DDPP VANCOUVER WANTS YOU…TO KEEP THE PARTY GOING!

Hey you rad person who happened upon this blog. DDPP Vancouver is no longer, but it could be revived if you’re interested! What is DDPP? Check out www.dancedancepartyparty.com for more information. And if you’re interested in bringing your energy and enthusiasm to this chapter – write to: ddppchicago[at]gmail[dot]com

It’s the Final Countdown

DDPP no more in Van but here’s some alternatives

Hey DDPP Vancouver ladies,

Sadly the last DDPP as I know it will end this Sunday June 22 but Malcolm a DDPP regular is continuing with some same but different dance practices that you can partake in.

Here’s the info.

xo

SB

ID : starts Thurs., July 3, 2008; Lady Hop, Sun., July 6, 2008.

Hi Everybody!

As some of you know, I’ve initiated ID: intentional dance workshops, forked Dance Dance Party Party into Lady Hop AND set up a web space devoted to intentional dance, to keep people informed not only of my workshops, but others in the Vancouver area.

ID : identity : id : internal dialogue : intentional dance

Thursdays, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, EXCEPT the 2nd Thursday of every month, at the DharmaLab, 1814 Pandora St., corner of Salisbury, one block east of Commercial Drive and 2 blocks north of Hastings St. Click here for map.

*May add a Monday, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, session – please let me know, if this is a better time for you, or if you’d be interested in practicing twice a week.

~All too often, we forget or ignore the fact that EVERYTHING we know is learned via the body and its senses, let alone that 50 to 90% of communication is done physically and/or via vocal tone. ID workshops will be a place for women and men to expand their intelligence, creativity and personal potential by getting to know and work with their own bodies.

Format:
The only real rule will be no judgment.

Participants will be asked to choose an intention for each session: something they want to see actualized, or a question they would like to see answered. Sessions will start and end with a sharing circle, with the level of sharing left up to each individual. Music will guide explorations as participants forge strong relationships with their bodies, minds, souls and/or each other. This could be through meditation, movement, vocalization or something else. Participants will be invited to deejay sessions and share body-mind knowledge. All levels and permutations of physical, emotional and spiritual identity welcome. Emphasis on fun.

These workshops will incorporate ideas from Boing (Jane Ellison/Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen), 5Rhythms (Gabriel Roth), Kundalini, Dance Dance Party Party, yoga plus other body-mind and achievement oriented philosophies.

Dress comfortably. Bring some water.

Cost: By donation (since I’m just starting up).

For more info, call Malcolm: 604-872-6267.

Lady Hop

Lady Hop is a weekly women’s only dance workshop happening on Sundays, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, starting July 6, 2008, at Mt. Pleasant Community Centre, 3161 Ontario Street (16th and Ontario). Click Here for Map. (Note that in the fall, we’ll be moving to the brand spanking new and sparkly Mt. Pleasant Community Centre at 1 Kingsway!)

It is a continuation of the Dance Dance Party Party workshops begun in Vancouver by actor/comedienne/writer extraordinaire, Sara Bynoe.

Lady Hop is just like ID : except the intentional/meditational/get in touch with your Self aspect will not be stressed as much as the physical, flail around and shake your booty aspect. You wanna dance like nobody’s watchin? Meet nobody.

As with ID :, participants are invited to deejay sessions.

Dress comfortably. Bring water, though there is a fountain right outside the room.

Cost: $7 per drop-in.

Call Malcolm (yes, a woman) at 604-872-6267 for more info, or email malcolm(dot)8(at)gmail(dot)com.

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Check this site for:

• updates on my workshops
• updates and info on other workshops in the Vancouver area
• info on body-mind issues, and,
• last, but hardly least, SHARING your info, knowledge and inspiration regarding body-mind issues.
  • Please scroll down to the “About this Site” section. I need The Help!
    

About Me

Malcolm van Delst has studied body-mind centering with Jane Ellison (Boing) for over four years and is an avid practicer of 5 Rhythms, Kundalini Dance, Dance Dance Party Party, yoga and other achievement oriented philosophies. She’s actually practiced 5 Rhythms/intentional dance since the early 90’s, though didn’t have an appellation for it. She’s a writer, designer, photographer, filmmaker, musician and comedian. She has a web site that doesn’t do her justice at CuteLab.com.

Phew! Email or call me anytime with questions.

Looking forward to moving with you at ID :, Lady Hop, 5 Rhythms, Boing, Kundalini Dance….

Malcolm

DJ Dawn mixes it old skool

DJ Dawn made this wicked MIX TAPE for our June 15 DDPP! Thanks for taking the time to rock it old skool Dawn.

