/r/ecstaticdance
A place to share stories, news, mixes and connect with the world wide ecstatic dance family
Post only about ecstatic dance related subjects.
Please use brackets like this [MUSIC] [NEWS] or [STORY] before your titlle
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DJ | Place | Date | Link |
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CaroLine (bel) | Nevada City, CA | August 2017 | Mix |
Smiley Coyote | Reno, NV | April 2017 | Mix |
Avani | Oakland, CA | Jan 4 2017 | Mix |
Sharu | Sebastopol, CA | spring 2016 | Mix |
Sky Makai | Williams, OR | April 16 2016 | Mix |
Leapin'Lygress | Palo Alto, CA | April 10 2016 | Mix |
Dancing Tiger | Ubud, Bali | April 10 2015 | Mix |
Mr.Wonderfool | Nevada City, CA | Jan 7 2015 | Mix |
Kayla Scintilla | Nevada City, CA | 2015 | Mix |
DJ Dragonfly | Portland, OR | Jan 1 2014 | Mix |
/r/ecstaticdance
I’m so grateful for the NYC EDance community and for all the amazing dance events available pretty much 24/7/365
I was so blown away by Snow Raven last night at Judson church. It was the most far out, unique things I’ve seen in a while.
Her stories, the insane animal sounds, the group chanting and breathing. And then the dance! Pure medicine.
You have to see her set if you can!
Anyone knowledgeable about this?
Hello everyone
I'm going to host an ecstatic dance in a very rural area and need help with finding a playlist.
I've been looking on SoundCloud and it is overwhelming many sets are on there.
First, is it ethical for me to use their set? Am I able to pay them for this?
I will be surprised if we get a dozen dancers, will probably be less. As far as I know, everyone interested has never even heard of ecstatic dance before.
I want to find a playlist that is around 40min-1hr, has a gentle approach and landing, but does has moments to really get into the dance too.
Any help is appreciated 🙏
Hello Dancers! Hoping someone on here might be able to help :)
I've been hosting infrequent dances for almost 2 years now, and finally have enough momentum to start doing almost-weekly Saturday morning dances starting 2025, and a team of 3 helping me out — yay! We're in a small, 20k pop town that's quite conservative (Cranbrook, BC, Canada) with a 10k more liberal/free-spirited town nearby (close enough for people to drive in from). We have 1 venue that's often available and has a great 1,100 sqft dance studio space for us to move on. Some struggles:
appreciate any tips!
"Aloha lovely souls ,
I’m new to Reddit and excited to join this community! My name is Marlesku], and I’m a DJ, Ecstatic Dance facilitator, and a big fan of Huna and Ho'oponopono. 🌺
I love connecting people through music and movement, creating spaces where they can freely express themselves and recharge their energy. My mixes are a blend of meditative sounds, driving rhythms, and energetic beats—everything you need to dive deep and let go.
In addition to music, I’m passionate about the Hawaiian teachings of Huna and Ho'oponopono, which help me find balance and clarity in daily life.
I’m curious to know what inspires you in these areas! How do you bring music, dance, or spirituality into your life?
Mahalo for your time, and I look forward to connecting and exchanging ideas with you all! 💫"
Tried something very different for this set and it really kicked off!
Got heavily into my Celtic roots and created a deep, dark, and playful dance journey. Also includes Afrohouse, Middle Eastern, Melodic Techno, PsyTrance! At this time of year, legend has it that the veil between the worlds is thinnest - a liminal state, the borders blur. So I started with the theme of honouring our absent dear ones, then getting into the playful spirit of the Aos Shi - the Fair Folk of Celtic legend, as the tempo ramped up. Featuring live songs from me and Dee, and a performance on the Taus from Avtar Singh. Facilitation included for home practice… Hope you enjoy! 🙏
i want to start holding ecstatic dances in my small town (in the UK) and im interested in knowing if i'll need music licensing for them? if so which ones do i need to get? i'm getting confused by the info i'm finding online
basically all of the music i wanna play is not mainstream at all, and don't come from major labels, i really don't have much money so im not that keen in getting a licence (but if i have too i will) as doing these ecstatic dances is more of a passion project than for profit if i'm being honest!
im a complete newb about this so any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
I’ve made an ecstatic wave full of spooky seasonal music, enjoy:
👋 Hi - I just attended my first ecstatic dance in Oakland yesterday and LOVED it. I feel like even today I'm still riding a high. Anyway, there were a lot of signs about how to respectfully say no to a dancing with someone, but I want to know more about how to say yes?? One of the first things I noticed in the crowd was how many people had professional dance and ballet backgrounds. I saw people dance together and it was hard to even understand how they even moved into the choreography they did: lifting each other, these cool flips and spins - it was amazing. I felt so shy and unsure how to dance with someone, especially all these highly technical looking moves, I didn't really make any eye contact. Is there more I should know about how dancing with someone works? Lol and yes, I am overthinking it 🤣
🎃🏰👻🧚♂️🧜🏻♀️🧞♂️ The world’s largest inflatable indoor amusement park is about to be our dance floor! On Wed October 30th, ⛰️ Boulder Ecstatic Dance will be taking over the Bounce Empire in Lafayette, CO (close to Boulder & Denver) for a never-before experienced immersive bouncy dance journey: All Hallows’ Bounce: A Samhain & Hallows’ Eve Extravaganza! 🤸🏻♀️
🪩 With music from the legendary: Phutureprimitive, Liquid Bloom & Häana, and all sorts of festive additions & shenanigans, this is guaranteed to be a night to remember forever!
