Synergy Ecstatic Dance: Koku
September 19, 2023 @ 6:45 pm - 10:45 pm
Dance your wholeness
Shadow, light and everything inbetween
Come as you are; embodied~
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This movement session is a practice of deep listening through your senses, awakening dormant codes of somatic cognition and unfolding authentic expression.
Shadow, light and everything inbetween
Come as you are; embodied~
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This movement session is a practice of deep listening through your senses, awakening dormant codes of somatic cognition and unfolding authentic expression.
Breathing deeply and flowing freely~
Coming back Home within.
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This dance floor will be a safe space to express your process to the outer worlds without needing words.
If you desire to converse, please move your conversation to the astroturf foyer outside the door, or take a breather for fresh air outside. Keep voices to a respectable volume when on the street.
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All expressions are indeed welcome; please feel empowered to laugh, cry, scream and shout. This is a sober space, to embody your emotions fully without reliance on use of substance. Clear mind, centered hearts.
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We are propagating a consent-based culture: please tune in with clear yeses and no’s when engaging with others on the dancefloor. This is a judgement free zone. Here is a space to embody what’s moving within you. No cameras or footage allowed. One of our team may take photos of the dj to share for their own profiles, yet this isn’t a space for recording others in their movement journeys. This is a space of presence and acceptance of all that is.
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This will be a space to move to the beat of your heart, the rhythm of the depths of your being, and the spaces in-between sounds.
Your movement is your authentic art, waiting to be poured out onto the canvas of space and time.
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=Schedule=
6.45 – Doors open, welcome to come early to settle into the space
7pm – Opening Circle & Body Activation
7.15-9.15pm Music with Koku
9.15-9.45pm – Sound Bath with Olga Cuttell
9.45pm – Closing Integration Circle
10-10.30pm – Integration mingle flow
10.45pm – Time to flow onwards & vacate the space
Coming back Home within.
.
This dance floor will be a safe space to express your process to the outer worlds without needing words.
If you desire to converse, please move your conversation to the astroturf foyer outside the door, or take a breather for fresh air outside. Keep voices to a respectable volume when on the street.
.
All expressions are indeed welcome; please feel empowered to laugh, cry, scream and shout. This is a sober space, to embody your emotions fully without reliance on use of substance. Clear mind, centered hearts.
.
We are propagating a consent-based culture: please tune in with clear yeses and no’s when engaging with others on the dancefloor. This is a judgement free zone. Here is a space to embody what’s moving within you. No cameras or footage allowed. One of our team may take photos of the dj to share for their own profiles, yet this isn’t a space for recording others in their movement journeys. This is a space of presence and acceptance of all that is.
.
This will be a space to move to the beat of your heart, the rhythm of the depths of your being, and the spaces in-between sounds.
Your movement is your authentic art, waiting to be poured out onto the canvas of space and time.
.
=Schedule=
6.45 – Doors open, welcome to come early to settle into the space
7pm – Opening Circle & Body Activation
7.15-9.15pm Music with Koku
9.15-9.45pm – Sound Bath with Olga Cuttell
9.45pm – Closing Integration Circle
10-10.30pm – Integration mingle flow
10.45pm – Time to flow onwards & vacate the space
=Music=
~Koku~
Kiyoshi “Koku” Iio was born and raised in Japan. Primarily self taught, he grew up playing sports and later became a drummer in rock bands. After a few years of playing drums, he began exploring other instruments such as guitar, bass, djembe and didgeridoo.
While traveling the world, Koku bought a hang drum (Handpan) in Spain in 2017. From there, he traveled to over 20 countries busking with his handpan to make a living. For one year, he led a nomadic life playing music in various countries.
In 2018, he came to Vancouver, Canada and was so impressed by the natural beauty that he decided to stay for a long period.
The next step in his musical journey is to explore electronic and ambient music using synthesizers and sampled sounds from nature.
Kiyoshi “Koku” Iio was born and raised in Japan. Primarily self taught, he grew up playing sports and later became a drummer in rock bands. After a few years of playing drums, he began exploring other instruments such as guitar, bass, djembe and didgeridoo.
While traveling the world, Koku bought a hang drum (Handpan) in Spain in 2017. From there, he traveled to over 20 countries busking with his handpan to make a living. For one year, he led a nomadic life playing music in various countries.
In 2018, he came to Vancouver, Canada and was so impressed by the natural beauty that he decided to stay for a long period.
The next step in his musical journey is to explore electronic and ambient music using synthesizers and sampled sounds from nature.
