WELCOME TO LIVE INTERACTIVE ONLINE soul sanctuary dance!
Every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pacific DAYLIGHT Time (UTC-7).
Doors open early, at 10:30 a.m. PDT (UTC-7) for "tech check" and "HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM ONLINE DANCING."
This is our online home until we can return to our in-person home, Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center. We are Still giving them our rent monthly.
MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP.
To make gifts to SSD, use this link: paypal.me/soulsanctuarydance (note:ACCT. name says Zachary Pine).
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TWO LINKS YOU NEED IN ORDER TO JOIN (see more details about using these links below)
MUSIC is via web streaming (not via Zoom). Use this link before joining the Zoom meeting. No need to login or join, just click the red triangular "play" button: www.mixlr.com/LIOSSD
ZOOM is used for video and for our voices. The link for each week's dance will be posted here and on our Facebook group by 10:30am Pacific Time (US) every Sunday.
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Expectations
Schedule and Format
We dance in one big "room" except for a two intervals of about 15 minutes where you will be invited to join smaller "Breakout Rooms" with 4-6 dancers. You can chose to stay in the main session, or come and go from the Breakout Room if you wish.
Schedule (Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7):
10:30 -- Zoom link for this week's dance will be posted at the top of this page and in our Facebook group.
10:30 - 11:00 -- Arrival, "how to get and give the most when dancing online" sharing, and technology checks for participants.
11:00 - 11:30 -- Warmup dancing, with music increasing in tempo and energy.
11:30 - 11:35 -- Welcome Circle.
11:35 - 12:45 -- Open dancing as usual, with increasing then decreasing energy. Two intervals with optional "breakout rooms" with fewer dancers.
12:45 - 1:00 -- Closing Circle.
1:00 - 1:30 -- Optional hangout and mingle time. Feel free to eat your lunch while chatting.
What and Why
Soul Sanctuary Dance, founded in 2003, is a weekly 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. We want to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep our dance community together and ready for our return to our in-person dancing.
Admission Fee?
No admission fee and all-volunteer run; but you are invited to pay it forward at this link to enable us to pay our expenses and keep our chain of gifts alive through our dance: paypal.me/soulsanctuarydance (note:account name says Zachary Pine.)
We will keep paying rent to our usual non-profit home (Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center in Berkeley, CA, US).
How to Use Music Streaming via Web, and Video via Zoom
Music Streaming via web: click the "Play" button (red triangle) (at the top left on desktop) after going to the web streaming music link at the top of this page.
(Just click the "Play" button, and ignore the rest of the screen. No need to login, signup, or chat. Don't click anywhere else on the web page (except the volume slider (see our FAQ below).)
The built-in speakers of a computer, tablet, or phone are usually not great for listening. Connecting external speakers, headphones, or earbuds using a plug or Bluetooth will be better.
Video (and audio for voice only) via Zoom: use the Zoom meeting link at the top of this page, or open the Zoom app and use the meeting ID and password at the top of this page.
To join in, you need to have the (free) Zoom application on your device, but you do not need to sign up for a Zoom account or need to login to Zoom. If you don’t have Zoom installed on your device, and you try clicking the clicking the meeting link, it will prompt you to download or install Zoom right then. So ahead of time, it’s best to install it here before Sunday’s dance: https://www.zoom.us/download . (On computers, the application is called “Zoom Client for Meetings.” If you search for ZOOM in the app store, it will be called “ZOOM Cloud Meetings, Meet Happy.”)
If you are new to using music streaming via Mixlr or using Zoom, see our FAQ below.
On a laptop or desktop computer, you can use the web streaming music and the Zoom video/audio at the same time on the same machine. Starting the music first is usually easier.
If you are using Zoom on a computer, and you also have a phone/mobile, you can get better connections by getting your web streaming music via the phone/mobile at the same time as you Zoom with the computer.
If you only have one phone/mobile, you can enjoy the music via web streaming audio, and you can also join us for conversations with video and voice during Welcome Circle and Closing Circle via Zoom, but you can't get the music and the Zoom video at the same time via a single phone/mobile.
You can use cellular or Wi-Fi connections, but Wi-Fi is much better.
Questions?
You can contact us.
TWO LINKS YOU NEED IN ORDER TO JOIN (see more details about using these links below)
MUSIC is via web streaming (not via Zoom). Use this link before joining the Zoom meeting. No need to login or join, just click the red triangular "play" button: www.mixlr.com/LIOSSD
ZOOM is used for video and for our voices. The link for each week's dance will be posted here and on our Facebook group by 10:30am Pacific Time (US) every Sunday.
