There is something inside all of us that wants to belong, to feel we are a part of something greater than our individual selves.
In the mesmerizing documentary Dances of Ecstasy, two of Australia's leading filmmakers explore how different people around the world connect with transcendental forces through rhythm and dance. It is a sensory journey into the world of trance and music that binds dancers from Manhattan to Morocco.
The Sunshine Coast première will take place at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons on Sunday, April 10. The film will be followed by an opportunity for the audience to take part in a short demonstration of a modern ecstatic dance form and experience their own dances of ecstasy.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the film starts at 7:30. Tickets are $8 in advance at local ticket outlets (WindSong Gallery, Roberts Creek Health Food Store, Coast Books) and $10 at the door. Dances of Ecstasy is a visual and aural feast, an innovative documentary blending exciting dance rituals, evocative imagery, interviews and a spellbinding global music soundtrack.
The film is an inspiration to dance and to reconnect with a sense of the sacred that many have lost touch with in modern life.
For more information, contact Luna at 604-885-6688, [email protected] or check out the Dances of Ecstasy website at www.dancesofecstasy.com.
