Light Up The Night - A 5Rhythms® Benefit Dance
with Elisa Hollenberg, Layah Jane, & Rhondda Snary
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 7-9:30pm
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation
310 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON
$20 - $35+
Come dive into your own deep dance with a circle of other dancing seekers of the sacred.
Come reSource, come release, come light up the night!
Join us to raise funds for Clean Shelter (humanitarian aid for Gaza), Unicef, & The Downie & Wenjack Fund
All are welcome here: all bodies, races, religions, genders, sexual orientations, abilities & disabilities, and movement experience. NUUC is a wheelchair accessible venue.
Your kind donation is appreciated even if you are unable to attend on the night-of.
Important Ticket & Registration Info
Tiered pricing is available so that participants can choose their fundraiser donation amount according to what they can afford to contribute.
$35+ Generosity | $30 Supporting | $25 Sustainability | $20 Supported | $12 Access
Drop-in: Pre-registration is not required. Drop-in dancers are welcome to pay cash at the door, provided we have not yet reached capacity. Please bring exact change. Drop-in tickets are $25-$35 +HST at the door. There will not be Access or Supported tier tickets available at the door.
Sales Tax & Service Fees
All ticket purchases are subject to 13% HST.
Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity.
(If you would prefer to pay by etransfer and save the booking fees, please see instructions below.)
Credit Card: To pay by credit card please register on Humanitix.
Etransfer: You are welcome to pay via Etransfer. Please register on Humanitix and use the promocode: etransfer. This will give you 100% discount at checkout. To complete your registration, send an etransfer in the amount of the tuition tier you selected plus 13% HST, to layahjane@hotmail.com. Your registration will be complete upon receipt of your etransfer. No payment reminder emails will be sent, and your ticket will be voided if we haven't received your etransfer within 24 hrs of your booking.
Reparations Scholarships: A 50% scholarship (at the Sustainability or Supporting rates) is available to anyone who identifies as a person of colour. Please use promo code: reparations on Humanitix to receive this Reparations Scholarship.
Promo code process: Enter your promo code at the top of the page, then click the "Apply" button. This will apply your discount to the tickets you add to your cart.
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Health & Wellness Agreements
We expect any dancers experiencing cold/flu symptoms to stay home to care for themselves, and the rest of the group.
Capacity limits (registration capped at 70 dancers)
Masks welcome (but not mandatory)
Contact tracing (name and phone number of every participant)
If you choose to attend this indoor class, you acknowledge that though we are taking precautions, there is still a risk of contracting an illness as a result of attending, and you are assuming full responsibility for your choice to attend, and any illnesses or injuries that may result.
about the facilitators
ELISA catalyzes spaces that allow authenticity, self-expression and connection using the 5Rhythms practice as a map. Dance is her current creative outlet, which she loves to share with others. She works full-time as a mental health research coordinator and is a certified 5Rhythms teacher accredited with the 5Rhythms Teachers Association.Association. https://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Elisa+Hollenberg
LAYAH is a healing artist - a teacher, dancer, and musician. Passionate about offering people sacred space to experience motion as medicine, Layah has facilitated movement since 2003, and has taught 5Rhythms since 2014. Layah's work is infused with expressive enthusiasm, a fascination with the weave of ritual and improvisational art, and a reverent love of creative practice as a transformational and political act. Layah is a member of the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association, and a certified 5Rhythms teacher accredited with the 5Rhythms Teachers Association. www.layahjane.com
RHONDDA - bio details to come
In the years since we began this annual Benefit Dance we have raised thousands of dollars to support various causes that touch our hearts, including the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), through the Native Women’s Association of Canada, Syrian Refugee families arriving in Canada, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Raven Trust indigenous justice organization, as well as our own Toronto Moving Meditation Workshop Scholarship Fund.