Koku has produced over 100 videos of him playing music in various environments both in nature and in urban settings which can be seen on YouTube and Instagram. You can also hear his music on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Koku is passionate about working with musicians around the world and also providing his services to various people in different fields such as gaming, films, fashion, dance, theatre, etc.
Koku is passionate about working with musicians around the world and also providing his services to various people in different fields such as gaming, films, fashion, dance, theatre, etc.
IG: @koku_music
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=Sound Bath=
~Olga Cuttell~
Olga Cuttell is a professional artist (painter), sound healer and burgeoning musician. She has been working intensely with the medicine plants, and its partner music, for over 6 years; developing her practice as a space holder and sound healer under the tutelage of several dedicated and talented curanderos. Her unique style brings a healthy contrast of both angelic and earthy energies that offers participants the opportunity to engage their shadows and, with guidance and love, bring them to the light.
www.radiantserenity.ca
IG: @radientserenitygifts
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=Sound Bath=
~Olga Cuttell~
Olga Cuttell is a professional artist (painter), sound healer and burgeoning musician. She has been working intensely with the medicine plants, and its partner music, for over 6 years; developing her practice as a space holder and sound healer under the tutelage of several dedicated and talented curanderos. Her unique style brings a healthy contrast of both angelic and earthy energies that offers participants the opportunity to engage their shadows and, with guidance and love, bring them to the light.
www.radiantserenity.ca
IG: @radientserenitygifts
=What to Bring=
°Comfortable clothing for movement, water bottle, journal (optional) and an open heart and mind 
°For sound bath : eye mask/scarf, blanket, and yoga mat (optional)
°For sound bath : eye mask/scarf, blanket, and yoga mat (optional)
=Spring Water=
We will be providing fresh spring water from Silverdale Spring or Kangen water depending on the day. Stay hydrated with clean clear water~!
We will be providing fresh spring water from Silverdale Spring or Kangen water depending on the day. Stay hydrated with clean clear water~!
=Treats & Elixirs=
StarWaterZ Alchemy & Saucey Synergy
There will be a small vending area of superfood infused raw chocolates,c tinctures and also homebrewed Jun. This is a ferment akyn to kombucha, that is fed with green tea and raw honey and flavoured with fruit juices & herbs. Bring cash or etransfer for purchase if you feel like treating yourself!.
IG: @sauceysynergy & @starwaterz.alchemy
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=Tickets=
~We have shifted ticketing platforms to use our sister conscious-minded community Unite.love! Limited tickets also available on Eventbrite platform~
Presale tickets are posted now for $25.
The price goes up at 8pm $35 the day before the event.
We will also accept $35 cash at the door if there is space in our capacity at the venue.
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We are keeping the capacity low to allow space for fully expressive movement. We will keep the page updated when we are nearing capacity.
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We also have created a Facebook Group for our growing community. This is a space for expression about your experiences through dance, and also sharing events that are in resonance with the guidelines. Please join and invite your friends~
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/synergy.ecstaticdance.community
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We would like to acknowledge that this event takes place on the ancestral and unceded lands of the hən̓̓qəmin̓əm̓ and Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) peoples. Acknowledging the pure waters, pristine moss & mycelial lands we live on. We are blessed to be guests on this land to receive and share on this beautiful blessed coast. We are eternally grateful ~
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Looking forward to weaving with you on the dance floor very soon!
Love,
The Synergy Fam
There will be a small vending area of superfood infused raw chocolates,c tinctures and also homebrewed Jun. This is a ferment akyn to kombucha, that is fed with green tea and raw honey and flavoured with fruit juices & herbs. Bring cash or etransfer for purchase if you feel like treating yourself!.
IG: @sauceysynergy & @starwaterz.alchemy
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=Tickets=
~We have shifted ticketing platforms to use our sister conscious-minded community Unite.love! Limited tickets also available on Eventbrite platform~
Presale tickets are posted now for $25.
The price goes up at 8pm $35 the day before the event.
We will also accept $35 cash at the door if there is space in our capacity at the venue.
.
We are keeping the capacity low to allow space for fully expressive movement. We will keep the page updated when we are nearing capacity.
.
We also have created a Facebook Group for our growing community. This is a space for expression about your experiences through dance, and also sharing events that are in resonance with the guidelines. Please join and invite your friends~
.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/synergy.ecstaticdance.community
.
We would like to acknowledge that this event takes place on the ancestral and unceded lands of the hən̓̓qəmin̓əm̓ and Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) peoples. Acknowledging the pure waters, pristine moss & mycelial lands we live on. We are blessed to be guests on this land to receive and share on this beautiful blessed coast. We are eternally grateful ~
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Looking forward to weaving with you on the dance floor very soon!
Love,
The Synergy Fam