The Phoenix  (Asheville Movement Collective Ecstatic Dance)

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Sweet & Sour

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Solo Ridin'

Let's explore the beauty of the here and now. Inspired by the simple yet profound words, “Isn’t it wonderful?”, this dance invites you to step fully into the present moment—celebrating its joys, honoring its challenges, and finding wonder in it all.

Isn't it Wonderful? (Asheville Movement Collective - 2nd Wave)

Isn't It Wonderful? (Asheville Movement Collective -  1st Wave)

James Donaldson is the co-owner and creative director of Chemist Spirits in Asheville, North Carolina.

The distillery was founded by Debbie Word, and was born of many hours of experimentation with Word’s daughter, Danielle Donaldson, an actual chemist. The distillery and its bar, Antidote, are located in Asheville’s South Slope district, which did not suffer severe damage when Hurricane Helene devastated the region in late September. However, Chemist also has a facility in historic Biltmore Village, which is located alongside the Swannanoa River and experienced flooding.

In this episode, James discusses the current state of things in Asheville a few months after Helene; the challenges of reinventing a historic building in a floodplain; how Chemist helped its community in the immediate aftermath of the storm; the story behind Chemist’s gin and whiskey; the potential for collaborations born out of the storm; and more.

57: James Donaldson of Chemist Spirits

ASSIMILATION: genre-bent dark dance doom @ 27 club Asheville, NC, US 12/6/24 w/ guest grmkttn.

ASSIMILATION: Cities Dark & Highways Lost

Move It, Work It, Shake It, Don't Fake It

In the real world, we just people with ideas.

Movement medicine maker and shaker,  ecstatic dance facilitator at Asheville Movement Collective.

Resident DJ @ 27 Club, Asheville. Genre defying mongrel. Is it dark, is it dancey? Does it make you involuntarily shake your bones and booty? He's probably playing it.

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