Date: Saturday, January 29
Time: 6:30pm til 12am
Schedule:
6:30pm – Doors
7:00 – Evolver Activation: Yoga with Elena Brower, featuring Garth Stevenson and Laraaji
8:00 – 5Rhythms with Jonathan Horan
9:00 – Downstairs: DJ Dhundee, live drumming, live art, body painting, complimentary food & drink
Upstairs: Chill space featuring the Didge Project and guest artists, Healing Space featuring Brooklyn Acupuncture Project, Double Diamond Wellness, and Urban Zen’s Integrative Therapists
11:45 – Closing Ceremony with Parashakti and Wakia
Location: Urban Zen (711 Greenwich St. New York, NY)
Tickets: $35 at 7pm for yoga with Elena, $30 at 8pm for 5Rhythms with Jonathan and $20 after 9pm
(All ages & cash only!)
Buy tickets/donate/ GET HOOKED UP: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natashablank/get-your-dance-on-at-urban-zen-0
Producer: Natasha Blank
Get Your Dance On is a revolutionary event that is changing the way the planet parties. We feature the very best local DJs, musicians, yoga teachers, artists, healers, performers, and healthy indulgences to connect people through music, movement, and world-changing ideas.
GYDO begins its 2011 residency at Urban Zen on January 29. The night begins with an Evolver Activation featuring renowned Anusara Yoga teacher Elena Brower doing what she does best (kicking your asana till your heart bursts), followed by a short discussion with Elena. International 5Rhythms teacher Jonathan Horan will get everyone moving and start the dance party right.
Get busy at 9pm with DJ Dhundee, Black Panther Drumming, Brooklyn Shekere, The Didge Project, live art, performances TBA, all the high-vibe food + drink you can consume, and The Truth: a multimedia exhibition by Haitian, Haitian American and Haitian inspired artists curated by fashion photographer Marc Baptiste.
Profits benefit Hope, Help & Relief: Haiti.
FEATURING:
* Elena Brower (www.virayoga.com)
* Jonathan Horan (www.5rhythms.com)
* DJ Dhundee (www.djdhundee.com)
* Live drumming with Brian T Carter (www.meetup.com/Brooklyn-Drum-Circles)
* Brooklyn Shekere
* Black Panther Drumming (www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Panther-Drumming/163014060406546)
* PjOE
* The Didge Project (www.didgeproject.com)
* Garth Stevenson (www.garthstevenson.com)
* Laraaji
* Adam Collett (www.adamcollett.com)
* Parashakti (www.parashakti.org)
* Unitribe (www.unitribeproductions.com)
* Brooklyn Acupuncture Project (www.brooklynacupunctureproject.com)
* Double Diamond Wellness (www.doublediamondwellness.com)
* Energy Healing With Michael Baier (www.healingwork.net)
* Evolver (www.Evolver.net)
* Nyx of the night (www.facebook.com/Nyxofthenightpaint)
* Live art
URBAN ZEN
The urban zen foundation creates, connects, and collaborates to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of well-being, preserving cultures, and empowering children. We design forums, partner with existing organizations and bring together experts to define solutions and implement action.
YogaGlo
YogaGlo is the online yoga HD video experience that gives you the ability to practice yoga in your home or on the go, offering over 700 classes in a variety of styles, levels and durations designed to give you the “in class” yoga experience. Classes are taught by experienced certified teachers who embody yoga and teach with an intimate understanding of the classic yoga texts and various yoga traditions. For each YogaGlo teacher, their devotion, lives and teachings are their art. So if you get home after GYDO and still haven’t gotten your full Elena Brower fix, you can grab your computer and get your Glo on!
www.yogaglo.com
SIMPLE SHOES
Simple Shoes strike the balance between form + function with kicks that look good, feel good, and are made using sustainable techniques and materials like bamboo, jute, hemp, recycled PETE, tires, and cork. We wear ours every day, and they make us smile.
www.simpleshoes.com
YOGAWORKS
GYDO’s former home YogaWorks’ mission is to honor and embrace each student’s search for personal growth, wellbeing, and fulfillment by offering the highest quality yoga programs to people of all ages and from all walks of life. They do this with love, compassion, a sense of humor, and with respect for what each individual can accomplish through Yoga and throughout their lives.
www.yogaworks.com
VILA
Vila is Swedish for rest and relaxation. Vila Mats use acupressure technology to increase blood circulation, release muscle tension, elevate energy, relieve pain associated with back and neck stiffness, and give you an opportunity to relax and recharge.
www.vilanow.com
EVOLVER
Evolver Intensives presents Awakening the Cosmic Serpent: Shamanism and plant teachers in this transformative time. Indigenous wisdom about plant medicine can open the path to deep personal healing and a profound understanding of the universe, and for many people this ancient knowledge is transforming modern life. The intensive features live talks with Luis Eduardo Luna, Kat Harrison, Stanislav Grof, and Wade Davis.
www.evolverintensives.net
OFF THE MAT
Handmade in Brooklyn, Off the Mat’s products relax the body and soothe the soul with totally natural ingredients, home-blended essential oils, and the sweet vibrations good intentions + pure love.
www.offthemat.be
