Heart of Ecstatic Dance Facilitator Training
A Week of Dance Transformation
Coming March in The Netherlands (T.B.A)
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A week-long ecstatic facilitator & leadership training in a beautiful natural environment with a beautiful and spacious dancing hall, a natural swimming pool, outside fire, Ecstatic Dances, horses, forest, open fields and sunrises & sunsets!
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A training program for people who wish to create, facilitate and lead Ecstatic Dance.
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Lodging in your own tent, camper or caravan - with the option of delicious ecological and vegetarian meals.
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Including a printed manual of over 60 pages full of information and online resources.
Heart of Ecstatic Dance is a 6-day residential training program for everyone who feels the calling to create a dancing community. You'll learn to manifest, hold and facilitate your own unique Ecstatic Dance. It is a deep dive into the core principles that make the dance 'ecstatic’. We will share all the steps needed from the very beginning: finding a space that fits, holding and creating a safe environment, dealing with challenges, conducting different types of ceremonies and rituals, and bringing the right music and DJ skills to serve the dance.
This residential training is a 'hands on' - or more correctly: a 'body on' - training where you will practice yourself how to lead a ceremony; design the space; and play with music with our training group. We encourage everyone to bring and share their specific skills and wisdom, so we build a collective toolbox and open up space to co-create. Besides practice opportunities within our training. We will also have a chance to try it out for real and be involved (and even host) our own Ecstatic Dance at Landgoed Ottermeer.
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We believe Ecstatic Dance only works when it has a strong beating heart.
The guidelines are simple, but how do we make it sacred, authentic and transformative?
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PROGRAM:
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Day 1 * Arrival and Dance together. Practicalities and basics: building community amongst ourselves.
Day 2 * A dive into the his/her/our-story of Ecstatic Dance and the art of creating a safe / brave space for dancers to get wild and free.
Day 3 * Hands-on practice in leading a ceremony, creating a ritual, facilitating a class/warm up to bring the people to an open state before the dance.
Day 4 * Music: choosing the right music for every crowd, learning about the effects of music on a dancer's body and how to go with what is in the room while gently leading it.
Day 5 * Building a community and leadership: learning about personal leadership; how to bring diversity in awareness, build bridges with already existing communities and work with the footprints of community. Ending our day with an exclusive Ecstatic Dance.
Day 6 * Troubleshooting & Integration: what can go 'wrong' and how to navigate these situations. Harvest of our week together and closing ceremony.
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INVESTMENT
Training
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700 euro (early bird)
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850-950 euro (full price, according to income and financial abilities)
Stay & Food
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100 euro for camping and use of space (take your own tent, caravan or camper).
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200 euro for food ( 5x breakfast, 6x lunch, 5x dinner). Optional.
10% of the profit will be donated to a charity organization.
During this residential training we wish to create an intimate dancing and learning community. We therefore have places for 25 participants.
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PRACTICALITIES:
Location
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Stay only in tents, caravans or campers. Hot showers are available.
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We have reserved our own secluded space on the camping site of Ottermeer plus the use of the inside dancing space (for our program). We will be sharing the natural swimming pool with the camping guests. You can find more info and photos of Landgoed Ottermeer - Click Here.
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We strongly recommend staying on the campsite to get most out of the experience. If you cannot stay on the campsite, let us know. If you cannot stay, the payment for the space and campsite (100€) cannot be refunded.
Food
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Food is optional. However, we do highly recommend making use of this offer (shops are near, not close). Please let us know if you do not wish to make use of the food arrangement for our reservation with the cook.
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The food is vegetarian and biological - created by Marnix Lange from Eetschilderij (or ‘Food paintings’ - for more info - Click Here.
e try to give the best food and nutrition, but we do realize that for some of us there are different needs. If you have your own specific food that you need (please bring for yourself), if you have allergies, please let us know.
Other practicalities
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Since there’s limited places (due to the corona measurements), unfortunately this year, participants of our training can’t join with their families.
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A lot of work and love is being put into the camping of Ottermeer. On Friday evening, we will be able to give back to the camping guests and the working forces behind the camp site, since you (the participants) will be hosting your very own Ecstatic Dance.
The program will be flexible and organic. During this training we will keep our intention and attention open to see where the needs of the group and individuals are. At the same time, it will be an intense week - with a lot of information and practice. We recommend that you give yourself this entire week for your own training, growth and learning process to become an Ecstatic Dance leader and that you keep your evenings free. On several of the evenings we will be going to witness, participate and some of you even lead an Ecstatic Dance. When you return home, you will have the tools needed to create a thriving dance community in the spirit of Ecstatic Dance.
We are happy and excited to share our vision with the world!
For a further visual and poetic impression of our journey together, click here:
CANCELLATION POLICY
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Please let us know as soon as possible if something comes up and you cannot attend the workshop. Please make all cancellations by email. If you wish to cancel 4 weeks before the training starts, you will receive your down-payment minus 50 euro registration fee. If a cancelation happens after that time we keep the down payment. No refund is available for withdrawal once the workshop has commenced. And of course, if your cancellation for one of our training happens due to the current corona measurements, we will send you back the complete amount that you have paid.