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     Music at the Spirit dance varies from Friday to Friday but we have a few genres that form the mainstay of our offerings.   Most of the music is prerecorded with an occasional DJ or live music.   Sound is provided by a huge professional JBL Dance System driven by 2 racks of QSC amps.   A 30 foot Octagon Lighting Truss is suspended above the Dance floor.

Schedule for November 2008 

November 7th   Shamballa Event

Join us for a community building combination of Food, Energy, & Music.   Starts with a potluck at 6:30 open to everyone.   Bring your talents and gifts to offer to the group, we encourage exchange of healings, readings, and talent.   Music starts at 8 and your requests are welcome.  

November 14th   Dances of Universal Peace

Pre-dance event - $10

Goddess Circle with Rhae, Greek Goddess daughter of Gaia and mother of Zeus 

Join Goddesses Crystal Lee & Amanda Jones as they bring in the energies of Rhae.   Participate in fun related activity.   Starts at 7pm,   Stay and dance for free afterwards!

      We Now Host Dances of Universal Peace 2nd Friday of each month

(Suggested Donation 5 to $10, no one turned away)  

Dances of Universal Peace

From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc... The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.

As in these timeless mystic traditions, the Dances use simple music, lyrics, and movements to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. No musical or dance experience of any kind is required and everyone is welcomed to join in. No special attire is required, although comfortable, loose-fitting clothing is best. Participants join hands forming a circle with the Dance leader and other musicians in the center. Throughout the evening, the leader teaches the group the words, melody, and movements for the next Dance and often provides some background history about that particular Dance.

The Dances of Universal Peace were brought together in the late 1960's by Samuel L. Lewis (1896-1971), a Sufi Murshid (teacher) and Rinzai Zen Master, who also studied deeply in the mystical traditions of Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity. In this creation, Lewis was deeply influenced by his contact and spiritual apprenticeship with two people: Hazrat Inayat Khan, who first brought the message of universal Sufism to the West in 1910, and Ruth St. Denis, a feminist pioneer in the modern dance movement in America and Europe.

From his rich life experiences, Lewis in his early 70's began to envision and create the Dances as a dynamic method to promote "Peace through the Arts". From the early days and his original body of about 50 dances, the collection has grown since his passing to more than 500 dances which celebrate the sacred heart of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Aramaic, Native American, Native Middle Eastern, Celtic, Native African, and Goddess traditions.

Here is the often-quoted passage written by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis in a paper called "Spiritual Dancing":

"Spiritual Dancing is that which elevates the consciousness. Dancing may be said to be the movement of the body or any of its parts to rhythm, and spiritual is that which helps to make one realize that this body is really the Divine Temple.”

November 21st   80's Night

Playlist as Shown:

And the Beat Goes on...

Sound and lights are 80's style, come as you are or dress the Era!

November 28th  Closed for Thanksgiving