Now ladies June 22 is the last DDPP in Vancouver under my Den Mothering (if anyone wants to take this over let me or the girls in NYC know).

I wanna make June 22’s DDPP one to remember. There’s gonna be party favors, decorations AND sweets! Please e-mail me your favorite dance songs and I’ll make a rad-tackular mix that will knock your socks and shoes and sweat bands off! I highly encourage dressing up in your best DDPP wear- whatever that means to you!

Lets dance like it’s 1999!

xo

SB

2 Left to go!

Dawn will DJ June 15!

For the final DDPP June 22 how about you all e-mail me your all time favorite DDPP songs and I’ll make a mix to get the groove in our hearts.

REMINDER: June 22 will be a full out PAR-TAY! That means dress up! Bring decorations! Baloons! I’ll bring some sweets and we’ll Dance Dance and Party Party together one last time at the Mt. Pleasant Community Centre.

I’m SOO looking forward to it!

Here’s some inspirational photos for ya!

DJ Lew-cid!

Here’s the set list we rocked out to. What a lovely bunch of ladies you all are! DJ Lewcid you rule!

AND girls here’s some of the info on what were were talking about at the end of class.

Teen Angst: A Celebration of Indadvertently Hilarious Adolescent Writing- JUNE 8 -THE RAILWAY CLUB

Teen Angst is an open mic comedic reading series where everyday people read from their embarrassing old journals, poems, songs, essays (and more), in front of an audience.

$7 at the door. Show starts 7:30 and must end by 9pm. So get there early!

HIVE2 at Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Vancouver’s Boca del Lupo, Electric Company, Felix Culpa, Leaky Heaven Circus, neworldtheatre, The Only Animal, Radix, Rumble Productions, Theatre Replacement, Theatre Conspiracy and Victoria’s Theatre SKAM -Commissioned by Magnetic North Theatre Festival

11 local companies perform 11 separate pieces in continuous rotation. Brace yourself for a carnival side-show, a piece of toy drama, a post-modern slice of faux dinner theatre … or different combinations of all that and more. The audience’s experience is entirely self-directed, and there’s always a lounge for shouting and a central party space to buzz the night away.

Warning: Smoke, nudity, foul language and gunshots are all within the realm of possibility… Or none of the above.

www.buzzbuzzbuzz.ca

Single Tickets $25 in advance
$35 at the door

AND my shameless promotional website is www.SaraBynoe.com

June 8 -Julia’s our DJ!!!

Get ready for DDPP rockstar Julia’s mix June 8.

I can’t wait!

Sara

June 1 is a go!

Nyla will be the Den Mother for Sunday June 1. I, Sara, will be there for a brief moment then I’ll be whisked away to the Walking Fish Festival.

Have a wonderful time ladies!

Only 4 more DDPP’s left to go. So sad!

Here’s the set list:

DDPP Canceled May 25

DDPP has to be canceled this Sunday as I am out of town and no one is able to step up and assistant Den Mother.

Next week is in danger of this too! If anyone can help me out with the set up of DDPP next weekend June 1 please let me know, I’d greatly appreciate it.

I hope you have a great weekend and keep dancing no matter where you are.

xo

Sara

DDPP Vancouver Needs a Subsitute Den Mother

For the next two weeks I’m not going to be available to be at DDPP*- but instead of canceling the next two – May 25 and June 1- I’m wondering if any of you lovely ladies might be able to help out.

Here’s what you’d need to do:

1- Arrive at DDPP around 12:05 and check in with the man desk to pick up the boom box.

2- Figure out with me who the DJ is going to be -I can make a mix CD and leave it at Mount Pleasant Community Centre if need be.

3- Give the little speech at the start of DDPP. I will write this out for you.

4- At the end of class you need to return the stereo.

What you get in return:

1- Good karma.

2- Free entry to DDPP.

3- My love and admiration.

4- The joy of knowing that DDPP wont be canceled.

So if you can help me out for either of the days Sunday May 25 or June 1 please let me know asap.

e-mail me at sarabynoe @ gmail.com and I’ll hook you up with all the info (which is basically all the info I’ve provided).

Here’s hoping this can work out and DDPP can happen for the next two weeks.

ALSO- Who wants to organized DDPP in the fall? I wont be in Vancouver to keep it running, if a bunch of you want to share the responsibility I’m sure that could work too.

Thanks girls!

Sara

* Why can’t I be there? I’m performing at the Uno Festival in Victoria on May 24 and in Vancouver at the Walking Fish Festival on June 1.