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:
MAMA LELE
Mama Lele, co-coordinator of Rhythm Sanctuary, began Djing in the beginning of 2025. She uses her love for dance to cultivate ecstatic dance sets that explore the full range of human emotions. She designs sets to open the heart, free the mind, and get you jumping for joy. Mama Lele pulls from all genres; house, dance, hip-hop, bass, tribal, world, R&B, gospel, jazz, etc. integrated into dance sets that travel from the dark to the light and remind you of why life is worth living.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
APRIL 19 - MAMA LELE
APRIL 26 - VüDOO RUNNER
Visit VÜDOO RUNNER on Soundcloud
MAY 3 - SPCTR
MAY 10 - Suheiwa
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.