** Dia de los Muertos **

SPECIAL EDITION Soularus Saturday Morning Dance

Hosted by Alejandro Ramos and Daniel Mollner.

Please bring a photo and/or memento of a dearly departed loved one for our altar and ritual conducted by Alejandro. Also consider wearing white and/or bright, bold colors. Everyone is encouraged to participate but not required. All are at choice. Daniel will DJ and one and a half hour set.

Schedule (subject to change)

11:00a Arrival

11:15 Dia de los Muertos Ritual w/ Alejandro Ramos

11:30 Dance Journey w/ Daniel

1:00p Closing circle

All are welcome, all are at choice. Each individual takes full responsibility for their own health and safety.

Cash at the door only

$20 regular admission

BILPOC/LGBTQIA+ sliding scale $5-$10

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In Mexico, death rites date from pre-Hispanic rituals represented in murals, painted pottery, monuments, and artifacts, which shows how the Day of the Dead has its origins in the rituals practiced by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Its precedents date to more than 3000 years ago when the Olmecs and subsequent Toltecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Maya, and Aztecs honored death.

Those who passed are alive in our memories. A continuous echo that at certain occasions becomes louder. As the only answer to many of our questions, death is an integral part of life, and the living and the dead meet in this day to emphasize the importance of death in the cycle of life.

Día de los Muertos acknowledges the symbiotic relationship between life and death. El día de Los Muertos is celebrated on November 1st and November 2nd, in which the spirits of the dead are believed to return home and spend time with their relatives on these two days. To welcome them, the family build altars in their honor. These altars have a series of different components that vary from one culture to another that mostly include yellow marigolds, candles, photos of the deceased ones, papel picado or cut tissue-paper designs, as well as food and beverages offerings for the dead.

It is common to see skulls or calaveras as decorations. These can be made of papier-mâché, clay, wood, metal, cut-out tissue paper, and often, they are made of sugar decorated with colored icing, flowers, or metallic colored foils.

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** Soularus Movement Space Guidelines **

-- Be yourself, accept others.

-- Respect the space and everyone in it.

-- Yes to embodiment, creativity, and community!

-- No shoes, talking, or drugs/alcohol.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Soularus is a freeform movement space. Move however you wish. And you are always at choice about whether you want to dance solo or with other people. You can expect a two-hour, DJ'd musical "journey" from your regular host and DJ Daniel Mollner. Music for the first 10-15 minutes is ambient and downtempo for you to arrive, warm up, and stretch as you like. The tempo begins to build gradually from there reaching a peak or catharsis in the second half of the dance. Afterwards the music comes down, softening and slowing towards the end for relaxation and rest as we conclude the dance. Listen to a sample journey HERE.

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It is VERY important to this community that dances feel reasonably safe and welcoming for ALL people…especially those who’ve been marginalized (LGBTQIA+, BILPOC, body type, neurodiverse, seniors). We ask everyone who comes to help in making it so. We also ask for the willingness of traditionally marginalized people to come and dance with us as we learn and grow in this way.