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Dancegiving

Sunday, November 22 · 3:00 to 7:00pm
Angora Hall, Clarkston Community Center
3701 College Avenue, Clarkston, GA

Four hours on the floor, and a table full of food for our neighbors. Bring a nonperishable donation for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, then dance it out with the whole room.

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Until the dance begins, Sun Nov 22 at 3:00pm ET. Doors at 2:50pm.

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3701 College AveClarkston, GA

On the decks, in the room

One resident, one ceremony keeper, a movement warm-up to open the floor, and a guest pairing built for a room that gives back.

Scott HoustonResident DJ and facilitator
Maya RosaMaestra of Ceremonies
Secret WeaponGuest DJ Duo (J Adesoji and Bryn Devita)
Riya RoseMovement Warm-Up Facilitator
Sam ThurmondLive Painter
TBAClosing Sound Bath Practitioner

Tickets: General Admission $32.28 including fees ahead of time, $37.49 on the day. Members dance free with pre-registration. No refunds, and tickets can be gifted or transferred to a friend.

The full Chapel dance floor seen from above the crowd, the whole room dancing with the DJ at the front of the room

Angora Hall interior with its wooden dance floor, high vaulted wood ceiling and stage at the far end

Resident DJ

Scott Houston

Sol Dance Creator & Co-Founder

Scott has spent more than 35 years devoted to music, from classical trumpet to the decks. He co-founded Sol Dance in Candler Park in June 2020 and still builds and opens every floor himself.

Maestra of Ceremonies

Maya Rosa

Sol Dance Co-Founder

Maya Lemberg, dancing as Maya Rosa, is a psychotherapist and co-founder of Sol Dance. She opens and closes the room, and holds the ceremony that runs through the dance.

Guest DJ Duo

Secret Weapon

J Adesoji & Bryn Devita

Secret Weapon is the guest DJ duo joining Scott for DANCEGIVING. J Adesoji and Bryn Devita play together as one pairing, built for a room that gives back.

Movement Warm-Up

Riya Rose

Riya Rose facilitates the movement warm-up at the beginning of the dance.

Live Painter

Sam Thurmond

Sam Thurmond is the live painter for DANCEGIVING, painting the room as it moves.

Closing Sound Bath

TBA

The sound healer for the closing sound bath is still to be announced.

Coming next

Save the dates. Tickets for the next dance are live now; the rest open on Viewcy and the Sol Emergence events page.

Sunday

Nov 2026

Dancegiving

3:00 to 7:00pm · Angora Hall, Clarkston. Food and fund drive for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, with Scott Houston, Maya Rosa, and Secret Weapon.

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Sunday

Dec 2026

Winter Solstice

3:00 to 7:00pm · Angora Hall, Clarkston. The longest night, danced through together. Guest DJ Inner Realm joins Scott.

Event details

The opening circle at a past Sol Dance, dancers seated around the central altar with flowers and candles, tall windows and draped curtains behind

Friday

Jan 2027

New Year's Day

Doors 1:00pm · Chapel on Sycamore, Decatur. A daytime dance ritual for a new cycle. Scott plays an extended set, with a Maya Rosa meditation, a Bryant Wood warm-up, and a special guest to close.

Event details

The MAPS TO ECSTASY event flyer: a 5Rhythms, mindfulness, and ritual song workshop with Lucia Horan and Leah Song, January 15 to 17, 2027 at Moving in the Spirit, Atlanta, presented by Sol Dance and Sol Emergence

Fri to Sun

15–17

Jan 2027

Maps to Ecstasy

Moving in the Spirit, Atlanta. A full weekend workshop with Lucia Horan and live music from Leah Song.

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Dance, and feed Atlanta

DANCEGIVING is Sol Dance's annual food and fund drive with the Atlanta Community Food Bank. The barrels sit by the door. What the room brings in goes straight to families across the city.

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Bring food. Nonperishable items go in the ACFB barrels at the door when you arrive.
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Or give funds. Cash and card donations at the door count toward the same drive.
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Then dance. Opening circle at 3:00pm, four hours of music, closing circle to land it together.

Food Drive graphic for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, showing a paper bag and a box of fresh food

A man pulling a cart loaded with red Atlanta Community Food Bank barrels reading Let's fight hunger together

Crates of donated food collected for the food drive, filled with cereal boxes, cans, and grocery bags

This year's goal: $500 raised for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, plus barrels of food from the dance floor.

"The dance floor is the only place I've never had to explain myself."

The Sol Dance floor with hands raised together under warm string lights, seen from inside the circle

Substance-free

No alcohol, no substances. The music and the room do the work. Sol Dance has run this way since June 2020, when it started in Candler Park.

Consent-forward

Dance solo, dance together, sit it out. Every yes and every no is read and respected, on and off the floor.

Phone-free floor

Phones stay off the dance floor. No filming the room, no scrolling the moment away. Be in it.

