Dancing Freedom & Live Music in Burringbar

Name: Dancing Freedom & Live Music in Burringbar
Start: 2023-06-04T10:00:00+1000
End: 2023-12-03T12:00:00+1100
Location: Burringbar School Of Arts Hall

Sun, 4 Jun, 10am - 3 Dec, 12pm 2023 AEST

Burringbar School Of Arts Hall

burringbar, australia

Nic Lyne & Sam Menzies

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CONSCIOUS DANCE EXPERIENCE

Family friendly conscious dance event for Byron Bay & Tweed region is finally here.

Sam Menzies (Musician) from Murwillumbah and Nic Lyne (Dancing Freedom Facilitator) based in Mullumbimby have chosen a central location; the beautifully restored Burringbar Community of Arts Hall, to bring communities together for a monthly family friendly conscious dance event with live music.

Live musicians need to warm up, so we are keeping it real and will begin with a 1hr live music warm up to kick off our first dance wave (see schedule below). This will be a mixture of rehearsed and free flow to warm up Sams instruments and vocals and to warm up our bodies in Winter! It's also an opportunity for little ones to have a dance and drop in to the space so they're happy to fly away and let the adults drop in deeper.

We will move into a 60 min Dancing Freedom wave which is a form of conscious, ecstatic dance - a somatic movement meditation taking you on a journey through the 5 elements. You are invited to dance your own dance and move your body through your own human experience of what is alive and true. You cannot do it wrong. Every body and every part of you is welcome here. Bring a curious mind and open heart. Live music will also be woven through the wave by Sam.

This dance experience welcomes all ages to witness and take part in ecstatic dance. We love to share all parts of this dance ritual and embodied communities with our future generations.

It is fully acknowledged that little dancers might need chill out on the grass outside (area is fenced) or one of the side rooms in the hall. We only ask that you take conversations to these places so that we can hold those on dance floor in a sacred container. We ask that you have one adult watching your little ones if you know they need supervision. We are offering 2 dance waves so that you can take turns dancing with another caretaker.

All experiences are welcome and check with Nic or support team if you need anything. The first couple are going to be experiments so come with an open mind or don't come at all (haha).

We look forward to joining and welcoming communities from Mullumbimby and Murwillumbah and surrounds. We offer this with the spirit of co-creation and building community and are open to running more events slowly over time with more DJ's, facilitators, musicians and ceremonialists. We look forward to what unfolds..

You can also contact Nic directly via email before the event if you have any questions nicstarlife@gmail.com.

THE WEAVE

9.30am: Door open for arriving and landing, putting a picnic rug down outside if you have children and have a stretch.

10 am: Opening circle

10 am -11.00am 10.40: Dance wave with live music.

11.00-12.00: Dance wave moving through the elements earth, water, fire, air, ether.

12-12.30pm: Community tea time

SOME AGREEMENTS FOR THE SPACE

• This is an alcohol & drug free event

• No shoes inside. Barefoot, socks or dance shoes are welcome.

• Once you enter the dance floor space - no talking - (within reason for little people) please take any conversations outside to the grass area. There is time to connect after the dance.

• Be responsible for your body (move within its abilities to avoid injury). Move how you feel and stay open to this changing moment to moment.

• Check for 'consent' before dancing with another. Check for body language cues for 'yes' or 'no'

• If you bring children please make sure you have a shared care arrangement if you are dancing.

• Please bring along any snacks, rugs, and water that will make your family most comfortable. We will have some spaces set up for crafting and outdoors for games but we ask you to bring along some cards, boardgames, books etc too.

• The hall is a device-free space. Please keep your phone on silent or off (outside grass area ok). Please don't bring tablets for children either, thank you.

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Nic Lyne grew up in the Northern Rivers and then travelled intensively in her 20’s and again with her young children. In 2012 she joined the Darwin Dance Collective and fell in love with the dance community, experimenting in contact improv, authentic movement and random Darwin festival amateur shows. She discovered conscious dance through a Dancing Freedom workshop in Costa Rica in 2015 and begun a deep healing journey and found spirit medicine she could return again and again. In 2017 she returned to Byron Shire with her family and couldn’t find anywhere to dance with her children as she often solo parents. Nic felt called to do the facilitator training for Dancing Freedom in Australia in 2018 to offer family conscious dance. As her kids got older, she began experimenting and over the past 2 years she held them in spectacular outside locations and in co-creation with others. They have urged her to do more…especially Sam, her co-creator for this event and so be it!

Nic brings a diverse range of beats from across the planet and different chapters in her life. Music instilled from doof days in Byron as a teenager, drum and base basement parties in London, Latin, funk, dancehall, reggae vibes of her days in the Caribbean, Indigenous and world music from her multicultural life in Darwin and of course spiritual/conscious music pouring in from life in Costa Rica and Byron.

Beyond dance Nic Lyne interests are diverse and multi-layered. She is in her 4th year of study with Shakti University completing 'Feminine Medicine Coaching’ TM with Devashi Shakti. She is currently offering 1:1 support for nervous system nourishment for women as part of her training. Nic is also a high school teacher at Shearwater Steiner School in Mullumbimby and runs a booking biz for an off-grid adventure lodge in the Solomon Islands. Before children, Nic worked in communications, translations & events for Oxfam Australia, Applied Learning Teacher and in Community Development for migrant & refugee youth in Melbourne. She is a lover of dance, community building, inspiring education, human rights, multiculturalism and travel adventures that don't cost the earth.

Nic hopes to give people an opportunity to takes some time out and connect deeply with themselves and their community whether they are individuals, single parents or families. It is also a deep longing for her to have children participate in ceremonial dance to witness adults in their joy and sorrow and keep their own fire alight with dance and live music as medicine for now and into the future.

Sam Menzies intimately weaves guitar, marimba, percussion, and voice in a dynamic dance, rich in soul, funk, Latin and jazz. His music career began in 1996 as a ‘one-man-band’ in streets of Germany. Over the past 25 years, Sam has played at numerous venues and festivals throughout Australia and Europe, where he has performed in various bands and solo. . He currently lives in Murwillumbah with his wife and family, where he performs and teaches music at High School. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition (Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW), and a Diploma of Education (Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA)

Before kids Sam held live music ecstatic dance journeys in Melbourne with other musicians and is READY to offer it here. He LOVES to dance and grew up watching his parents and other families dancing all the time at the Ashram where he grew up. He believes that it inspired his deep love of music, singing and dance. Sam has been part of a co-created annual community campout offering music and song to families and is ready to collaborate on this project offering his gifts and passion for dance.

Sam desires more adult play and wishes to offer the music, dance and opportunity for children to see their parents in PLAY with others and not just in the role of parent and to hopefully inspire them in the many ways a community dance event can.

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