience rejuvenation & inspiration through connection, dance & music!

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➤ EVENT SCHEDULE

≫ 3:15pm: Doors Open | Stretch + Connect

≫ 3:30 – 4:30: Fundamentals of Freeform Dance with Atasiea

≫ 4:30 – 6:30pm: ECSTATIC DANCE with JEREMY SOLE

≫ 6:30 – 6:45PM: Sound Bath with Torkom Ji

≫ 6:45 – 7PM: Closing Circle

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▸▸▸ Plus:

// Superfoods café with Chef Mallori

// Massage and Healing Touch with Guest practitioners

// Chill out zone & altar space

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➤ JEREMY SOLE
≫ https://soundcloud.com/jeremysole
≫ https://m.facebook.com/jeremysolefamily
≫ https://jeremysole.bandcamp.com

Jeremy Sole is on a mission to show how music is a singular universal language, and that each culture’s rhythms and melodies are no more than slang–different accents of the same mother tongue. His DJ sets, remixes and original compositions juxtapose world sounds and experimental beats into a sonic ritual – a celebration of life out loud.

As Co-Founder and resident deejay of “Afro Funké”, Sole and his partners drew a loyal crowd every week for 15 years. This was his arena for Afrobeat, Latin, Brazilian, Indian, Jamaican and other authentic and remixed world rhythms. Sole returned to his underground roots with “theLIFT”, partnering with DJ Wiseacre to produce the roaming, monthly, all-night warehouse events series featuring legendary talent like Bonobo, Nickodemus, Danny Krivit, Gaslamp Killer, DJ Scruff, Lefto, Erykah Badu and Gilles Peterson gracing their stages. What started at Sole’s small downtown loft, grew to well over 1200 people by their one-year anniversary. Since then, they have thrown theLIFT in New York City, Palm Springs, Miami, Portugal, London, and San Francisco, in addition to monthly shows in downtown Los Angeles. Jeremy has had the honor of sharing the stage and recording in the studio with hundreds of his inspirations, including Roy Ayers, Tony Allen, Stevie Wonder, Gil Scott Heron, Seu Jorge, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Parliament, Lee Scratch Perry, and Quantic. Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio1), widely known as the most influential tastemaker of our generation, named Sole as “#2 DJ OF THE YEAR 2011” as well as “RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR 2014”. in January 2017, Peterson expanded his new, award winning “Worldwide FM” radio to feature an ongoing series from around the world, and hired Sole to host, mix, and produce the weekly 6-hour L.A. show. Sole’s DJ performance at Coachella 2012 played a large part in further embedding his name as a pioneer in the burgeoning “Global Bass” scene. This, by no means, defines his sound nor his “scene”. He remains a free agent – moving fluidly between any and all cliques that appreciate good music.

Sole was the last DJ to open for Ray Charles, deejayed for Sly Stone’s birthday party, was guest DJ at Low End Theory with James Blake, and had the distinct honor of mixing at the California Democratic Party’s Election Night Celebration – performing for over 10,000 people at the exact moment when Barack Obama officially became the 44th President. In 2015, Ninja Tune recording artist Bonobo became a fan of this deep and wildly eclectic sound and booked Sole as opening act for his North American tour. Sole has also toured as opening act for his friend Bonobo for three separate times, including a full North American tour.

In 2006 Sole agreed to join the ranks of KCRW, what New York Times dubbed the “most influential radio station in the country,”. You can tune into Sole every Wednesday at midnight in Los Angeles on 89.9 KCRW (or worldwide, streaming and archived at www.kcrw.com/jeremysole).

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➤ Fundamentals of Freeform Dance Warmup with Atasiea
www.atasiea.com

Join Atasiea for movement practices incorporating mindfullness, yoga stretches, improvisation, partner exercises, and group ensemble activities- with an emphasis on mind/body/spirit connection. This experience is tailored to help individuals & groups warm up for a freeform ecstatic dance journey, in a playful explorative context.