New here? The full story, the eight guidelines, photos, and FAQs live on the main Sol Dance page. Read it on solemergence.org

From the floor

Real moments from recent Sol Dance gatherings, sorted the way the day actually moves: the floor, the circle, everything that happens in between, and the outdoor days at Brook Run Park.

The floor

The full Sol Dance floor dancing in a bright loft space with tall windows and a gong at the edge of the room

A full dance floor with arms raised, Scott Houston DJing from a purple draped booth at the side of the room

Scott Houston at the decks mid-set, his full face visible and smiling, headphones on, one hand raised, wearing a black tank top and a strand of wooden beads

Circle and ceremony

The Sol Dance community in a tight closing circle, arms around each other, heads bowed together

Dancers seated on cushions around the altar, with flowers, candles, and offerings on a draped table

A dancer seated in the opening meditation with eyes closed and one hand over her heart, the room seated around her

Joy and the in-between

A shirtless dancer laughing with his hands up at the center of the Chapel floor, the curly-haired dancer beside him, both fully in frame

Two dancers hugging tightly under blue light, one holding a dark lace fan, eyes closed

Late light across the wooden floor as dancers rest, stretch, and sit together at the edge of the room

Outdoors · Brook Run Park

The whole Sol Dance community gathered in a circle on the grass at Brook Run Park, blankets and canopies out, trees all around

A dancer laughing with her head back, holding a bright blue fan above the outdoor crowd at Brook Run Park

Dancers on their knees in the grass at Brook Run Park, arms raised and faces lit up mid-dance

A dancer with long dreadlocks flying, eyes closed, dancing at the center of the outdoor crowd at Brook Run Park

Made while we dance

A live painter smiling beside her easel at an outdoor Sol Dance gathering, hands covered in red and blue paint, a swirling canvas in progress next to her

The live painters

Some gatherings, an artist sets up an easel at the edge of the floor and paints the room while it moves. The painter is different from one gathering to the next. Paint goes on by hand, the canvas builds track by track, and by the closing circle there is a picture of the day that nobody posed for.

A different live painter at work during a Sol Dance gathering, adding fine brush detail to a large, vivid canvas on an easel

A third live painter at a Sol Dance gathering in the Chapel, a woman with long silver curly hair in a neon yellow top painting at an easel, brush and palette in hand, dancers moving behind her

Dancegiving, seasons past

Dancers up close at a past DANCEGIVING, a woman in a red crochet top moving at the center of the crowd

The seated opening circle at a past DANCEGIVING, the room gathered on the floor of a bright loft with tall windows

A drummer leading a circle of dancers and singers at a past DANCEGIVING, the room clapping along

Winter dances, from the archive

Two friends holding each other and smiling on a couch at a past winter Sol Dance

Two dancers in a close embrace at a past winter Sol Dance, one smiling with her eyes open over his shoulder

Porangui playing didgeridoo live at a past Sol Dance, hands raised in the crowd below the stage

The Chapel on Sycamore

A guest musician at the controls during a past Sol Dance at the Chapel, light trails crossing the warm dark room

A past Sol Dance filling the Chapel on Sycamore, the room dancing under blue light beneath the arched ceiling

Where it started · Candler Park

Sol Dance in its first home, Candler Park: dancers spread across a wide green field under a bright sky and one orange autumn tree

Sol Dance dancers spread across the grass in Candler Park at dusk, moving on the field under a fading blue sky with trees behind them

Scott Houston DJing outdoors in Candler Park from a purple draped table, dancers moving on the grass in front of him

The DJ seen from behind at a purple table with a laptop and a candle, speakers on either side, dancers moving across the grass in Candler Park at dusk

Dance every month

Members dance free at DANCEGIVING with pre-registration, and all season long. Membership keeps this room running.

Seed

$25 / month

The base membership. Free entry to monthly Sol Dance gatherings with pre-registration, plus free entry to Growth Labs.

Spark

$39 / month

Everything in Seed, plus MVMT LABS, the monthly 90-minute facilitator-led movement series at E-Church ATL, and free entry to Growth Labs.

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Good to know

When should I arrive?

Doors open at 2:50pm at Angora Hall, Clarkston Community Center, 3701 College Avenue, Clarkston, GA. Come a few minutes early to drop your food donation and settle in before the opening circle.

What should I bring?

A nonperishable food donation for the barrels, a water bottle, and clothes you can move and sweat in. Most of the room dances barefoot.

Can I get a refund?

Tickets are not refundable, and they are transferable. If you cannot make it, gift your ticket to a friend and let them take your spot on the floor.

Is it really phone-free?

On the dance floor, yes. Phones, talking, and substances stay outside the dancing space, so the room can drop in fully for four hours.

DANCEGIVING · Sun Nov 22Angora Hall, Clarkston · 3 to 7pm

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