DANCEGIVING Ecstatic Dance Workshop to Energize and Heal

Dancegiving is an invitation to move your body, open your heart, and step joyfully into new beginnings, together, in motion.

Ready to shake off stress, awaken your life force, and dance your gratitude forward?

This special Ecstatic Dance Enjoy Troy gathering is a full-bodied journey guided entirely by Isha, featuring:

• 🎤 A guided vocal & embodied warm-up to awaken breath, sound, and presence
• 🎶 A deep, high-vibe Ecstatic Dance DJ set
• 🔔 A sound healing cool-down to integrate, soften, and ground

Expect a dance floor where you can stretch, swirl, stomp, release, and celebrate whether your gratitude is quiet, wild, tender, or fierce. 💃🕺✨

📍 EVENT DETAILS

WHEN: Sunday, January 25th | 12:00–2:00 PM
WHERE: Mt Ida Preservation Hall
548 Congress Street, Troy, NY

BRING: Water, comfy clothes, and your open heart
PARKING: Street parking available. Additional parking at the Cookie Factory or Greenhouse Dispensary lots nearby.

New 2026 Pricing:

EARLY BIRD $18 up to two weeks before the event

ADVANCE GROOVE $25 available 2 weeks before the event

DAY-OF GROOVE $33 day of event

🌀 FLOW OF THE DANCE

12:00 – 12:15 PM
Arrive, settle in, feel the room

12:15 – 12:25 PM
Opening the space together

12:25 – 12:40 PM
🎤 Vocal & Embodied Warm-Up with Isha
Breath, sound, gentle movement, and guided activation to drop out of the mind and into the body. No experience needed—just your voice and curiosity.

12:40 – 1:40 PM
🎶 Ecstatic Dance with DJ ISHA
A freeform, expressive dance journey through organic house, Afro rhythms, world beats, and soulful soundscapes. Come as you are. Dance how you feel.

1:40 – 1:55 PM
🔔 Sound Healing Cool-Down
Crystal tones, grounding frequencies, and deep rest to integrate the journey.

1:55 – 2:00 PM
Closing circle & sweet send-off

💛 COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS (ECSTATIC DANCE CONTAINER)

• Be Present – no phones or cameras
• Embodiment – no talking on the dance floor
• Clear Mind – sober space (no intoxicants)
• Consent Always – eye contact & a clear “YES”; crossed arms or turning away means “NO”
• Grounding – barefoot encouraged (outside shoes permitted)
• Freedom – dance how you want, no judgment

🌈 ABOUT YOUR GUIDE

Isha Justyna Kostek is a facilitator of movement, music, and embodied transformation. A certified OSHO Active Meditation facilitator and sound healer trained in India, she is the founder of abunDANCE, blending somatic release, ecstatic movement, and ritual to awaken joy, presence, and abundance.

With a background in theater, trauma-informed healing, and equine-assisted work, Isha creates spaces that are playful, grounded, and deeply human, where people feel safe to express, release, and reconnect.

Since 2024, she has been leading Ecstatic Dance Oneonta and Ecstatic Dance Enjoy Troy, igniting dance floors with soul-stirring journeys that honor both depth and delight.

When she’s not DJing or dancing barefoot, she’s likely with horses, listening closely to what the body and the moment are asking for. She hosts Equine Assisted Personal Development Workshops with Fire Horse Healing.

🌱 ACCESSIBILITY & CARE

• Sober event
• Kid-friendly | All ages welcome
• No one turned away for lack of funds
  Email islavaa@gmail.com to request a hardship ticket or volunteer for set-up/breakdown.

This event is produced by Just More Theatre Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

✨ Come to reconnect.
✨ Come to release.
✨ Come to dance your gratitude into what’s next.

Let’s Dancegive, and begin again, together.