From Darkness to Vision Ecstatic Dance with Kula & Chakana

We love ecstatic dance. And the more we dance, the more we feel a yearning to go deeper.

So for this one we're bringing in one of its ancestors, trance dance, and borrowing the blindfold from the trance dance ritual. It lands somewhere in the middle: the freedom of ecstatic dance with the inward focus of trance dance.

We present to you From Darkness to Vision.

We start blindfolded. When you can't see the room or the people around you, it gets much easier to stop thinking about how you look and let the movement come from within. That gives a lot of space and a real sense of liberation, and it often brings clarity, with room for each person to take something different from it.

Kula and Chakana play live, mixing electronic music with acoustic instruments and percussion, and the energy shifts through different rhythms over the evening. Partway through, the blindfolds come off, and the room, the people and the collective energy become part of the dance again.

The idea is simple. Go inside first, then come back out with fresh eyes.

Dance however feels right for you. Keep your eyes closed the whole time, move slowly, or let go completely.

About Kula & Chakana

Kula and Chakana make music where ancestral rhythm meets electronic sound. Kula is a musician and rhythm facilitator who works with voice, breath and drum. He leads TaKeTiNa rhythm processes, teaches Laughter Yoga and facilitates trance dance, bringing this work everywhere from community projects to retreats around the world. Chakana is the music project of producer and DJ Eyal Siri, whose sets move between downtempo, techno and trance.

The Practical Bits

• Doors open 5:45pm and we start the intro at 6:15pm. Please be on time, give yourself time to land and respect to group container.

• We're keeping it to 40 dancers so there's room to move and the space stays intimate.

• Make sure to wear something comfortable and bring your water bottle. 

• Are you a local portuguese citizen? We offer 20% off from our events. Simply email us at connect@houseoftherisingmojo.com with a proof of citizenship and we’ll send you the code.