Bend Ecstatic Dance

4 weeks of Contact Dancing at Tula
Focusing on a form that fits well at ecstatic dances.
If you are new and wanting to learn, this is a perfect chance to excel very quickly and feel confident to practice on the dance floor.
If you’re familiar and advanced with contact, this class moves at a pace that will be equally engaging and interesting to you as well!
—Week 1 The basics with Ryza
—Week 2 Lifts and Floor dancing with Ryza
—Weeks 3 & 4 will be led by special guest teacher Paul Deering, the guru from Eugene that’s been teaching for many years and who brings his own translations of the practice.
Tula is such an excellent place to play with their mix of hardwood floor and gymnastic mats.
It’s beautiful, comfortable, intimate and just right for a deepening of our practice
It’s a touch later into the eve
An excitingly deep-eve adventure
7:30-9:30pm instruction
9:30-10pm open contact Jam
Sundays
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1
Mar 15 (skipping the 8th)
$20 per session

Our Lady of the MotherCosmos and one of the most talented playlist makers ever is with us this week. Amari brings a set named
Lobo
“Which carried the pulse of the wolf —feral, elegant & alive with shadow and moonlight. These sounds weave dark intensity with flashes of play, echoing the instincts that tether us to wildness. It’s a journey into the edge where human and animal blur, where rhythm becomes instinct and movement feels like memory.”
-Amari

Bend Ecstatic Dance
Every Tuesday
7:45-10pm
**MUST enter by 8:15pm**
Glow Pad
500 NW Wall St, Bend
$20-16 sliding scale
Ages 12+

Bendecstaticdance.com

The GlowPad is inside the boys and girls club building.
Enter from the Wall Street Side. There’s stairs on the outside of the building, walk up to the 2nd floor.
There’s great parking at the venue.