Ecstatic Dance San Diego is back in Pt Loma this Friday, January 17th featuring award-winning influential vocalist, musician, and DJ Shylah Ray with opening Elemental Embodiment workshop facilitated by Devra Gregory

Ecstatic Dance is a community movement, a sacred space for you to explore, unwind and unfold your true expression.

Come be held by the dance floor, the music and the community, connect non-verbally with yourself and others and tap into the magic of this liberating movement space.

Location:

2650 Truxtun Rd, Ste 200

San Diego (upstairs on the left)

Elemental Embodiment

Facilitated by Devra

8:00pm – 8:45pm

In this warm up class, we explore the qualities of the elements of water, earth, fire, and air as they relate to movement, our anatomy and dance.

 Beginning with water to find fluidity in warming up the joints and juicing up the muscles, adding in earth to bring awareness of the structure of our human forms and how to become grounded and centered, then finding the fire within that ignites our core, muscles, and movements and finally, air, to experience the levity in being lifted and in jumping. We explore how the elements interact while in contact with other dancers and how each element fills us energetically.

Drawing on her advanced knowledge of dance for 6 decades, Dev will incorporate a dancers warm up, ballet technique, partner work and going across the floor with jumps and turns. 

Ecstatic Dance Journey

Featuring Shylah Ray

9pm-11pm

An Algonquin native of Canada, Shylah Ray Sunshine is an award-winning influential vocalist, musician, mother, and Soul Voice Singing coach.

Coming from humble roots, she dreamed of becoming a pop star and began her self-taught journey of singing, piano, and percussion at a young age. After years of honing her craft and singing at karaoke & open mics to develop her stage presence, a visit to LA resulted in a spontaneous and serendipitous band invitation. Shortly after, Shylah began her journey as a mother and gave birth to her first daughter at home at only 20 years old.

The transformation into motherhood became a powerful and definitive catalyst for her journey as a songwriter, and she began writing and sharing her music in the Los Angeles area in 2009. Her talent was quickly recognized, leading to her rapid success as a featured artist on several documentaries, albums, and social media platforms. Her initiatory momentum continued to grow, resulting in a multitude of celebrated singles, collaborations, and live performances.

Shylah’s musical sound and style are a blend of Neo-Soul, R&B, Blues, and Hip-hop, enrapturing audiences with her gospel-like voice, sensual tones, and ultra-moving lyrics. Inspired by her lifelong idols Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, Fela Kuti, and Bob Marley, Shylah’s music is most frequently compared to and influenced by the vocal style and spiritual deliverance of Alicia Keys and Erykah Badu.

Her songs are rooted in radical emotional transparency, spiritual healing, empowerment, indigenous representation, equality, cultural and political change, community connection, and environmental respect.

https://www.shylahraysunshine.com/

https://soundcloud.com/shylahraysunshine

*** THINGS TO BRING***

💸$25.00 cash, credit or Venmo at the door

💦Water bottle & water to stay hydrated. 

👯Clothes that allow a full range of motion.

💓Good vibes 

***10 and over age requirement, 17 and under must be accompanied by a guardian***

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