What is ecstatic dance?
Essentially it's about dance without any intoxicants, without talking and without any obligatory steps or moves - you just allow yourself to move as your body wants to. Sometimes you might dance with others, sometimes alone, and there's no one watching to judge you on how you choose to express yourself with your dance.
Some ecstatic dance festivals begin and end with rituals to open the heart, yadda yadda yadda, while others just let the DJ and/or live musicians do their thing.
Ecstatic Dance in 2025
March
Ecstatic Dance Winter Festival
7-9 March 2025 | Germany
The Ecstatic Dance Winter Festival is a unique opportunity to meet other free spirited dancers while it’s still cold outside… The festival organisers say: ‘Welcome, this winter, we w ...
April
Spiritual Dance Festival - Conscious Holy Week
17-20 April 2025 | Barcelona, Spain
Yes, going by the video you wouldn’t be judgemental to deduce that they seem to take themselves a little too seriously but if you want to go dancing in the mountains close to Barcelona (we think ...
July
Black Forest Ecstatic Dance Festival
24-27 July 2025 | Germany
Black Forest Ecstatic Dance Festival is…an ecstatic dance festival in the Black Forest! Such a cool idea… The organisers say: ‘We are looking forward to getting together for 4 days t ...
Ecstatica Festival
27 July-1 August 2025 | Ecovillage Hainburg, Austria
An ecstatic dance festival held in a ecovillage. The organizers say: “Experience the magic of a 4 day immersive festival. Located in Ecovillage Hainburg on the border of Austria and Slovakia. Ecstat ...
SUMMER MOVES – Conscious Dance Festival France TBC
31-31 July 2025 | France
SUMMER MOVES welcomes you to this joyful, nourishing and uplifting festival, to celebrate life in all its forms, with all its challenges. A wild, tender, yummy mix of dance, movement and voice worksho ...
August
Muzika Organika Cacao Dance Festival
14-17 August 2025 | Slovenia
Muzika Organika Cacao Dance Festival is set in beautiful Slovenia and offers you the chance to come together, to dance, to make yoga and….drink hot chocolate with spiritual cliches 🙂 The fest ...
The VemVem Festival TBC
31-31 August 2025 | Switzerland
At the VemVem festival you get the chance to dance Brazilian forro surrounded by Swiss Alps. It’s a cute concept even if most Brazilians have never known such temperatures… The festival or ...
September
Ecstatic Dance Festival TBC
30-30 September 2025 | Cyprus
Ecstatic Dance Festival features free-form conscious dance in a family atmosphere. Melt boundaries and expand your creativity with Ecstatic Dance teachers and musicians over 6 enchanting days on the l ...