**SOLD OUT**REVEL: A Convergence by Dance Meets Tantra
Welcome to REVEL: A Convergence by Dance Meets Tantra
We are thrilled to invite you to this first-of-its-kind gathering—a convergence of teachers and practices that have shaped Dance Meets Tantra at its core.
We’re coming to let go of our masks, build our capacity, and explore the vulnerable, messy, sweaty beauty of our bodies, hearts, and souls. Led by Dance Meets Tantra and some of our favorite facilitators in the world, we will establish a trauma-informed foundation of consent, care, and self-responsibility and co-create a field of love, connection, and profound learning.
REVEL is a curated, intimate, weekend deep-dive into the vibrant intersection of conscious dance, relational intimacy, somatic attunement, kink, shadow-work, and ceremony & ritual.
Anchored and curated by Dance Meets Tantra and its founders, and guided by luminaries like KamalaDevi McClure, The Light Dark Institute, Z (Zahava Griss), Amy Rogg (Underbelly), and others, we will build a strong container and craft a cohesive arc over two days in the beautiful Berkeley Alembic space.
And to elevate our collective experience, we are excited to announce that Equanimous—a renowned artist and producer—will be playing a 90-minute set to cap off our weekend together.
Note: if you have not been to a Dance Meets Tantra immersion before, we encourage you to attend the upcoming Ecstatic Immersion on September 29 in Berkeley. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dancemeetstantra/1319940
REVEL is an Opportunity to:
໑ Drink in the wisdom of some of the most impactful teachers in embodiment, relational intimacy, sacred sexuality, and shadow work.
໑ Satiate your curiosity and passion for dance and relational skills.
໑ Dance yourself clean and sweat your prayers
໑ Safely explore the depths of your shadows and kinky side in a loving, supportive environment.
໑ Connect & play with a community of like-minded souls and build authentic relationships.
About Dance Meets Tantra
Originating in Boulder, CO, Dance Meets Tantra has been traveling nationwide (and soon internationally) offering sold-out monthly immersions that explore the confluence of conscious dance forms with relational intimacy, somatic attunement, ritual & ceremony, and kink & shadow work. It is truly a transformational journey and an emerging body of work dedicated to empowering communities to relate with more authenticity and aliveness while creating safer spaces where individuals can embrace their wholeness—both the light and the dark—while cultivating a collective consciousness that is profoundly greater than the sum of its parts.
Dance Meets Tantra is also a movement. Across the country, we’ve seen an outpouring of yearning, love, and passion for conscious dance to evolve—embracing a fuller spectrum of human expression, and creating safer ways to welcome deep vulnerability and eros.
Perhaps you’ve been feeling this call– for dance to become more attuned and embrace a wider spectrum of expression, and for tantra to be more embodied, playful, and vibrant. You instinctively know that something extraordinary happens when embodied movers gather with full permission to be alive, to connect, and to share their magic.
This is Dance Meets Tantra.
A Note on Tantra
For us, tantra is the practice and art of being fully alive. Our intention with Dance Meets Tantra is to support individuals in deepening their love, respect, and relationship with themselves, others, and the earth. We believe that dance, eros, and tantra are fundamental aspects of living a vibrant, empowered, and creative life. Through various explorations, we aim to liberate creativity and life force, inviting you to step into your fullest expression.
For more details on sexual energy and our approach, please visit our [FAQ] (https://www.dancemeetstantra.com/faq).
How do I know if this is for me?
໑ You read this far and are feeling excitement
໑ You’re curious about exploring the intersections of dance, tantra, kink, and shadow work
໑ You yearn for a safe, supportive space where you can explore your vulnerability, desires, and full range of human expression
໑ You’d love to explore your kinks and shadows in a loving and trauma-informed environment
໑ You feel a longing to connect more authentically with yourself and others through movement and embodied practices
*If you're feeling the call, we invite you to join us. If you have more questions, please feel free to reach out to us directly at play@dancemeetstantra.com, read our FAQ: www.dancemeetstantra.com/faq, or text our team directly at +1 (628) 252-8187 (Enki).
*Space is very limited and this will sell out.
Diverse Backgrounds Partial Scholarship
At Dance Meets Tantra we understand that various forms of privilege can play a role in financial access to our containers. We believe that diversity is an important aspect of building a truly transformational journey and we desire to impact and support all people with our work. We are providing some partial scholarships for people from diverse backgrounds who may not otherwise be able to afford the full ticket price.
Partial scholarships are generally about 30-50% the cost of a regular priced ticket. The tickets are non-refundable.If you purchase a scholarship ticket and can longer attend, you may find someone to purchase your ticket from you.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/jJe1cCb4fshLDgQb8
Logistics and FAQ
Schedule: our exact schedule will be released as we get closer to the event.
