A show in honor of Mother's Day: Devi: Songs of The Mother- Saturday May 11 2013

The Idisi invite you to their premiere concert series they present in honor of Mother’s Day featuring special guest, singer songwriter Lojo Russo:

“Devi: Songs of The Mother”

Saturday, May 11 2013
@ 7:30pm

Jeanne D'Arc Auditorium
2004 Randolph Ave
St. Catherine University
St Paul MN

Tickets: $20.00 
For tickets Click here for tickets

The Idisi and special musical guest, Lojo Russo celebrate the Divine Mother in all Her forms through music, storytelling, and movement in sacred space. Along with members of Atomic Lotus Dance, the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, and musicians Dylan Hatch and Joel Burks.

Join us as we honor and celebrate the beauty of Mother, and all Her blessings.

We will also be hosting a Bake Goods table with yummy single servings, and gluten-free options.... as well multiple serving sizes baked goods available for suggested donation.


Come celebrate Mother’s Day with The Idisi, our talented artist friends...and your mothers, aunts, grandmothers and all lovers of Moms!

It will be an event not to be missed.

www.theidisi.com
www.lojorusso.com
www.fredastairemn.com


Photo Credit: Terry Bebertz www.phototell.net

from a sister of Idisi- Mary Elizabeth

Feb 24 2013

Last night, I caught the show, Nexus: Transitions of the Heart on the Centennial Show Boat down on the River. Dayna Wolter and The Idisi collaborated with other local artists to create a showcase in part Spiritual Cabaret, part Performance Ritual, all orchestrated to move the spirit of the audience as a whole and the individual soul of each audience member. It was truly a sonic journey into the collective unconscious, through the beautiful imperfections of live human performance, designed to release the adhesions of your spiritual fascia by shifting the internal perspective from grief to hope.

These women, these glorious and brave women, came together to raise their voices for you, for me, for all the beings of this planet, and for the earth, herself. They called to them those who can speak without words to join them; the drummers, the dancers, the strummers and the plinkers, all to share in the subatomic shifting of each being by subtly rearranging our frequencies to resonate with The Song of the Universe.

They reminded us all : You are here to bring forth from within yourself all the wild and raging beauty of your soul and leave your creative mark in this life. Every single one of us is here to share the glittering brilliance of our vision of life, of our voice, with one another. May you be willing to be even a quarter as fierce as these women and trust that you are here to more than a cog in the machine of modern life.

With voices strong, they unbound our societal and self-induced constrictions.

With voices strong, they bound us to the Oran Mor.

These Brave Women.

These Fiercely Loving Women.

The Idisi.

-reprinted with permission of Mary Elizabeth-

From Dayna Jean

Well…we came through the much hyped “End of the World in 2012” business as intact as we could be, some more than others, some less.  I hope this finds you regrouping and making the most out of each day…that is what we are charged to do.

As some of you may or may not know, I have had a very rough time of the transitions between the Worlds, as it were. Much grief and loss as well as reaching an age where all the desires, plans, dreams etc… I have been making since I was 8 are thrust in my face and I am asked to look at “what do you REALLY want your life to Be?” Some of that is very hard, hard deep “stuff”to dig through… and I am fighting a lot of it daily…hoping I can be brave enough to surrender where I need to and be in ease about it all.. I look around and see many of my dearhearts/circles fighting the same battle…so how to help?

Create something, of course.So…. I invite you to join The Idisi for “Nexus: Transitions of the Heart”

I have had the privilege of creating The Idisi with an enormously brave and powerful collection of souls. We have been hard at work the last 3.5 years learning about ourselves as women, singers, and humans; about the power of the voice as a healing tool; and the amazing results of holding space for the community at large.
 
As with last year’s production, much of our work is culminating in our 2^nd Annual premiere concert to be held Saturday, February, 23th 2013 on the Minnesota Centennial Showboat.

We are elated to be holding this even on the Showboat with its rich history of theater and art, and most excited because we will be performing ON the Mississippi River, which is such a vital source of water for the United States at large, and its far reaching effects.

Our show brings attention to Transitions, a time of Critical Juncture for us all as individuals, and as a global community, We can all bear witness that a change is no longer coming, it is here…and it is now time to choose…are we remaining in the comfortable zone, or are we embracing our fears and taking a leap toward what we desire to Be, no matter how terrified we are of Change?

Joining us on the stage again members of Atomic Lotus Dance Company, dancers Derek Phillips and Adrienne Ebun, musicians: Joel Burks, Scott Keever, Jenny Klukken, Thomas Nuendel,  as well as several members of the Women's Drum Center.