Atasiea- ‘Oneness’ (aka Kenneth L. Ferguson) is a Healer, Professional Actor, Dancer, and Martial Artist, Reiki Master, Bodyworker, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Instructor, Minister, & Dancing Freedom Facilitator. He is the Co-founder/producer, resident facilitator, and healing arts practitioner of Ecstatic Dance Los Angeles. He resides in Echo Park LA, where he runs ‘Angelic Presence Healing Practice’ doing massage, energy healing, private yoga instruction, and spiritual guidance counseling. As an intuitive healer he provides, physical, emotional, and psycho-spiritual support to all people through bodywork, Reiki, sound healing, channeling, conscious dance, and ceremonial facilitation.

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➤ Sound Bath with Torkom Ji
≫ https://www.facebook.com/torkomji/

TORKOM JI is a sound healer and electronic music producer from Los Angeles. He has been facilitating group sound healing experiences since the summer of 2012, and has provided deep meditation and rejuvenation for thousands of people using his unique and powerful modality. His sounds have been experienced and at various therapeutic sound spaces at many festivals including Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle, Lucidity, Shakti/Bhakti Fest, and more. Birthed from his studies of music, vibration, energy and the practice of meditation and martial arts; Torkom has mastered and perfected a system that is known to put people in very deep states of consciousness with little to no effort. Torkom weaves sound-waves and harmonics live using a synthesizer in 432 Hz tuning. Through the natural movement of these sounds, deep rest is achieved and the bodies own intelligence facilitates an elevated level of healing. He is the former resident sound meditation lead at Full Circle Venice, and Source Spiritual Center. He currently practices out LA’s top studios such as the Den Meditation, Unplug, Continuum movement, and more. Torkom is also a sound designer and his work has been featured in apps like Inscape, Mindbliss, Neuroexplorer VR, and Kargoe.

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➤ How it works:

We open with a special warmup yoga or movement class facilitated by a skilled practitioner. The opening class blends seamlessly into the the two hour freeform dance journey facilitated by our guest DJ. At the end of the DJ set we close with a sound bath or group exercise to ground and complete the experience.

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➤What to expect:

Ecstatic Dance is a community gathering for people who want to express themselves freely, to connect, and to expand together.

Join us and enjoy a safe and inspiring space to dance without talking, drinking, and the nightclub vibe. This is about self-expression, freeing your mind and body, and connecting with yourself and those around you. No booze, no shoes and no chit-chat on the dance floor helps us keep it intentional. Amazing music helps us keep it all about Dance.

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➤ Guidelines:

▸ No talking on the dance floor (there’s room to talk in the lounge space or quietly at the edge of the dance floor)

“At Ecstatic Dance, we join together to create a sacred space for dancing. No talking on the dance floor allows us to move out of our heads and into our bodies, hearts, and spirits. We leave behind the words and worries of the day, and connect with spirit and each other in new ways.” – Donna Carrol (Co-Founder Ecstatic Dance Oakland)

▸ Move your body however you wish

▸ Maintain care/awareness for the space and those around you

▸ This is a drug and alcohol free event

▸ No photos or videos; cellphones muted and out of sight

▸ Ecstatic Dance is a barefoot practice. If you need to wear shoes due to health reasons, please note dance-specific shoes are allowed, but only shoes that have not been worn on the street

▸ Children under 16 dance free!

▸ Complimentary earplugs 😉

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➤ What to Bring:

1. Loose-fitting clothes that let you move your body and free yourself

2. Water and a water bottle. You can refill it at the venue.

3. A good attitude, open heart, your business card or flyers for networking.

4. Please leave other non essential items at home as we have limited storage space at the venue.

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Tickets:

➤ $20 – $25 Early Bird (Online)
➤ $30 At Door

(Once Early Bird tickets are sold out you will be able to buy tickets on the day at the door for $30)

This event is all ages, children under 16 get in for free.

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KEEP IN TOUCH!