Join 300 other dancers in a celebration of life, dance, and nature at Ecstatic Dance Festival And yes, they claim to have trademarked ‘ecstatic dance festival’ which feels a little proprietary…
All experience levels are invited to find their path at this high-energy, community-driven festival. Enjoy the quaint charm of the Dorset countryside filled with small forests and wildflower meadows.
The festival organisers say:
“This is a wonderful invitation to get your dancing feet ready! Our very own festival devoted to Ecstatic Dance, movement and holistic wellbeing! No experience required to join the festival. All welcome! We invite you to co-create this unique experience of togetherness with us! Attune to Nature, Dance on the Earth and beneath the Summer Sky. A transformational adventure and personal growth gathering with around 250 -300 fellow conscious dancers!
Festival takes place in the North Dorset countryside, at Osho Leela Personal Development Centre, situated on 18 acres of land, with ancient trees, small forests and a wildflower meadow, vegetable gardens created with permaculture principles, and an apple orchard. They have been creating a community here since 2000 by developing the land, building cabins and expanding a little more every year and we are really excited to host our retreats and festivals here!”
“Enter an open space…and with your bare feet explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together. Warm-up: stretch, move/dance and reflect on the intention for the dance to a gentle sound wave. The Practice: freestyle dancing to a large sound wave featuring Live DJ set. Some guidance & facilitation will be provided. And then we will let the music, the community and our own inner space direct our steps, our movements, our expression, our journey. Ecstatic Dance usually ends with a relaxation. WHAT MUSIC TO EXPECT: “Enlightened Electro, World Beat, Deep House and Downtempo Bliss, plus a few surprises slipped in for good measure! Ecstatic Music Journeys for Conscious Movement and Sacred Celebration.” With various Ecstatic Dance DJ’s and Live Musicians!“
“Whether you are looking for a way to better deal with the everyday stresses of life, get away from the City life and connect to Nature or whether you just simply want to try new body-mind based exercises, dance & laugh, meet and connect with new people, relax in the sauna, we invite you to explore the tools & practices during this deep dive of 4 days or day/weekend and discover positive benefits for yourself.”
Learn more about Ecstatic Dance Festival!