KALI - Women Circle Dance at OZORA The Dome 2024

A beautiful video of the Women Circle Dance Workshop that was held in OZORA Festival at The Dome. Alexandra Komaromi (Ali) created the choreography, and thought the dance to the participants, while Julia Gyulai (guitar, vocal), Sara Kovacs Dizna (flute, vocal) and Richard Ternyak (djembe) played the Kali mantra live.

This video was filmed and edited by Zoltan Vekony.
The music under it is by Julia Gyulai and Endre Molnar.

About Kali
Once upon a time, in ancient India, the world was under threat from a powerful demon named Raktabija. This demon had a unique ability: every time a drop of his blood touched the ground, a new demon would be born. The gods and goddesses were helpless against this menace, as every wound they inflicted only multiplied the demons.
In desperation, the gods turned to the fierce and powerful goddess Durga for help. Durga, recognizing the gravity of the situation, invoked the most ferocious aspect of herself – Goddess Kali. Emerging from Durga’s forehead, Kali appeared as a dark, fearsome figure, adorned with a garland of skulls and a skirt of severed arms, her tongue sticking out and eyes blazing with fury.
Kali descended onto the battlefield with unmatched ferocity. She attacked Raktabija with her weapons, but instead of letting his blood fall to the ground, she extended her tongue and drank every drop, preventing any new demons from being born. Her relentless assault continued until Raktabija was utterly destroyed.
However, Kali’s bloodlust was not easily quenched. In her frenzied state, she continued to rampage across the battlefield, destroying everything in her path. The gods, fearing that Kali’s wrath would consume the world, sought the help of Lord Shiva, Kali’s consort. Shiva lay down in her path, and when Kali accidentally stepped on him, she realized what she had done and calmed down, her rage subsiding. This act symbolized the balance of destruction and creation, demonstrating that even the most powerful forces can be tempered by compassion and love.
About the collaboration
This woman's calling collaboration borned in a women's retreat organized by a hungarian yogini Brigitta Egyed in 2022 where 75 women gathered together in the forest under the full moon, holding each other, practising meditation, the art of yoga, singing beautiful songs and mantras and dancing in circles through different artforms. A Hungarian women's calling song and lyrics was written after by a Hungarian singer Julcsi Gyulai and the song finally created with a company of female musicians like Fatima Gozlan, Dizna Sara Kovács, Andrea Szabó and a male musician Endre Molnár. Inspired by the new song, a new circle dance came to life by Alexandra Komáromi for a special occasion first, where they shooted together a video clip with Dorina László and Panni Gyulai. The video and this dance performance with live music is about spreading the message of the power of women circles by sharing the beautiness of the femininity, togetherness, healing, compassion and support that a women circle can provide. This year we choose an extra song, 'Kali burn it all away' by MoreAmor music duo.
About the dance workshop..
Circle dances are so ancient and they exist in many cultures as an activity to be connected socially, building strong communities and connecting us to the sources. When You hold the hand of another and move together in the same rhythms in the same circle makes moments so sacred and special. In the workshop the dance movements and essence of the shapes and energies will follow the concept of cultural exchange as involving different cultural dance elements and movement practices ( like Indian temple dances, folk-tribal dances and modern dances ) and also free dance to express yourself. We will express our femininity, beautiness, emotions, inner fire and connection. This time the dance will be very powerful using the weapons of KALI goddess, invoke her energy to helps us going through difficult times and understand her energy.
Musicians:
Julcsi Gyulai ( women calling song writer gitar, vocal )
Richárd Ternyák ( drums )
Sára Dizna Kovács ( vocal and flute )

Dancers:
Brigitta Egyed
Zsófi Friedmann
Boglárka Biacsics
Boglárka Kostyál
Edit Szabó
Brigitta Hauk
Gabriella Máthé
Noémi Füzesy
Cecilia Mihály
Kitti Marczis
Anna Marosvölgyi
Martina Tóth
Krisztina Szeder
Marietta Mohai
Mariann Erős

Choreography and workshop leading
Alexandra Komáromi ( Ali )