Dusk til Dark Woodland Dance with Jagua!

Welcome Dance & Nature Lovers!

You're invited to dance from the dusky evening light into the dark of the woods to the natural, earthy and rhythmic  dj'ed sounds of Jagua, visiting Brighton fresh from Medicine Festival! Dance on the earth and with the trees in the late summer magic around the fire!

This is a silent disco style with headsets. An ecstatic dance flow of varied world inspired beats and genres, to take you on an inner and outer journey in the natural medicine of nature. 

About Jagua

Jagua is a producer and DJ who creates intentional musical experiences, weaving messages of transformation, connection, and presence into every performance. Drawing inspiration from medicine music and blending electronic production with natural soundscapes using stems and sometimes live instruments, he cultivates what he sees as the evolution of a new musical expression, where modern electronic sound meets the organic rhythms of the natural world.

Jagua offers a variety of DJ sets, including ecstatic dance journeys, conscious festival performances, downtempo experiences, and genre-blending dance sets tailored to the energy of each gathering. His full catalog of mixes and original productions can be explored on SoundCloud using the link below.

Depending on the event and production arrangements, Jagua incorporates live instrumentation, including flute, didgeridoo, hand percussion, and other acoustic elements into his DJ sets, creating an immersive experience that feels both deeply organic with the umff.

His sound weaves together world bass, medicine music, tribal house, downtempo, hip-hop, ethnic percussion, and melodic instrumentation to create rich, cinematic soundscapes. Inspired by nature, ancestral traditions, ceremonial practices, and the transformative power of rhythm, each performance becomes a shared journey that invites movement, reflection, and authentic connection. More than a DJ set, Jagua creates a space where music becomes ceremony and the dance floor becomes a place for celebration, community, and transformation.

LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/jaguamusic47/tracks

FLOW

630pm Meet in the Car Park (Lower West Lodges)

7pm Session begins by the fallen tree

930pm Approx - Session comes to a close

BRING A FLASK OF TEA & AN INSTRUMENT & STAY FOR A HANG OUT AFTER!

The Practical Things

What to Bring/Wear

👉🏻Bring some water, snacks or a warm drink. Cacao will be on sale for £3. 

👉🏻You may want a scarf or hat to wear over the headsets so they stay on more securely while you dance.

👉🏻Wear comfy clothes you can move and dance in. If that happens to be pink sparkly hot pants go for it, but pyjamas are also welcome! Wear layers and bring a warm jumper or coat to put on after. I recommend dancing barefoot on the earth to release, heal & ground your energetics.

Refunds/Exchanges

👉🏻Tickets will be fully refunded or transferred to another dance only if the organisers cancel the event. You may sell your ticket on to another person if you are no longer able to attend.

Children

👉🏻Are very welcome! Please add their attendance so we bring enough headphones. Headsets have their own volume control to make it a suitable sound level for each individual.

Weather

👉🏻Hopefully conditions will be bright & dry! But if it looks damp please bring anoraks or wet weather clothing. I aim to keep going through all weather's, but in the case of very heavy rain we will cancel the dance by 10am on the day and can either refund or transfer your ticket to another date.

Location/Time

👉🏻Please arrive by 630Pm if you have never been to the location before. Give yourself plenty of time to find a parking spot in the Stanmer Park car parks. Meet at 630Pm by the far swings in the children's playground which is on the left when you enter the park. From there someone will guide you up to the dance location. If you know the location (Fallen tree with fire pit) please be there at 650Pm to start at 7Pm.

👉🏻 Stanmer Park is a well used space so there will be others around! I have picked a more private/enclosed area to make it easier to go more deeply into the dance. Otherwise let's be happy to share our beautiful individual expressions with anyone passing by!

👉🏻You will be able to stay near out catherdral of trees or explore the natural area around. Please take care amongst the flowers and be careful to stay on paths or areas of ground where the flowers will not get trodden on.

Headsets

👉🏻This is a 'silent disco' style set up! Please look after the headsets - they cost around £40 each to replace if damaged! Do not place them on the ground.

What to expect during Ecstatic Dance

Based in the natural understanding that our bodies know how they need and want to move themselves in order to heal, strengthen, release and be nourished. Our ancestors practised rhythmic dancing to drums and chanting for centuries. The dance is aimed at guiding you on a journey to connect with your body and to move, release and experience a shift in your whole being.

No dance 'skill' or experience is required. There will be a mix of slow, fast, playful, touching and many styles of music. You may have many different feelings, thoughts, experiences come up! Dance with them ALL! If you feel pain, tune in, is this something to gently move with and feel or do you need to change your movement or rest? If you feel tired, is this old, stagnant 'tired' feelings being released that you can keep dancing through, or do you need to slow down? There is no right or wrong way to move! Enjoy connecting with your body and the music and allow your journey to unfold.

We begin with an opening circle to share the guidelines of the dance which help us create a contained experience together, this is followed by a guided warm up and then un unguided dj set with waves of different genres of music. We have a closing circle to say thank yous and reconnect as a group before leaving.

About Ecstatic Dance Brighton 

Ecstatic Dance Brighton is a community-driven dance space creating joyful, inclusive and sober experiences across Brighton and beyond. Since 2021, we’ve brought together hundreds of people through indoor and outdoor Ecstatic Dances, sober raves, live music, DJs, facilitators and community-led events. Rooted in freedom, connection and authentic self-expression, our dancefloors are open to everyone — no choreography, no shoes, no booze, no talking, no judgement.

www.ecstaticdancebrighton.co.uk