With the simple idea of promoting awareness on depression, and providing social support, CandleX was founded on April 1 2015. Since then, people have found support at their mental health workshops, peer support groups, community campaign projects, and through information in their online classrooms and columns.

Modernista will open their doors at 4pm for dance workshops, and the party starts at 8pm. Ticket prices above are for the party, and workshops cost RMB 60 for one, RMB 100 for two, or RMB 130 for all three. For more information about the workshops, click here.

Join for a night of fun, celebration, dancing, raffles, and to support CandleX's work on mental health.

All proceeds will go towards more mental health projects in Beijing. For tickets, click here.

Time to celebrate

Here’s something you don’t know about CandleX! Behind all the depression talks, workshops, and events, we are a team of people with good sense of humor, diverse talents, and fun driven energy. So instead of a traditional celebration with speeches, medals, and sitting tables, we are going to make it FUN!

To mark this two year anniversary, we are throwing a PARTY at night, and Dance Workshops during the afternoon. You are invited to join us. Meet the CandleX’s crew! It will be a night of fun and celebration.

CandleX’s 2 Year Anniversary Party

Modernista will open its doors at 4pm for dance workshops and party starts at 8 pm. Swing Beijing will get us warmed up with open dancing and a swinging performance. (little birdy whispers: Come early for the performance and find out who will be performing from CandleX crew!)

Night Party Info

Date: April 1st 2017

Time: 20:00 into the night.

Location: Modernista, 44 Baochao Hutong, Gulou Dongdajie, Dongcheng District 老摩酒吧 东城区鼓楼东大街宝钞胡同44号

Tickets: 50 yuan pre-sale (until March 26th, 50 spots only) 60 yuan at the door

To register the party and pay: https://www.sojump.hk/jq/12090383.aspx

Afternoon Dance workshops

To add to the fun start your holiday weekend with our afternoon dance workshops ,sneak out of work a little early and join one, two or all of our workshops, kindly offered by Beijing Contact Improv Group, Inko di Ö belly dance and Swing Beijing

4 pm doors open.

4.30 pm start: Contact improv dance (CI). This workshop is for all levels, especially beginners. CI is the open-ended exploration of bodies moving through contact. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative, it is form open to dancers of all backgrounds and abilities. In this class, we will explore how to pay attention to our breath and natural movement, before learning how to engage with others in dance. We will start with simple contact points of the fingers, hands and arms, before moving into more possibilities. Loose and comfortable clothing recommended. By Beijing Contact Improv. https://www.facebook.com/bjcontact

5.45 pm start: American Tribal Style (ATS) bellydance discovery workshop. Tribal bellydance is a very modern combination of very ancient dance forms as oriental, flamenco and indian dance. Showing how to move with a new sense of mystery, elegance and sensuality, this unusual fusion explores another face of femininity and reconnects the dancers between themselves! During this workshop Inko will explain a few basic slow and fast moves. Bring your longest skirt, a hip scarf or a big belt, and follow the flow! By Inko di Ö. https://www.facebook.com/inkodio8
If you want to check out ATS watch this video: http://v.qq.com/page/a/0/x/a0315ppukux.htm

7 pm start: Swing dance workshop. Swing dance is the combination of various kinds of social and solo dance during Jazz-era. It is popular now all over the world. People usually dance with big band music, following the distinctive music rhythm. The melody of music for this dance style is often fast and cheerful. And it is easy to feel the happy atmosphere while you are dancing. In this workshop, we are focusing on one of the dances called Lindy hop. We will learn some basic and also classic moves, which can be used in social dance.