Berkeley's midday dance at ashkenaz, since 2003
"WHERE NEWCOMERS FEEL LIKE REGULARS,
AND REGULARS FEEL LIKE FAMILY"
welcome to soul sanctuary dance!
When
Every Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm (with rare exceptions, noted on this site)
Where
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (our non-profit host venue that we love; visit Ashkenaz here).
1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman Street) (map)
Berkeley, California
(Note: on rare occasions we switch venues for a day. We announce changes on this website, our Facebook group, and newsletter)
Location is one minute from the Gilman Street exit off the 80/580; we have plenty of free street parking.
What
Soul Sanctuary Dance is a welcoming and inclusive all-ages community freestyle/ecstatic/shoes optional dance that supports free expression, community, physical and emotional health, and a spirit of generosity. We dance to an irresistible eclectic blend of world music, funk, house, soul, electro swing, positive hip hop, reggae, dance classics, jazz, blues, electronica, and other music to free mind, body and soul.
Organic fruit for all at our 12:45 closing circle.
The dance is completely organized and run by volunteers.
Wheelchair accessible (see our instructions outside the venue). No scented products please. Shoes optional.
Please read our Community Agreements.
Admission
The dance is a generosity and donation-based event. We don't charge a fee for admission. Instead, we post this message at the welcome table: "Your dance today at Soul Sanctuary Dance is a gift from those who have made donations to the dance, and from the volunteers who organize and produce the dance. We invite you to pay this generosity forward for future dancers, in whatever amount or manner you choose, so that we can continue to keep this chain of gifts alive."
Every Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm (with rare exceptions, noted on this site)
Where
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (our non-profit host venue that we love; visit Ashkenaz here).
1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman Street) (map)
Berkeley, California
(Note: on rare occasions we switch venues for a day. We announce changes on this website, our Facebook group, and newsletter)
Location is one minute from the Gilman Street exit off the 80/580; we have plenty of free street parking.
What
Soul Sanctuary Dance is a welcoming and inclusive all-ages community freestyle/ecstatic/shoes optional dance that supports free expression, community, physical and emotional health, and a spirit of generosity. We dance to an irresistible eclectic blend of world music, funk, house, soul, electro swing, positive hip hop, reggae, dance classics, jazz, blues, electronica, and other music to free mind, body and soul.
Organic fruit for all at our 12:45 closing circle.
The dance is completely organized and run by volunteers.
Wheelchair accessible (see our instructions outside the venue). No scented products please. Shoes optional.
Please read our Community Agreements.
Admission
The dance is a generosity and donation-based event. We don't charge a fee for admission. Instead, we post this message at the welcome table: "Your dance today at Soul Sanctuary Dance is a gift from those who have made donations to the dance, and from the volunteers who organize and produce the dance. We invite you to pay this generosity forward for future dancers, in whatever amount or manner you choose, so that we can continue to keep this chain of gifts alive."
