Bringing Kohala Together on the Dance Floor
Rhythm Sanctuary Kohala is a North Kohala Community Resource Center Project. This means your donations are tax-deductible. Use this button and select “Rhythm Sanctuary Kohala” to donate.
Upcoming Music Events:
Potluck after dance - bring something to share and plastic plates and utensils so we can have zero waste if possible.
Cacao being served starting at 10:00 (non-dairy, cups provided or bring your own)
VELVET WILD
Velvet Wild is a producer and DJ with over 12 years behind the decks. His sets are built with intention, driven by tribal percussion and bass grooves that guide dancers through immersive, evolving arcs. His productions have been played internationally, including a widely supported remix of Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance with Somebody. He has performed at festivals across Western Canada and recently toured the West Coast ecstatic dance circuit from Victoria, British Columbia through Seattle, Portland, Ashland, and Nevada City.
Save the Date!
Thursday March 19th!
6-8 pm
Spiro and SPCTR together! Real-time MUSICAL Creating for our journey together that evening!!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
MAR 8 - Velvet Wild
Velvet Wild Ecstatic Dance Set
Mar 15 - Odysseus
Mar 19 - Rhythms of the Night Dance, 6-8 pm
Music FacilitatorS: SPIRO and SPCTR
Mar 22 - No Sunday Dance
Mar 29 - Stereogab
Rhythm Sanctuary Kohala Dance is held every Sunday morning
10:00 am – 12:00 Pm
New to Ecstatic Dance? Come at 10:00 and we will give you a brief introduction
The Barn at Kohala Village
55-514 Hawi Road, Hawi, Hawaii 96719
Hawi is the north side of the Big Island of Hawaii approximately 1 hour north of Kona and 35 minutes from Waimea
10:00 Invocation and Welcome
10:05 Music Starts
11:45 Music ends, Closing Circle
With donation of $20, $5 goes to the DJ tip jar
Dance passes: Five dances for $60
Accompanied and Participating children are Free.
Cash, Venmo and Check are accepted
"Manuahi mau no nā kānaka maoli"
$12-$20 Sliding Scale (donation based)
What is Ecstatic Dance?
Ecstatic dance is a free-form dance movement inspired and led by carefully crafted music with the intention of creating a healing journey. The music follows a wave form, starting slow, moving to a peak, and descending into stillness. No dance experience or partner is necessary or needed.
In Ecstatic dance participants gather to dance to music without the need of following the instructions of a leader. In Ecstatic Dance the music is the leader, and participants are free to weave their way through the music.
Ecstatic dance is an environment without observers, judgements, attitudes, conversations, shoes, alcohol, or substances. A space where everyone can feel safe to be spontaneous and move however their body wishes.
The intention of Rhythm Sanctuary is to create a safe and open space for freestyle dance movement, where individuals are encouraged to engage in a somatic journey both internally and with community.