Ecstatic Dance + Dance Workshop

Hallo dear Dancers, I invite you to evolve your ecstatic dance experience with Dance Workshop and shamanic, afro, latin ecstatic dance. Date: 3.2.19 Location: Kunstwerk Hamburg hoheluft Entry fee: 16 € Dance Workshop ? after 15 Years of teaching & dancing a lot of different Coupe dsnce styles, Julio Aranda bringt to you his own interpretation of Dancing as a Couple Come and try out the way to connect deeply in harmony with, Music, yourself, your moves and your dancing partner. What is ecstatic dance? Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, sometimes without the need to follow specific steps, abandon themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy. Ecstatic dance has been practised throughout human history, including in classical times by the maenads, followers of the wine-god Dionysus. In the ancient and widespread practice of shamanism, ecstatic dance and rhythmic drumming are used to alter consciousness in spiritual practices as different as the Kut ritual of Korea and among the San of Southern Africa. Ecstatic dances are known also from religious traditions around the world, including Sufi dervishes; from Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana, and Senegal, and the Candomble of Brazil, derived from African traditions. it is now found arround world in many forms. The effects of ecstatic dance begin with ecstasy itself, which may be experienced in differing degrees. Dancers are described as feeling connected to others, and to their own emotions. The dance serves as a form of meditation, helping people to cope with stress and to attain serenity.