Ecstatic Dance with Matt the Poet

Sunday, March 10th | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Matt the Poet
$10-$20 sliding scale

We hold a dance weekly with various facilitators & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

West African Dance Workshop

Saturday, December 9| 3:30 pm - 5 pm ~ Baba Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held at High Frequency Loft, not at the park

West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!

Baba Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

West African Dance Workshop

Saturday, November 11 | 3:30 pm - 5 pm ~ Baba Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held at High Frequency Loft

West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!

Baba Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Ecstatic Dance with Alana Lee

Sunday, September 10 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Alana Lee
$10 to $20 sliding scale

We hold a dance weekly with various facilitators & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Healing Dance with Jaymie Rose (previously known as Vic Hennegan)

Saturday, July 22 | 7 pm - 8:30 pm ~ Jaymie Rose (previously known as Vic Hennegan)
$10-$20 sliding scale

Jaymie Rose has been writing, recording, producing, and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer, she has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective, and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals, and synthesizers, Rose’s instinctive hand creates techno-trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.

"A unique warmth emanates from Rose's music moving the listener to a state of euphoria. Through complex and insistent rhythms and vocals, Rose accomplishes a lush dynamic that relentlessly strives to entertain.” (Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiousity.com)

Rose’s compositions are featured on three different "Echoes" compilations: “Soundscape for Echoes” on the release “Refractions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 12,” with internationally renowned electronic musicians Andreas Vollenweider and Michael Brook; and Echoes Location, The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 17, featuring a live version of her most popular iTunes download, "Patagonian Rain." And the 2014 release, Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19, featuring the song "Desert Vortex." The host of "Echoes," John Diliberto, personally invited Jaymie Rose to participate in all of the Echoes compilations and has placed Hennegan's 2011 release "Field of Worlds and Mirrors," as one of the top 25 albums of the year.

Rose’s music may be found on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody.com, Apple Music, Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, and MusicZiet.com.

Rose is a practicing Buddhist. This faith aims to manifest enlightenment in the lives of its practitioners. By tapping into an individual's creative potential, one can create a thriving and peaceful community. Through her faith and her music, Rose invokes the timeless tradition of music’s healing powers. She believes that “We are the creators of our own universe. I seek to help people understand this very fact through my music.” 

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ecstatic Dance With Girl Wunder

Sunday, July 9 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Girl Wunder
$10-$20 sliding scale

We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Freeform dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Girl Wunder Bio: Hailing from Queens New York, GIRL WUNDER (Jessica Wu) brings a fresh style to the electronic music scene with her unique approach to DJing. She tends to nod to both the old and new school crowd, and enjoys bringing in sounds across multiple genres that gives something to everyone on the dancefloor. Her ability to generate special and memorable performances is what makes her a highly coveted new artist in the entertainment field.

West African Dance Workshop

Saturday, July 8 | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held outside at Fred Baca Park - Pot Luck after dance

Rain location High Frequency Loft

West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of Western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!

Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Ecstatic Dance with Alana Lee

Sunday, July 2 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Alana Lee
$10-$20 sliding scale

We hold a dance weekly with various facilitators & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Evening Ecstatic Dance with Magic Woman

Friday, June 23 | 7 pm - 8:30 pm ~ Magic Woman
$10-$20 sliding scale

Magic Woman is Arielle Vakni - vocalist, songwriter & DJ most known for her band ANIMA! She spins a mix of genres including Indie, Electronic, House, Hip Hop, Disco, Pop, World & Funk featuring some originals with live vocals.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ecstatic Dance with Magic Woman

Sunday, February 26 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Magic Woman
$10-$20 sliding scale

Magic Woman is Arielle Vakni - vocalist, songwriter & DJ most known for her band ANIMA! She spins a mix of genres including Indie, Electronic, House, Hip Hop, Disco, Pop, World & Funk featuring some originals with live vocals.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ecstatic Dance With Aria Tau

Sunday, April 30 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Aria Tau
$10-$20 sliding scale

Aria Tau is a spiritual vocalist and DJ who channels healing melodies and songs that uplift and transform.

