Ecstatic Dance at Alchemy Hillyard with Markus Aurelius

**Free • Kid-Friendly**

Come dance with me at Alchemy Hillyard for a low-key, joyful ecstatic dance with Markus Aurelius.

I’ll be playing one of my usual dance journeys — starting grounded and spacious, then gradually building into faster, heavier, more powerful music and a big first peak. From there we’ll come back down and turn inward for a bit before building again into a more playful, lyrical, uplifting second wave, eventually settling into Stillness.

With my music, expect a mix of drums, tribal, trance, electronica, organica, kirtan, symphonic sounds, South Asian and Middle Eastern influences, euphoric and melodic house, and whatever else fits the journey like Bachata and Regae.

I’ll occasionally throw out some optional movement cues or invitations to connect with other people, but nothing is required. Dance by yourself, dance with other people, sit in the grass, bring your kids, close your eyes, be weird, take a break — whatever feels good.

I’ll close things out with a short guid