Tickets are only available for both days.
Opening Circle & Container Setting: we request that all participants be present for our opening circle, container and agreement setting at 12:30pm on Saturday. If you must miss this for some reason, please be in touch with Enki ahead of time. +1 (628) 252-8187.
COVID/Health Protocol: In the spirit of community care, to support those with health complexities on our team & in our larger community, we ask everyone to take a rapid covid test & bring it with you at the beginning of both days. We appreciate your understanding and care.
Meals: Both days we will break for lunch and dinner. We will have simple, delicious gluten-free, vegan meals available for purchase ($14, cash or Venmo) , or you may bring your own food and what you need, ie. utensils, cups, etc.
In service of time integrity and intimacy of the container, we highly recommend not planning to go out for meals.
Time:
Saturday Arrival: Doors Open 9:30am. Optional First session begins at 10:00am. Mandatory opening circle begins at 12:30pm. Late comers will not be admitted. There will be no exceptions.
Sunday Arrival: Doors Open 9:30am. First session begins at 10:00am.
Late comers will not be admitted. There will be no exceptions.
Saturday & Sunday Completion: Saturday & Sunday final sessions will complete around 9:30pm
Space: is limited to the first 100 sign-ups.
Address: 2820 Seventh St, Berkeley, CA 94710
Refund & Transfer Policy:
- There are no refunds. Tickets are transferrable to another participant in advance of the event and we ask that you be responsible for finding the buyer.
Facilitators for Revel:
Z (Zahava Griss)
Z (aka Zahava Griss, they/them) is the founder of Embody More Love, a spiritual kinky dance community for personal & cultural liberation. Since 1999, Z has guided dance rituals to decolonize, heal, build intimacy, & make love out of what is not yet love. Z guides a 3 month immersion called Play with Power & Gender through Dance, dedicated to attachment & trauma informed kink. Z is also creating a Grief & Eros Film honoring the legacy of Sobonfu Somé. Learn more at www.EmbodyMoreLove.com.
Website: www.EmbodyMoreLove.com
PRONOUNS: They/Them
Amy Rogg - Underbelly
Amy Rogg (she/her) is an activator and nurturer of the human spirit. She is also the conduit, creator, and facilitator of Underbelly: The Art of Slowing Down.
Amy draws people out of modernity's urgent, consumptive, and transactional ways of living and into greater communion and relationship by stoking pathways of intimate awareness, attunement, and subtle energy. She gently anchors people back into their emotional interior and bodily wisdom by slowing down, listening, and embodying what is alive and honest. Amy’s approach isn't to fix, control or push, but to heart-fully tend to the ever-changing human condition as we relate to each other & the planet. Her medicine is in the creation of atmosphere, being led by the moment, sensing group energy fields, conversing with the nervous system, and cultivating intentional space for life’s vital intelligence to do the work it already knows how to do.
Amy has a B.A. in television/film production and was an actor and improviser in Los Angeles. She has led yoga (E-RYT 500) and meditation for over a decade, is a clinical herbalist in training, and has been facilitating/engaging in somatic and relational movement practices since 2012.
PRONOUNS: She/Her
Jeannie Lin
Jeannie Lin is an internationally recognized dance instructor based in Los Angeles who has extensive movement knowledge rooted in over 30 different dance disciplines including gymnastics, ballet, competitive ballroom & latin, argentine tango, modern dance, hustle, west coast swing, and salsa. She graduated with high honors at the Ballroom Dance Teacher’s College where she started developing her unique and effective style for teaching partner dancing. Her career has led her to teach impactful workshops all over the globe in 30+ cities across 12 countries, throughout the US, Europe, Canada, and the UK.
As an educator, she is loved for her warm, charismatic presence and her ability to translate the profound depth and detail to even the most simple fundamental movements. Her fluency in a vast array of dance styles allow her to quickly pinpoint why something is or isn’t working.
In Los Angeles, she co-founded the first micro-fusion venue, Tiny Dancers, and currently co-organizes for Angel City Fusion. She also founded a hand-woven clothing line called DanceWeaver, where she designs one-of-a-kind clothing for dancers and movement artists.
www.DanceWithJeannie.com
PRONOUNS: She/Her
Angela Heyun - Contact Beyond Contact
Angela Heyun is curious about everything embodiment and improvisation - all the ways we inhabit ourselves, meet life, cultivate presence and imagination, and make choices as humans together.
For her, dance is a kind of existential understanding; presence and touch are an immediate and fundamental ‘knowing.’ Angela is a Teacher of Contact Beyond Contact, a dance and healing practice for deep connection - with ourselves, in relationships, and as an interwoven community with one another and nature itself. Contact Beyond Contact emphasizes energetic attunement, inviting and being invited, embodied leadership, boundaries, dance as a practice of life, and integrates modalities including Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation, Passing Through, Qi Gong, Family Constellations, psychology, and Taoist philosophy.