With a background in jazz, opera and shamanic vocals, Aria's ethereal voice floats over the beat to raise the ancestors and connect with the ancient wisdom within each of us.

She plays a tribal blend of rhythms that take dancers on a journey through diverse genres. From deep house to techno to bass to spiritual organic, her ecstatic dance sets surprise in their unexpected boldness.

Aria is a daughter of the Earth, born and raised in South Africa with ancestry in India and the Middle East, she has traveled the globe to learn musical and healing techniques and modalities and is now based between Portland, Oregon, and Cape Town, South Africa.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aria.tau/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aria.tau
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ariatau

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Salsa Dance Workshop

Saturday, April 22 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20

All levels are welcome!

Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Ecstatic Dance with Vic Hennegan

Sunday, April 16 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Vic Hennegan
$10-$20 Sliding Scale 

Vic Hennegan has been writing, recording, producing, and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer he has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective, and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals, and synthesizers, Hennegan’s instinctive hand creates techno-trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.

"A unique warmth emanates from Hennegan's music moving the listener to a state of euphoria. Through complex and insistent rhythms and vocals, Hennegan accomplishes a lush dynamic that relentlessly strives to entertain.” (Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiousity.com)

Hennegan’s music is complemented by the guest artists he works with such as Surface Ten’s synthesist extraordinaire, Dean De Benedictis; and Becca Fuchs, whose incredible vocal range spans from operatic to soulful and sexy. His music is streamed on radio shows such as Pandora, Spotify, Alien Air Music, Star's End, Echoes, Apple Music, Hearts of Space, and much much more!

Hennegan’s compositions are featured on three different "Echoes" compilations: “Soundscape for Echoes” on the release “Refractions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 12,” with internationally renowned electronic musicians Andreas Vollenweider and Michael Brook; and Echoes Location, The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 17, featuring a live version of his most popular iTunes download, "Patagonian Rain." And the 2014 release, Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19, featuring the song "Desert Vortex." The host of "Echoes," John Diliberto, personally invited Vic Hennegan to participate in all of the Echoes compilations and has placed Hennegan's 2011 release "Field of Worlds and Mirrors," as one of the top 25 albums of the year.

Vic Hennegan is excited to be working with his top favorite synthesizer companies: U-he, Tal- Tugo Audio, Rob Papen, Synapse Audio, AudioRealism, and Novation.

Hennegan’s music may be found on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody.com, Apple Music, Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, and MusicZiet.com.

Hennegan is a practicing Buddhist. This faith aims to manifest enlightenment in the lives of its practitioners. By tapping into an individual's creative potential, one can create a thriving and peaceful community. Through his faith and his music, Hennegan invokes the timeless tradition of music’s healing powers. He believes that “We are the creators of our own universe. I seek to help people understand this very fact through my music.” 

Ecstatic Dance With Alejandrina

Sunday, March 26 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Alejandrina
$10-$20 sliding scale

Alejandrina is no one defined by words. She flows gracefully and ferociously through life with sound and rhythm as her compass. Her passion is to move & inspire others through healthy psychological development of authentic happiness and pleasure. Music is one of her most effective tools and weapons.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Salsa Dance Workshop

Saturday, March 4 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20

All levels are welcome!

Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Ecstatic Dance with Wildcat

Sunday, Febraury 12 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Wildcat
$10-$20 suggested sliding scale

We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Bio: Wildcat was born in the Oklahoma Seminole Nation and moved around a lot growing up, living in a number of different cultures in this country and traveling abroad. Music (especially singing and drumming), dance, and the psychedelic sacrament medicines are important parts of his spiritual relationship with reality, as are meditation, asana, and time in nature. His family includes 3 dog women and his romantic partner, all of whom spend as much time playing outdoors as possible. He studied mathematics and mechanical engineering in school then left it all behind to do regenerative ecology work, focusing on the restoration of biodiversity above and within the ground, with an emphasis on fungi. He’s been DJing for 20 years, exploring the world of musical styles in the process.

