Ritual Dance - Christmas Celebration

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🍃Welcome to the 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 🍃 🙏

Ritual Dance invites you into a warm, winter gathering where movement becomes togetherness.

In this Christmas edition, we celebrate not only the season but the feeling of tribe — a place where you’re welcomed as you are, held by shared presence, rhythm, and gentle togetherness.
Step into a circle that feels like family: real, heartfelt, connected.

A moment to breathe, soften, and remember that you don’t walk this path alone. Shine light onto this path and gift this light to others.

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Present(ing)...𝐀 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐈𝐅𝐓... for this Christmas Ritual Dance.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 are 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅

Take a moment.

~ 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝... 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠... 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒... 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙... ~
Ask: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?

~ 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡... 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ... 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙... 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠... ~
Ask: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐰?

~ 𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡 ~

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What is Christmas for me?

For me, it is simply an extra moment to celebrate connection within a Tribe/Family. It's also a moment to share food & enjoy it in loving company. I do not follow the traditional holiday mindset, while I know it is important within the culture of some people.

So, I choose to respect both me and others.
I choose to bring a gift in a way that speaks me.

For all of those who joined the last Ritual Dance I gave, you already know. 😉

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🍃𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌🍃

- 19:00 arrival and welcome
- 19:30 opening circle
- 20:00 Ritual Dance by Andrew Leigh (in English)
- 21:45 closing Ritual Dance and time for sharing


🍃𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 & 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍🍃

Registration for the Ritual Dance is necessary, because places are limited to 38 people.

Sliding Scale:
Supporting Ticket: €35 (Helps provide even more reduced tickets)
Standard Ticket: €30
Reduced Ticket: €25

To see which price really suits you, please see the following:
https://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale

(Financial limitations? Contact us! We'll see about making dancing possible for you.)


🍃𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄?🍃

Ritual Dance is a dance experience where we come together in silence. From the silence we feel into ourselves, make eye contact with another dancer, show ourselves & recognize the other. The music is the invitation to go into spontaneous, free dance.

The concept of Ritual Dance is inspired by Ecstatic Dance and Ritual Play. As we only use body language & sound, we leave words behind. We dance barefoot, only drink water and let ourselves be carried away by the natural flow. There is a demarcated space (the field) and demarcated time (the music), in which we step into the unknown, to authentically follow our impulses in tune with the other.


Here you can find more information about Ritual Dance & Andrew:
https://www.ritualdance.be/over


🍃𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎🍃

***Where***
Inside, what we find, the beautiful Blaisant church (Blaisantkerk) in Gent.

***Transportation***
There will be a follow up mail upon buying a ticket.
You may also create a discussion on the FB page for any questions.

***What to bring***
- Wear comfortable dancing clothes
- Bring a water bottle
- You ❤️

🍃𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬🍃

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
I hope to pump up the energy by bringing a special gift for everyone, bringing this tribe closer to each other.

𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
I invite you to bring a gift to give to someone of the Ritual Dance kin. (Does not need to be a physical gift.)

𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
I invite you to bring an altar piece that represents family/tribe.

𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
I invite you to bring something representing light, whether that be symbolic or actual lights for decoration. Let's decorate as a family/tribe.


𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔?


🍃𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮🍃
Winter lights gather,
Strangers breathe into one heart
A warm tribe is born.


With loving invitations, intentions & warmth 🙏🔥
Andrew & Ritual Dance

Note: A slice of the gift is already puzzled in this post 😉

~ Let us be light. Let us feel free. Let us dance in simplicity.
~ May we wake the inner fire within each other


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https://www.ritualdance.be/contact