VASHON SUNDAY DANCE

DANCE YOUR PRAYERS

for your heart

for our community

for the Earth

DATES

2nd & 4th Sunday of the Month: January - May 2026

January 11 & 25

February 8 & 22

March 8 & 22

April 12 & 26

May 17 & 31 (NOT 2nd & 4th Sundays due to May holidays)

TIME

10:45 - 11am Doors Open & Warm-Up Music

*No arrivals after 11am to honor the group container*

11am-12:30pm Main Dance

LOCATION

Hanna Barn: 7712 Pt. Robinson Rd Vashon, WA 98070

Parking: Please park to the left upon entering the driveway (there will be a long strip of parking space along a grassy bank). Walk up the driveway from the parking area, the Dance Barn is the first building on the left.

EXCHANGE

$15-$25 sliding scale

Cash or Venmo at door

REGISTRATION

No pre-registration necessary. Sign-in and provide payment at the door before class.

WHAT TO BRING & WEAR

  • Comfortable clothes/layers for dancing indoors (the “barn” is well heated with a beautiful dancing floor)

  • Water Bottle

  • (Optional) Journal and pen

  • Dancing barefoot is ideal but socks are okay if needed (no shoes)

WHAT TO EXPECT

Most of our time together will be space for you to dance and move your body freely in a welcoming, inclusive space; with some invitations for connection or deeper embodiment tools offered at the beginning and end of the practice.

ARRIVAL - TUNING IN: The first 15 minutes is free space for arrival and warming up - this is time to be in moving meditation with yourself and shift your awareness from the mind into the body.

OPENING ATTUNEMENT: Following will be a brief opening circle to offer intentions based on the cycles of the Earth & Sky including a short attunement or guided embodiment practice.

FREE DANCING: There will be about an hour of open time for conscious dancing to a wide array of live-mixed music, curated to offer a meditative dance experience that follows a “wave” (the music will build slowly, peak, and resolve slowly with time for integration).

EMBODIMENT TOOLS: A short closing exercise will be offered - for example: optional partner work, somatic inquiry, expression with movement, writing, or art, etc.

CLOSING: We will end the dance with a brief closing circle.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR

Alyssa is a dance facilitator and trauma-informed somatic practitioner with over 30 years of creative movement experience, rooted in a lifelong relationship with dance and music. She is a certified Non-Linear Movement Method Practitioner, a Level One Instructor Trainee with the Tamalpa Institute, a Level Two student in Focusing for Complex Trauma, and has more than 300 hours of advanced workshop participation in 5Rhythms. Her facilitation blends conscious dance and somatic inquiry to cultivate embodied awareness and empowered creative expression.

DANSER LIBRE COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

Please help us keep this space safe, loving, respectful & honor the ritual of our practice. Thank you!

  • Substance-free environment

  • Meditative environment ~ enter the space & dance floor without chatting (sounds welcomed while dancing)

  • Opt In / Opt Out ~ you are always in choice, listen to your body

  • No phones ~ leave outside or in car - no Shazams, texts, etc.

  • Consensual partnered dancing only ~ both parties clearly consent through non-verbal cues or verbal confirmation. It is always safe to say “No.”

  • Stay in your own process ~ allow others space to emote & be in theirs

  • Confidentiality ~ safe space for sharing that doesn’t leave the room

  • Health & Safety ~ please stay home if you are experiencing any form of cold or flu like symptoms and keep your neighbors healthy. 

HANNA BARN REQUESTS

  • No food or drink (other than water) indoors

  • No shoes indoors ~ barefoot recommended (socks can be dangerous/too slippery on floors)

Feedback or concerns - contact Alyssa at danserlibrevashon@gmail.com.

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WELCOMING STATEMENT

ALL ARE WELCOME AND SAFE TO DANCE HERE:

All BODIES

ALL RACES

ALL AGES

ALL LANGUAGES

ALL GENDER IDENTITIES

ALL ABILITIES & DISABILITIES

ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS

ALL RELIGIONS

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I acknowledge and honor the original caretakers of the lands we gather and dance on now: among other Coast Salish people, Vashon-Maury Island is the traditional, unceded land of the sx̌ʷəbabs (“Swift Water People”), known today as part of the Puyallup Tribe, who call themselves S’Puyalupubsh - “a people who are generous and welcoming to all people (friends and strangers) who enter our lands.” I offer recognition and respect to the ancestors past, present and emerging. If there is anyone reading this statement or attending any Danser Libre classes that are descendants from any first naSons lineage, you are honored and included in this acknowledgement too.