Ecstatic Dance is a free form of dance with the goal to achieve ecstasy. This is a natural state in which your awareness shifts and you get to experience a meditative and euphoric state of mind through body movement.

What is Ecstatic Dance?

Ecstatic dance is quite literally what the name describes. ​ ​ ​ Under the beat of music, each person moves as freely and organically as one desires. Most likely beginning with eyes closed in order to settle into the body, every person dances to the rhythm of their own body, eventually coming into the space and entering into an expressive realm of movement and freedom. ​ ​ ​ Ecstatic dance involves no alcohol, drugs, talking or shoes. There is next to no external influence, which aids each person on gaining a richer and more intuitive experience. There is no right or wrong way. to move, just pure expression and connection.

History

Ecstatic dance has existed since the age of time. Situated around the fire or idol, the Greeks, Mayans, Neolithic, Palaeolithic danced around in union, losing themselves to the beat of the music and the trance-like state of their minds. ​ ​ ​ Dance has been a tool used to enter into the realm of the subconscious. Using movement and sound, ecstatic dance has allowed for our ancestors to connect with the spirit world, to create ritual, and to form union with others, and the Divine.