For more information about some of our collaborative guests:

DrumHeart
http://www.womensdrumcenter.org/wdc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=79

Scott Keever and Pirates of Dreamtime
http://www.reverbnation.com/scottkeever
https://soundcloud.com/pirates-of-dreamtime

The theater holds 220 seats and we have about 140  seats remaining, so be sure to book your tickets asap. There is not a bad seat in the house, and the space itself is gorgeous! Here is the ticket link http://www.riverrides.com/pages/public/idisinexus.html

 
I am so grateful for the support many of you have giving to me and my musical endeavors over the years. I have been blessed to work with so many talented artists, and they enriched my life in infinite ways. And I know now that all of that experience was to prepare me to teach these women, to learn from these sisters- of -my- heart, and for us to make a joyful noise, and yes, even terrible noises..lol..but in essence, if you could count yourselves among the souls we are singing for on the 23th, I would be so very grateful. I know some of you are out of town, and I promise it will be a journey worth taking.

These women have worked through so much of their own journey to present this program...and I know it will be something you will walk away from transformed, and at the very least, with an open -heart about your life and what is possible.

And those of you not in the Twin Cities, MN area...if you could think of us on the niight of our show...and lend us your energy for creating sacred space to do this work, we would be so grateful....

Be well and in Joy, Namaste'

Dayna Jean Wolter
www.theidisi.com

Tickets available for The Idisi on the Showboat Show Feb 23 2013!

Tickets for The Idisi show....Nexus:Transitions of the Heart -Feb 23, 2013

Weaving the sonic vibrations of Life into a community ceremony that explores the transitions of the individual and the collective, The Idisi will engage your spirit, challenge your comfort zones, and rally your soul to take action in your world.

At this critical juncture in Time, come and transform your fears into joys, your dreams into realities
...all in one beautiful evening of sound, movement, and sharing.

Special appearances by members of the Women’s Drum Center, Scott Keever, Joel Burks, many dancers, sprinkles of beauty-makers, and a lot of wyld folk.

Join The Idisi and friends on a journey through a tipping point of human consciousness.

An experience not to be missed!

Seating is limited, so get your tickets now.

~A Cerulean River Productions and The Idisi Event~

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with The Idisi, Friday Dec 21 at 7pm

Winter Solstice Celebration  & Community Drum Circle

Friday,  December 21, 2012 at 7pm-9pm

The wyld womyn's chorus, The Idisi, http://www.theidisi.com will be performing with the wyld chicas of the Bee Merry Holistic Center http://www.beemerry.org in Long Lake, MN. 

Dayna Jean Wolter will be facilitating for their Winter Solstice Community Drum Circle, with special music by The Idisi

It will be a sacred event marking the passing of the longest night, and ushering in a new dawn of a shift in our humanity we are hopeful for becoming the people we are born to be. 

We hope you will bring your drum, your voice, your soul and come share this powerful evening with us....let's be strong in our communal rituals of coming together in joy and remembering who we are.

Suggested donation at the door is $10.00, but please do not let that hinder you in joining us for a soul- to -soul connection. 

Bee Merry Holistic Center
2160  Wayzata Blvd
Long Lake MN 55356

How I adore The Bard...He was beyond Time...

We had a good first Core rehearsal for Season 4 last night... brought some new chicas into the Core...it was chaos and order , visceral and raw....hopefully getting us off on the strongest footing in learning some new music that is a step up in complexity.

I am very excited for that potential....it means growth in so many ways for many of the wyld womyn

I am always in awe of how so many of them are willing to risk and take on things that scare them...like reading music, or learning by aural process.

so..yay them...and looking forward to more work to be done.

-Dayna Jean
Director of The Idisi

Jera: Change & Transformation...Season 4 has launched!

Hello hello!

The Idisi are excited to have launched their first rehearsal of the Season 4 last night ...can it really be 4 years already?

wow..

We happily inducted several new wyld womyn into the circle and sadly, but happily blessed the parting of a handful of womyn who are off on other adventures.

This renewal in the time of the Bone Mother...it is always bittersweet for me in The Idisi process..why you ask?

 I am a person who is invigorated by Fall..it is a time of beginnings for me and my cycle..even tho the nature of the season is about coming to endings and rest...but then..Life is an ever evolving/revolving circle so...it can be perceived subjectively..lol!

When Goddess called me to this vision...I had birthed, or co- birthed many a musical venture in the 20+ years as a professional musician. There is a formula no matter the genre of musical style that is pretty constant...

Not so in Idisi Land..lol...it is quite the NON norm.....so each season's beginning is a surprise, and I have to engage heavily in the Act of Detachment in regards to assumed outcomes. Womyn come and go as the Universe moves them, such is the nature of the work we do...and it is all good.

So blessings to those we part ways with, thank you for your gifts as you traveled with us, and welcome to the chicas who join the circle and take up the mantle of becoming an Idisi.

I look forward to sharing all the good with you and those who would be open to our work.

Namste'
Dayna Jean
The Idisi-Director