A community gathering celebrating the arrival of Spring - featuring an opening warmup class, Ecstatic Dance & Live Music, sound healing & more.

• DRUMSPYDER - percussionist, tribal-folk dance music producer, and artist weaving rhythm, melody, and line as Drumspyder, exploring the Heathen and Celtic old ways in vital contemporary expressions. Find out more about drumspyder at his website, or check him out on Instagram.

◘ This will be a safe and inclusive space, welcoming people from all walks of life to freely express themselves through movement. No prior dance experience is required, just come as you are!

2:30PM: Doors Open + Opening Music

3PM: Opening Class

4PM: Ecstatic Dance w/ Drumspyder

5:30-6PM: Sound healing + Closing Circle

We are offering a 20% discount on accommodations at Race Brook Lodge for guests coming for the Dance Lab event on 4/23.

Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 / Doors open at 2:30 pm, the workshop starts at 3:00 pm
In the Barnspace at Race Brook Lodge
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA

ARTIST BIOS

Omar Aena is a world-music DJ, community organizer and event producer of Iraqi descent, based in NYC. Omar is the founder of Dance Lab, a Brooklyn-based collective that explores dance as a form of somatic therapy. As a DJ, Omar mixes together traditional world music with electronic sounds, with a particular focus on songs from his middle-eastern heritage + hip hop from his upbringing in NYC.  Listen to Omar’s DJ mixes on Soundcloud, to read more.

DRUMSPYDER - percussionist, tribal-folk dance music producer, and artist weaving rhythm, melody, and line as Drumspyder, exploring the Heathen and Celtic old ways in vital contemporary expressions. Find out more about drumspyder at his website, or check him out on Instagram.