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Expectations
- We value the safety in our dance space, and the freedom that comes from it. We expect that you will read and that you agree to the Community Agreements.
- We expect that you will already have your web streaming music underway before you arrive via Zoom (unless you arrive between 10:30 and 11:00 am for tech check).
- We expect that you will use these four features of Zoom, and use our FAQ and Guide and/or come early for tech check if you don't know how:
- *Whenever you are not dancing or leave the view of the camera, we expect you to use the "Stop Video" feature of Zoom to turn off your video camera. That makes you, temporarily, a "Non-Video Participant." This makes the dancing experience better for all of us!
- *We expect that you know how to use the "Hide Non-Video Participants" feature of Zoom so that you will only see dancing people on your screen -- no blank boxes or still profile pictures.
- *We expect you to know how use "Gallery view" to see a grid of dancers.
- *During Closing Circle, we expect you to use "Unmute" and "Mute" to share verbally if you wish.
Schedule and Format
We dance in one big "room" except for a two intervals of about 15 minutes where you will be invited to join smaller "Breakout Rooms" with 4-6 dancers. You can chose to stay in the main session, or come and go from the Breakout Room if you wish.
Schedule (Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7):
10:30 -- Zoom link for this week's dance will be posted at the top of this page and in our Facebook group.
10:30 - 11:00 -- Arrival, "how to get and give the most when dancing online" sharing, and technology checks for participants.
11:00 - 11:30 -- Warmup dancing, with music increasing in tempo and energy.
11:30 - 11:35 -- Welcome Circle.
11:35 - 12:45 -- Open dancing as usual, with increasing then decreasing energy. Two intervals with optional "breakout rooms" with fewer dancers.
12:45 - 1:00 -- Closing Circle.
1:00 - 1:30 -- Optional hangout and mingle time. Feel free to eat your lunch while chatting.
What and Why
Soul Sanctuary Dance, founded in 2003, is a weekly 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. We want to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep our dance community together and ready for our return to our in-person dancing.
Admission Fee?
No admission fee and all-volunteer run; but you are invited to pay it forward at this link to enable us to pay our expenses and keep our chain of gifts alive through our dance: paypal.me/soulsanctuarydance (note:account name says Zachary Pine.)
We will keep paying rent to our usual non-profit home (Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center in Berkeley, CA, US).
How to Use Music Streaming via Web, and Video via Zoom
Music Streaming via web: click the "Play" button (red triangle) (at the top left on desktop) after going to the web streaming music link at the top of this page.
(Just click the "Play" button, and ignore the rest of the screen. No need to login, signup, or chat. Don't click anywhere else on the web page (except the volume slider (see our FAQ below).)
The built-in speakers of a computer, tablet, or phone are usually not great for listening. Connecting external speakers, headphones, or earbuds using a plug or Bluetooth will be better.
Video (and audio for voice only) via Zoom: use the Zoom meeting link at the top of this page, or open the Zoom app and use the meeting ID and password at the top of this page.
To join in, you need to have the (free) Zoom application on your device, but you do not need to sign up for a Zoom account or need to login to Zoom. If you don’t have Zoom installed on your device, and you try clicking the clicking the meeting link, it will prompt you to download or install Zoom right then. So ahead of time, it’s best to install it here before Sunday’s dance: https://www.zoom.us/download . (On computers, the application is called “Zoom Client for Meetings.” If you search for ZOOM in the app store, it will be called “ZOOM Cloud Meetings, Meet Happy.”)
If you are new to using music streaming via Mixlr or using Zoom, see our FAQ below.
On a laptop or desktop computer, you can use the web streaming music and the Zoom video/audio at the same time on the same machine. Starting the music first is usually easier.
If you are using Zoom on a computer, and you also have a phone/mobile, you can get better connections by getting your web streaming music via the phone/mobile at the same time as you Zoom with the computer.
If you only have one phone/mobile, you can enjoy the music via web streaming audio, and you can also join us for conversations with video and voice during Welcome Circle and Closing Circle via Zoom, but you can't get the music and the Zoom video at the same time via a single phone/mobile.
You can use cellular or Wi-Fi connections, but Wi-Fi is much better.
Questions?
You can contact us.
