Recommended events: DANCE CLASS with Natasha Blank & CRAZY WISDOM film screening

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Laughing Lotus Yoga NY (59 West 19th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011)
Ticket: $15
Genre: dance and music

DANCE CLASS is a movement meditation that feels like the best dance party EVER. 2 hours of nonstop grooves in the Dance Hall at Laughing Lotus: bangin system, floors built for bare feet, and an arsenal of beats from dance maven/bass freak Natasha Blank.

This is your invitation to LET GO, surrender your head to the intelligence of your breath, shake out everything that holds you back, and sweat out your week with a family of crazy dancers.

Expect:
– A deep blend of tech house, glitch hop, bass music, dubstep, world beats, and remix culture in your ears
– Fire in your body
– Freedom in your mind

Ready?

(Text by Natasha Blank)

About Natasha Blank

Natasha Blank is a dancer + community catalyst. She believes in radical self-expression through movement and the truth that is found there. She is also the co-producer of the Get Your Dance On multi-media events which are a high vibe dance parties that welcome absolutely everyone. Born in NYC, GYDO is a festival, street fair, house party, tea lounge, and a temple.

AND MORE

This Sunday, February 12, 2012 GYDO + Flavorpill Present:

CRAZY WISDOM screening (2010, USA & Canada, Johanna Demetrakas, 89 min.) and followed by discussion with Gabrielle Roth

Venue: Rubin Museum
Date: February 12
Time: 1:30pm

 

Allen Ginsberg made him his guru. Joni Mitchell wrote a song about him. It was 1970 and he was the first Tibetan lama most Americans had ever seen. Yet he openly drank, and bedded his students. Was this how an enlightened teacher should behave? Crazy Wisdom tells the story of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche the brilliant “bad boy of Buddhism” with exclusive never-before-seen archival material and commentary from Ram Dass, Pema Chödrön and others of his circle. Read more