Dance of the Senses & Pal-entines Ecstatic House Party!

Our Dance of the Senses 5 - 8pm is now sold out as the venue is quite small and we want to ensure everyone attending has enough space to dance and move freely. We are so grateful for the interest this event has received and will be running our next events in our One Church Residency on Saturday March 14th, April 18th and May 23rd💃

Anyone is welcome to attend the Pal-entines House Party 8 - 11pm as the venue capacity is large enough to host more people! No ticket needed, entry by a small donation or for free ☺️

Join us from 8 for vegan lasagne (till we run out), incredible cakes, an Old Tree Kombucha fundraiser for a family in Palestine, games tables, conversation, connection and much more dancing 🥳

💓💃 A Valentines Dance Of The Senses 💃💓

Followed by...

🫂🍝 A Pal-entines Ecstatic House Party! 🍝🫂

🗓️ Sat Feb 14th
🕔 5 - 11pm
📍One Church, Gloucester Place, Brighton

We are so delighted to announce the second edition of our One Church Residency! A Valentines Special 💘

From 5 - 8pm , Join us for an Evening of Exploration through the 5 Senses. A Contact Improv Workshop & Live Music with Lydia, Ecstatic Dance with Anna-Lisa and Ceremonial Sensory Experience with Ben will facilitate you to deeply connect with the romance present in every moment, and in yourself. An intentional and held space perfect to attend solo or as a couple, all are welcome 🌷

A delicious Vegan Lasagne will be served to nourish ourselves as we finish, as part of the dance ticket price 🍝

And from 8 - 11pm , the space will open to drop in anytime and anyone from our communities is invited to join the holistically romantic space that has been co-created, completely for free 🫂

Food, Games, Gentle Connection Activities and more will feature, for a Palentines Ecstatic House Party to remember! 🥳

5pm Doors Open

530pm Ceremony of the 5 Senses

6pm Gentle Contact Improvisation (suitable for beginners)

645pm Ecstatic Dance

8pm Food Served / Doors Open for the House Party

11pm Close

About Lydia:

Lydia’s roots are in contemporary dance and physical theatre and has been guiding movement spaces for over two decades. As both an embodiment facilitator and a devotional musician, her calling lies in weaving movement, sound, spirit, and sacred embodiment into practices that support connection, self-trust, and the wider collective unfolding.

Apart from teaching contact improvisation, she is also a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, and a Shakti Dance® facilitator.

Contact Improvisation Journey with Lydia

Lydia will gently guide us into a shared movement journey through deep listening - to ourselves, to the space, and to one another. Beginning with attunement to our own bodies, we’ll awaken our innate impulse to move, allowing connection to arise organically. From this place, we’re invited to explore contact in a way that honours choice, consent, and spaciousness. Connection may take the form of touch, shared weight (a leaning, a resting, a shared pause), mirroring, or simply presence with another. Safety and self-trust are central, allowing communion to unfold naturally.

“When we become fully present to the co-creation unfolding between us, something quietly magical can occur. The need to control softens, listening deepens, and for a moment we move as one - one body, one impulse, one shared field of awareness”.

About Anna-Lisa

A ‘Natural Facilitator’ , Anna-Lisa was raised between the wilds of West Africa and the mystical lands of Avalon. She creates transformative spaces for expression, empowerment, and play through Ecstatic Dance. Blending deep, primal bass with sensual flow and electrifying drops, her carefully crafted journeys invite expansion, wild abandon, and soulful stillness.

Founder of Ecstatic Dance Brighton and co-founder of Avalon Dance Odyssey , she is a driving force in the conscious dance scene. Her work spans Ecstatic Dance UK, Bristol, Bath, Cardiff, Samsara Retreat , and major festivals like Wilderness, Boomtown, and Buddhafields. With a background in Taoist movement, well-being, and art therapy, she holds space for profound transformation through the power of dance.

Location:

One Church, Gloucester Place - Enter through the side door on the right.

Bring:

Water Bottle, Minimal bags etc as we have no cloak room for this event.

Wear:

Comfy layers that make you feel good and are easy to move in.