Ecstatic Dance Wien - Fridays, 19-21h

Ecstatic Dance with Juri

When: Fridays, from 19:00 till 21:00.
Where: Ballschule Wien, Leystraße 163, 1020 Wien (2nd District).
Costs: 20€ to 40€ to your own discretion. Pay at arrival, no registration required.
Host: Juri Schmidt, +491631450566, juricosmo@gmail.com, https://edwien.at

Ecstatic dance is a form of freeform dancing, where we surrender to the moment and let our bodies run free. There are no set steps or rules, everyone dances in their own way.

This type of dancing has many physical, energetic, psychological and social benefits. For one thing, it helps us relieve stress and relax. Movement releases endorphins that make us happy and help us forget the stress of everyday life.

In addition, Ecstatic Dance also promotes our creativity and self-confidence. It gives us the opportunity to express ourselves and to feel completely free.

Ecstatic dance also offers the opportunity to meet new people. The joint movement and dancing quickly creates connections, a feeling of community and connectedness.

What is Ecstatic Dance:
- Barefoot dance party in comfortable clothes without smoking and alcohol
- Safe space for authentic self-expression in movement, free from judgment and criticism
- The creative workout
- Liberating and healing experience
- Exercise to experience meditative flow states, natural states of ecstasy
- Exercise to get from thinking to feeling

How is it:
- Ecstatic dance pulsates, it is energetic, dynamic and at the same time delicate, sensitive, attentive and loving
- Outstanding music is in the foreground
- We treat each other with respect
- Dancing with someone else or keeping to yourself
- Bounce, stomp, hover, spin or just lie on the floor and listen to the music,
you won't be judged, you can dance as you like
- Surrender to the music and merge with the movement
- All feelings are welcome, you can cheer, laugh, cry...
- E.D. is not genre bound. I play: Funk, Dance floor, Tribal, Trance, Ambient, World, Classic, Downbeat, Trap, House, Goa...
- Enriching for body, mind and soul
- Strengthen the connection to yourself

Rules:
- We don't speak while dancing, only non-verbal communication (we speak before and after, or in lobby)
- No smoking, alcohol or drugs
- Dance barefoot or in socks

Dress code:
- Comfortable outfit (like for gym or yoga), t-shirt to change into as it can get sweaty.

Process:
- Opening Circle: Briefly explain what Ecstatic Dance is and the rules
- Feedback from the group, experiences, expectations, moods
- Warm-up, loosen up the body and mobilize for the dance
- Dance
- Relaxation after dancing
- Closing circle
- Networking

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