Angela has been teaching in embodiment for a decade and into the future. Beyond CBC and its integrated modalities, she is influenced by Integrative Somatic Arts, Tango, Yoga, Tai Chi, Butoh, Feldenkrais, movement research, embodied theater, bodywork, grappling, improvised performance, voice and music improvisation. She is an ISTA graduate and a student of embodied counseling, sexology, and conscious kink.
In her facilitation, Angela creates spaces for discovery - spaces welcoming of all of our humanness, to be playful and reverent, to be with what is emerging, to go into the unknown together. She is committed to always being in the practice and learning of what she holds dear.
PRONOUNS: She/Her
Mackenzie Amara
Mackenzie is a soul scientist, embodiment devotee, & alchemist. Trained as a 5Rhythms®️ teacher, a psychologist, a psychedelic facilitator & a Jungian analyst, she combines the teachings of depth psychology & embodiment to catalyze transformation. A student of her body, depth psychology, and nonduality, she shows an inspired dedication to growth and freedom for all beings. She is a researcher, writer, & teacher with over a decade of experience in group facilitation, ritual, & underworld spelunking. She listens deeply, sees clearly, & is unafraid of the dark within herself & the world.
https://www.mackenzieamara.com/
PRONOUNS: She/Her
Tani & Leslie - Light Dark Institute
The Light Dark Institute is dedicated to bringing more love to our world through helping people fall in love with the things they have most been rejecting, both in themselves and in the world.
We work with thought leaders, conscious communities, and anyone who has a burning desire to know themselves fully with nothing held back. Our work teaches people to engage the darker, unknown aspects of themselves and their world with play and curiosity, so that they can step into a life of living, loving and leading with full power, full surrender, and profound connection with all that is.
Tani Thole and Leslie Rogers have dedicated their lives to the study and exploration of the human psyche and its relationship with existence, through spirituality, psychology, personal development, sexuality, embodiment, and deep relationship with the natural world. They founded the Light Dark Institute out of a passion for sharing the ways that exploring our dark sides can radically awaken and liberate us from the old patterns that have held us back and kept us in judgment of ourselves and the world around us. Their teachings support leaders and changemakers to deepen their capacity to lead from love in our evolving world, with hearts courageously open to embracing what is.
Website: www.lightdarkinstitute.com
Equanimous
With over +100 million streams, Equanimous has pushed the boundaries of music through heart-expanding vibrations unconfined to any particular genre or style. His entrancing and beautiful melodies combined with various rhythms and impactful bass, have left an everlasting effect on his listeners, often invoking heart-expansive experiences leaving users in tears of joy and euphoric bliss.
Known for his versatility and range, Equanimous has performed at some of the most acclaimed North American festivals such as Electric Forest, Lightning in a Bottle, Lucidity, Envision, Texas Eclipse, Northern Nights, and Gem and Jam. You may have also caught him supporting established acts like LSDream, Beats Antique, Desert Dwellers, and Moontricks.
With separate side projects that include Bliss Looper and High Vibe Records, Equanimous has become ubiquitous with the ever-growing community of consciously-minded listeners seeking to break out of the ordinary.
In a world often divided, Equanimous unites and elevates, proving that sound can transcend boundaries and connect hearts. With each performance he redefines the boundaries of genre and consciousness, ensuring that every beat is both a celebration and a journey. His music is more than just a soundtrack, it’s a movement.
Website: www.equanimouslove.com
PRONOUNS: He/Him
Spencer Jacobson - Co-Host of Revel & Co-Founder of Dance Meets Tantra
Spencer is a transformational facilitator, DJ, poet and serial entrepreneur with a passion for the art of gathering humans to experience the deepest truths of ourselves individually and collectively. His facilitation style invites self-expression, connection, and creativity while playfully and safely exploring the edges of our comfort zone. He is forever a student of embodiment and healing arts, having studied 5Rhythms dance, tantra, contact improv, ontological coaching, cranialsacral therapy, and yoga. Through training and deep personal experience, he is committed to creating safer spaces that hold a trauma-informed perspective. He is co-founder of www.dancemeetstantra.com and www.emergence.love - and previously founded www.guided.co - an organization that has coached thousands of business leaders around the world. "Your heart knows the way, run in that direction” - Rumi | www.spencerjacobson.com | @spencerjacobson_
Pronouns: He/Him
We look forward to seeing you there!
With love,
Spencer, KamalaDevi and the Dance Meets Tantra team
Location
The Alembic, 94710