Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino Events archive 2020

Samsara – Aakash Odedra Company

5th-7th March 2020  Arts Centre Melbourne & Bagri Foundation
Samsara is a duet created & performed by Aakash Odedra with Hu Shenyuan. Drawing on contemporary dance, Chinese folk dance & the classical Indian dance form kathak, Samsara is an expression of cultural exchange where epic, mythological storytelling merges with personal experience from two globally opposite perspectives.
Samsara is inspired by the many monks believed to have attempted the long pilgrimage that eventually led to the classic 16th century Chinese story Journey to The West.Their journeys were both literal, metaphorical, physical and spiritual.
Choreographers/Performers Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan  
Composer Nicki Wells  :  Drummer Beibei Wang :  Vocalist and Strings  Michael Ormiston  Costume K H Lee  :  Dramaturg Lou Cope  :  Lighting Designer Dr Yaron Abulafia 
Set Designer Tina Tzoka  :  Technical Director Salvatore Scollo 
Producer Anand Bhatt

Kirtan with Candida Valentino & Michael Ormiston

7:30 – 9pm Tuesday 18th February 2020 The Sonic Retreat Centre Frome, Somerset BA11 3NG
Cost £5 donation Limited places booking essential details & booking
candidavalentino@yahoo.co.uk 07837074505 01373474368
Kirtan comes from the Bhakti yoga tradition, the path of devotion. Having its roots in India, the mantras are sung in the ancient vibrational language of Sanskrit. It is a form of meditation, repeating names of God or Goddesses set to a melody. Essentially Kirtan is an inwards journey inwards, a form of vocal meditation connecting us to our heart centre & creating union with our own being & each other within the group. It can induce spontaneous joyous expression, bliss & ecstasy.

Gong Bath with Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino

7:30 – 9pm Sunday 16th February 2020 The Garden Studio, 7 Locks Hill BA11 1NA, entrance through a wooden gate along the garden path
Cost £15 in advance £20 on the day. Limited places
Gong baths envelope you in the warmth of the full spectrum frequencies embodied within its crystalline metalic structure. They immerse the receiver in a deep ocean of resonating sounds enabling the mind to free itself of thoughts, the body of tensions, taking you on a journey from the subtlest strokes of the gong to an orchestra of symphonic proportions.
booking Contact candidavalentino@yahoo.co.uk 07837074505 01373 474368 Please bring water, Blankets, Pillow

Kirtan with Candida Valentino & Michael Ormiston

7:30 – 9pm Wednesday 22nd January 2020 The Sonic Retreat Centre Frome, Somerset BA11 3NG
Cost £5 donation Limited places booking essential details & booking
candidavalentino@yahoo.co.uk 07837074505 01373474368
Kirtan comes from the Bhakti yoga tradition, the path of devotion. Having its roots in India, the mantras are sung in the ancient vibrational language of Sanskrit. It is a form of meditation, repeating names of God or Goddesses set to a melody. Essentially Kirtan is an inwards journey inwards, a form of vocal meditation connecting us to our heart centre & creating union with our own being & each other within the group. It can induce spontaneous joyous expression, bliss & ecstasy.

Gong Bath with Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino

7:30 – 9pm Sunday 19th January 2020 The Sonic Retreat Centre Frome, Somerset BA11 3NG
Cost £15 in advance £20 on the day. Limited places
Gong baths envelope you in the warmth of the full spectrum frequencies embodied within its crystalline metalic structure. They immerse the receiver in a deep ocean of resonating sounds enabling the mind to free itself of thoughts, the body of tensions, taking you on a journey from the subtlest strokes of the gong to an orchestra of symphonic proportions.
booking Contact candidavalentino@yahoo.co.uk 07837074505 01373 474368. Please bring water, Blankets, Pillow
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