💃🏻 Imagine if burning man merged with ecstatic dance for your inner child’s dream play place 👻
💫 We are sending it to new levels with these two events! Come join an intentionally held and unique community celebrations 💃✨🕺🏻
🎫 Find the link in the first comment and tell all your friends about this so we can make it BOUNCE 🫨 tag who you want to bounce with!
This Upcoming Tuesday 10/22💙
Māh Ze Tār has been experimenting with creating dynamic traditional eastern music through modern electronic composition. He mixes grooving beats with ancient sounds born from instruments like the Indian Sitar and the Middle Eastern Oud.
Not only is Maz a multi-instrumentalist artist, he has also been designing his instruments since 2012!
The name “Māh Ze Tār” comes from an instrument he inspired, collaborating with a master lutheier in the Czech Republic. The name translates to “strings of the Moon” 🌙 (Mah-“Moon” Ze- “Of” Tar-“Strings”)
I’m so excited to welcome this artist to Ashland! Attune your channel with us Tuesday 10/22 💙While Māh Ze Tār takes us on a sonic journey through the East ⭐️
Basically the title. Let's connect! 😁
Hi all! It's been a while since I posted here. Wanted to share a couple of recent sets from Ecstatic Dance Ireland, and Ecstatic Dance UK. Such good times! It's such an epic journey growing into these waves.
I've included my facilitation in the recordings - and the crowd sound too! Hope you enjoy, would love to hear your feedback.
https://soundcloud.com/bill_tribble/ecstatic-dance-ireland-12th-oct-2024
I have started playing ED gigs the last few months and loving it. I also have a friend who is a talented breathwork facilitator and we have started talking about the idea of joining forces and incorporating breath into an ED journey. We are still figuring out how this would flow. Ie; just do the breathwork then dance, or breathing throughout, or both? Has anyone experienced something like this or have any recommendations?
Williams Community Ecstatic Dance 10/20/2024. Drop into this fall season with a very special guest Māh Ze Tār! We are dancing inside at Grange (20100 Williams Hwy, Williams, OR 97544) from 12-2pm. $5-20 (Notaflof) Kids are free. Overflow parking located at SCA
Māh Ze Tār is a musical fusion project by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Maz Karandish. This project was propelled by the vision of fusing traditional Eastern music with modern electronic composition as a form of cultural preservation. Maz Karandish is a Devotee of music- A well traveled vocalist & multi-instrumentalist covering grounds from Rāga, Maqām, and Dastgāh to Harmony, Jazz, and Opera. Maz feels deeply connected to the ancient musical traditions of the east that he began learning from a very young age. His sets will take you on a journey through sound in ways not often found in Ecstatic Dance spaces.
We are incredibly grateful to have him bless our dance space as this will be one of the more intimate bookings on his tour.
Special thanks to our extended family at Fluidity Dance in Ashland for making this booking possible. This will be a build-up to their bigger production on Tuesday night at the Wellsprings.
If you're not familiar check out some of his music.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3t1vbZuEQhRqLTUKLraNDn?si=izpMSanvQpWj0Ln6f3ULrQ
Recorded this set precisely a quarter year ago. Please enjoy responsibly 🔊
Legit question for you ecstatic dancers out there. During the set, we ended up meandering into something I'd more squarely call "party" mode. You'll hear it from roughly 1h30' – 2h15'.
Many of my DJ instincts tell me this is exact destination to aim toward, so once we had arrived I was inclined to stay there. However, on reflection I wondered if this is a bit misguided for ecstatic dance, if that more euphoric energy is one of the flavours to bring in, amongst a whole palette of others.
What do you all think?
Hey friends. I'm having a hard time finding good ecstatic dance playlists/dj sets so I'm hoping y'all would be open to sharing your favorites! I really love to dance to Deya Dova, Liquid Bloom, Savej, Tipper, beats antique etc. I really appreciate meditation before and after and some heavy funky wibble wobbles in between. I prefer Spotify playlists. Thanks!
Williams Ecstatic Dance at Pacifica (14615 Water Gap Rd, Williams, OR 97544) This Sunday 9/29 starting noon with stellar DJ Vonobo from Ashland! Check him out on mixcloud🎧 https://www.mixcloud.com/VONOBO/ Noon-2pm $5-$20 sliding (notaflof) Kid's free🆓 We're in for a special treat to have this favorite local DJ back sharing his groove.❣️
I just came back from an AMAZING ecstatic dance session.
During the session, it became a lot so I took a break at the side. I sat down on my knees, closed my eyes and kind of starting meditating. When I opened my eyes, I noticed a girl had laid down very near to me, with her head near my legs. I stayed for a bit with my eyes closed. I feel maybe there was some kind of energy exchange. Has anyone experienced anything like this ?
I love ecstatic dance! I think as someone with social anxiety, it's so healing to be accepted in a space where I don't have to talk , or be anything in particular. I'm wondering if there are any other silent/inclusive group activities like this? Thanks !
Is anyone else planning to go to the ecstatic dance event at Judson church on Tuesday? Or has anyone been before? I’ve never been and am curious who will be there and what to expect!