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.

Upcoming Music Events:

SPCTR

“Faster Alone, Further Together.”
Forward thinking DJ, Curator and Potential Collaborator specializing in open platform, post-genre dance and experimental music

Focusing on exquisite sound design via tribal and futuristic grooves.

Visit SPCTR on Soundcloud

Always a fantastic set for Rhythm Sanctuary - Join us this Sunday for SPCTR!



UPCOMING SCHEDULE

MAY 3 - SPCTR

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MAY 10 - Suheiwa

Listen to Suweiha Set

May 17 - Danny Waddell

Visit Danny Waddell on Sound Cloud

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.

See also Rhythm Sanctuary Guidelines