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Dance Forever!
The Source of Joy
Asheville, NC 28805 United States
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Suggested Price: $10-20 per person or name your price. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Facilitator's Invitation
The Source of Joy
Facilitator: Ted Riskin
No one knows what makes the soul wake up
so happy. Maybe a dawn breeze
has blown the veil from the face of God.
A thousand new moons appear, Roses
open laughing, Hearts become perfect
rubies like those from Badakshan.
The body turns spirit.
Leaves becomes branches in this wind.
Why is now so easy to surrender
even for those already surrendered?
There’s no answer to any of this.
No one knows the source of joy.
A poet breathes into a reed flute,
and the tip of every hair makes music.
Sham sails down clods of dirt
from the roof, and we take jobs
as doorkeepers for him.
— Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
You can hear some of Ted’s mixes at https://www.mixcloud.com/tarisk/.
AMC Notes
1st WAVE, 8:30 am warm-up & 9:00 am dance
2nd WAVE,10:30 am warm-up & 11:00 am dance
Attendees Limit 150
Door will close at the beginning of opening circle.
NO ENTRY AFTER OPENING CIRCLE BOTH WAVES
COVID AGREEMENTS
AMC is now a mask optional space and you are encouraged to make informed choices about the risks in participating in this dance event
Please respect each other’s choices.
Physical distancing is encouraged.
Please no alcohol, weapons, tobacco, or shaming!
Honor your needs and take care of yourself. Respect individual and energetic boundaries of whatever distance other folks need – check in and seek consent!
If you have symptoms in the 5 days before the event, please stay home and take care of yourself, and come to the next one! Let us know.
Please email with any questions or concerns.
