Press Kit · 2025–2026

# AdriánYoZéF Dragón

Embodiment Facilitator · Ceremonial DJ · Movement Artist

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Biography

## 14 Years Moving
Between Worlds

Adrián YoZéF Dragón is a Costa Rican embodiment facilitator, ceremonial DJ, and movement artist with over 14 years of experience guiding transformational spaces through dance, ritual, and sound.

Rooted in the traditions of Yoga, Ecstatic Dance, somatic inquiry, and conscious movement, his work invites people to reconnect with the intelligence of the body — awakening creative life force, and moving from a place of authenticity, presence, and embodied freedom.

His practice draws from Hatha, Raja, Ashtanga, and Kundalini Yoga, as well as Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Contact Dance, Contemporary Dance, and Dance Therapy. This multidisciplinary background gives his facilitation a rare depth, weaving energetic awareness, emotional presence, physical expression, and ceremonial sensitivity into one cohesive experience.

Adrián discovered Ecstatic Dance in 2016 during a journey through North America and Europe — Nevada City, Barcelona — and upon returning to Costa Rica, became part of the founding team of Danza Ecstática, the first monthly Ecstatic Dance gathering in San José. He is also the founder of Beyond Dance, one of Costa Rica's most recognized Ecstatic Dance projects, now a sanctuary for embodied self-expression, sensual awakening, emotional liberation, and spiritual connection.

His DJ sets are not performances — they are ceremonial sound journeys designed to awaken archetypes, activate the imagination, and guide dancers through emotional landscapes where the separation between body, mind, and spirit dissolves.

Career Highlights

## Experience & Collaborations

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Two European Tours
Performed as Ecstatic Dance DJ and movement facilitator across Paris, Rome, Zagreb, Barcelona, Naples, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Prague.
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Envision Festival · 7 Years
Seven consecutive years at one of Costa Rica's premier transformational festivals — as DJ, movement workshop facilitator, performer, and HR collaborator.
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Colombia Tour
Toured Medellín, Santa Marta, and Bogotá as DJ and Ecstatic Dance facilitator, collaborating with Mayra, founder of Ecstatic Dance Colombia.
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Dance the Medicine · Girona
Received formal Ecstatic Dance DJ training with Dance the Medicine in Girona, Spain — one of the world's leading programs in ceremonial sound work.
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Beyond Dance · Founder
Founded Costa Rica's most recognized Ecstatic Dance project. Since 2020 an ongoing sanctuary for embodied expression, sensual awakening, and community ritual.
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International Collaborations
Co-produced events with J.Pool, Yemanjo, and Temple Step. Co-founded Danza Ecstática, the first monthly Ecstatic Dance gathering in San José, Costa Rica.
For Festivals & Events

## What I Offer

My work is designed for beginners and intermediate movers alike — no dance or meditation experience required. People who come to my spaces leave with a renewed sense of confidence, a deeper freedom of self-expression, greater ease and comfort in their own bodies, and a more honest, compassionate relationship with their emotional world.

Format
Ceremonial DJ Set
Duration: up to 2 hrs

Sound journeys designed as living stories for Ecstatic Dance floors, closing ceremonies, and festival dancefloors. Each set follows an intentional arc — from arrival and grounding, through peak, to integration — weaving organic, world, and electronic music into a ceremonial container. The music does not accompany the dance: it is the ritual.

Workshop
Sense & Surrender
Duration: 2 – 3 hrs

A blindfold movement meditation that invites participants to explore the depths of their inner world by releasing the dominance of sight. When vision steps aside, the remaining senses awaken — and so does a subtler, more intimate awareness of body and presence.

I guide participants through somatic movement focused on opening the eye of the heart — a gradual process of releasing self-defense mechanisms, prejudices, fears, and judgments around human connection. People leave with a renewed sense of trust in themselves and others, a quieter mind, and a more honest connection to their own body.

In this dance of surrender, I invite people to let go of control and remember the innocence and purity of their own heart — awakening an authentic feeling of unity within themselves and with others.

Workshop
The Elemental Self
Duration: 2 – 3 hrs

An embodied exploration of creativity through symbolic movement, guided by the wisdom of the four elements: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. This is a facilitated somatic container with a clear arc, specific prompts, and intentional progression — not a free-dance session, but a structured inner journey.

I invite participants into a somatic storytelling journey in which the body becomes the home for four distinct characters — four aspects of the self essential to the story of one's own creative awakening. People leave with a richer vocabulary of self-expression, greater confidence in their creative impulse, and a felt sense of what it means to move from the inside out.

Each element is explored through specific movement qualities: the grounding weight of Earth, the fluid continuity of Water, the fierce impulse of Fire, the lightness and space of Air — revealing the full spectrum of what it means to be alive and expressive in a human body.

Workshop · Ceremony
Move from The Heart
Duration: 2 – 3 hrs
Includes Cacao Ceremony

Openness, vulnerability, and surrender are the pillars of this cacao journey — a ceremonial experience designed to bring people back to the joyful freedom that arises when the heart is genuinely open.

Through meditation, breathwork focused on opening the chest, authentic relating, music, and dance, I create a warm and held container where people can meet the expansion that lives on the other side of shame, fear, self-judgment, and the isolation of routine. Participants consistently leave feeling more emotionally free, more comfortable in their own skin, and more willing to be seen.

The ceremonial cacao serves as a gentle heart-opener — a plant ally that softens the inner guard and invites a more receptive, generous relationship with oneself and the community in the room. What emerges is not performance, but genuine expression: the joyful spirit that was always there, waiting beneath the weight of the ordinary.

Combined
Full Experience
Workshop + DJ Set

I can hold the complete arc of an event — opening facilitation, somatic warm-up, movement workshop, and a closing ceremonial DJ set. This format creates a deeply coherent experience for festival audiences, from first breath to last beat.

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## Vision, Movement & Live Work

Featured · Vision & Mission
"Who is YoZéF Dragón — and why this work"
Live Performance
Dragon Dance · Envision Festival 2023
Movement + Teaching
Dance as a Path of Remembrance
Workshop
Sense & Surrender · Blindfold Dance Journey
Music / DJ Sets

## Sound as Ceremony

Each set is designed as a living arc — from arrival to catharsis to integration. Listen to recent ceremonial sets below.

Dance Church Awake · Uvita
High Season 2026 Kick-Off · Ecstatic Dance DJ Set
Pre-Envision Dance Church
Gallery

## The Work in Images

Contact

## Book & Connect

Available for festivals, retreats, residencies, and ceremonial events across Europe and internationally.

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Email
beyondancecr@gmail.com
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WhatsApp / Phone
+506 7021 6907
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SoundCloud
soundcloud.com/yozefdragon
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YouTube
youtube.com/@adrianyozef
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Instagram
@adrian_yozef