Music: Wildcat’s musical focus is on the beautiful, the psychedelic, the emotionally stirring, the deeply funky, the healthy sexy, and on soundscapes that paint vivid pictures within him. He loves organic indigenous musical traditions from around the world, African and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, modern combinations of these old traditions, and the new spaces where modern electronica production styles interface with them. His favorite dance tracks have the rooted, Earthy, indigenous elements grounding them, the core-centered strong sexuality, the chest-centered urban style cool funk sensibility, and the powerful psychedelic spiritual science informing his spirit as he moves with them. In his life in general and as a musician, Wildcat focuses on bringing good medicine.

Ecstatic Dance with Herbert Foster

Sunday, February 5 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Herbert
$10-$20 Sliding Scale 

We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

New Year Day Ecstatic Dance with Matt the Poet

Sunday January 1st 11am-12:30pm
$10-$20 sliding scale

We hold a dance weekly with various facilitators & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Christmas Morning Ecstatic Dance with Vic Hennegan

Saturday, December 25 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Vic Hennegan
$10-$20 Sliding Scale 

Vic Hennegan has been writing, recording, producing, and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer he has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective, and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals, and synthesizers, Hennegan’s instinctive hand creates techno-trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.

"A unique warmth emanates from Hennegan's music moving the listener to a state of euphoria. Through complex and insistent rhythms and vocals, Hennegan accomplishes a lush dynamic that relentlessly strives to entertain.” (Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiousity.com)

Hennegan’s music is complemented by the guest artists he works with such as Surface Ten’s synthesist extraordinaire, Dean De Benedictis; and Becca Fuchs, whose incredible vocal range spans from operatic to soulful and sexy. His music is streamed on radio shows such as Pandora, Spotify, Alien Air Music, Star's End, Echoes, Apple Music, Hearts of Space, and much much more!

Hennegan’s compositions are featured on three different "Echoes" compilations: “Soundscape for Echoes” on the release “Refractions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 12,” with internationally renowned electronic musicians Andreas Vollenweider and Michael Brook; and Echoes Location, The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 17, featuring a live version of his most popular iTunes download, "Patagonian Rain." And the 2014 release, Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19, featuring the song "Desert Vortex." The host of "Echoes," John Diliberto, personally invited Vic Hennegan to participate in all of the Echoes compilations and has placed Hennegan's 2011 release "Field of Worlds and Mirrors," as one of the top 25 albums of the year.

Vic Hennegan is excited to be working with his top favorite synthesizer companies: U-he, Tal- Tugo Audio, Rob Papen, Synapse Audio, AudioRealism, and Novation.

Hennegan’s music may be found on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody.com, Apple Music, Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, and MusicZiet.com.

Hennegan is a practicing Buddhist. This faith aims to manifest enlightenment in the lives of its practitioners. By tapping into an individual's creative potential, one can create a thriving and peaceful community. Through his faith and his music, Hennegan invokes the timeless tradition of music’s healing powers. He believes that “We are the creators of our own universe. I seek to help people understand this very fact through my music.” 

A Funky Taos Dance Party

Saturday, November 26 | 5 pm - 9 pm ~ Trey VIIIZON

Cost: $15 Dance Party & Potluck; $10 if you attend West African Dance prior to Party

Come With Friends! ~ Come Eat! ~ Come Dance!

5 to 6 is Potluck and 6 to 9 is the Dance Party

Trey’s Bio: Cali-born and New Mexico-raised, Trey Vision, a dancer-MC with the heart of a deejay, moves crowds and lives out loud. He synchronizes rhythms and steps to bring smiles for miles. Feel the vibrations as he orchestrates safe space and music to feed your soul!