Barefoot Boogie - New York, NY

Upcoming Dances: March 14th, April 11th

At the New York Insight Meditation Center,
located at 28 West 27th Street, 10th Floor (Buzzer #27)

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Jump, joy, and groove! Saturday, March 14th

The evening's schedule:

7:30-8:00 Setup
8:00-10:00 Freestyle dancing
10:00-10:15ish Community Announcement Circle
10:15ish-11:30 Continued juicy freestyle dancing

Where: The NY Insight Meditation Center
28 West 27th Street, 10th Floor (Buzzer #27)
Cost : $10-20 sliding scale (less if you do a door shift)

$5 off for 1/2 hour of your time. Get in free for 1 hour of volunteering.

Email us at info@barefootboogie.org for more information. All are welcome!

PS: Coordinate a dance (oversee setup or breakdown, and door shifts) and get free tickets for future Boogies! To sign up, email us at info@barefootboogie.org.

The Boogie Happens on the 2nd Saturday of Each Month!

Are you psyched to dance? So are we. Come join us! The Boogie is a freestyle dance which happens once a month in New York City. We offer a relaxed, smoke- and alcohol-free environment where folks can freely express themselves in movement.

If you've enjoyed any kind of conscious dance, ecstatic dance, 5 Rhythms, JourneyDance, contact improvisation, or any other kind of freeform movement, you'll enjoy the Boogie.

People of all ages, families and kids are welcome. (Children must be supervised at all times.) Come alone or bring your friends. You'll find folks at the dance moving solo, with partners, and/or in groups. Dress as you wish, but please leave your street shoes at the door before hitting the dance floor. We also keep chat to a minumum on the dance floor but welcome verbal connection in the non-dance spaces! The Barefoot Boogie is a not-for-profit, cooperative and volunteer-run venture.

From our pool of talented DJs, two spin each dance. Each of our DJs has his or her own distinctive style, but one thing you can rely on is that at every Boogie you'll hear a wide variety of music: R&B, tribal, funk, lyrical and acoustic, ambient, electronica, disco, rock, and much more.

Barefoot Boogie is held at: The NY Insight Meditation Center: 28 W 27th Street, 10th Floor (Buzzer #27). Join our mailing list by clicking here

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Our normal schedule is the second Saturday of each month. We currently have the following format for the dance.

From 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm. We start off with warm-up music. On some months, we have a dance-related class from 8:00-9:00 p.m., followed by DJed music. At 10:00, we'll have a community/announcement circle where new folks are welcomed, we give an overview of the dance community, and anyone is invited to announce a service they offer, an apartment for rent, or an initiative they want to share. This is followed by our traditional circle dance, and the rest of the evening is DJed music where you are free to express yourself in whatever way you like!

Want to dance on a weekend when a Boogie's not being held, and don't mind traveling a couple hours upstate to the country? There just might be a dance being put on by our sister community, the Freestyle Frolic.

The Barefoot Boogie prides itself on being an affordable non-profit dance. Admission is a sliding scale from $10 to $20, depending on what you feel you can afford. If this cost is too much for you, please consider volunteering! Door shift volunteers will still receive 1/2 off for one door shift and a free dance for 2 door shifts;

DJs and Coordinators will always dance free! Kids, 12 and under, are free.

Come join us at the Boogie in dance, hanging out and whatnot. If you groove on what we're doing and have time and energy to help us make the dance happen, all the better. Folks who contribute as such to our dances can get reduced or even free admission to the Boogie. We're entirely volunteer-run so are always in need of people who can work as dance coordinators and DJs, and do 1/2 hour door shifts. Come to our dances and we'll be glad to fill you in on how we're set up. Even if you're not able to get involved, we'd like to hear your ideas about the dance.

The Barefoot Boogie NYC is a member of Dance New England (DNE), which is a network of barefoot, smoke-free dances taking place in cities throughout the Northeast United States including New York City, New Paltz, Boston, Northampton, and Portland Maine among others. For more information on other great dance events throught New England check out: http://www.dne.org/dancedirectory/

Our communities get together frequently to convene DNE events including dance weekends and a summer camp.

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