Ecstatic Dance - Dive

In the organizer's words:

Hello there and welcome 🌄

So nice that you are here and want to be part of our next Ecstatic Dance! We have been organizing Ecstatic Dance in Cologne for almost 2 years now and have something special planned for you at this event. We are going on an even more animal journey with you.

...Ecstatic Dance Dive...

Theme: let go SEIN enjoy

A format for all those who want to dive even deeper into the expression of movement, into dance as a liberation of the soul and into the mysticism of their own underworld. On the outside, not much else will happen than at classic Ecstatic Dance events. However, we invite you into an even deeper inwardness. Into the source of where movement originates. We will fully feel the communal experience of this journey and let go of the world around us for a few hours in order to cleanse ourselves of the old, recharge ourselves fully and experience ourselves deeply in aliveness.

The evening looks like this:

∆ 16:45 Admission
∆ 17:00 Start: Introduction and warm up
∆ 17:30 Ecstatic dance set
∆ 19:30 Community Experience
∆ 20:00 Closing

Whether you already know Ecstatic Dance or not, let's go on a journey into the unknown together and get to know ourselves anew through movement. Let's be wild together, be too much, be too loud and embark on a journey into the ecstatic joy of our hearts! This will be a non-judgmental, open space to learn to express ourselves freely through dance.

We look forward to seeing you 🌷

Your Ecstatic Dance Team

Here are a few important key points:

Guidelines so that everyone feels comfortable
∆ no cell phones
∆ Drug-free (i.e. no alcohol, psychedelics or other substances)
∆ Barefoot
∆ No verbal communication on the dance floor
∆ Respectful cooperation and sensitive interaction with each other

Tips and tricks
∆ Bring a blanket and a water bottle with you
∆ Come in comfortable clothes in which you feel safe and comfortable
∆ Don't eat anything heavy beforehand, it's better to dance then

How to get there

You will find us in the Bushido fitness studio near Neumarkt at Mittelstraße 12. The entrance to the building is right on the street next to the SOR store. You go through a golden corridor and then walk or drive to the third floor. We'll be waiting for you there at 16:45!

If you've never been to an Ecstatic Dance before - wonderful, welcome! Here are a few introductory words for you:

What is Ecstatic Dance?

- Embodiment
Ecstatic Dance is such a great combination of movement, fun meditation, depth and broadening your horizons. It's a really good tool for developing into new dimensions with joy in your heart. We give control to the body and go into the pure expression of sensations and emotions.

-Free Journey
This is a kind of ceremonial dance journey in your own rhythm. Free dancing. Perhaps this requires courage at first. But letting go and dancing freely in this very process is part of the journey of Ecstatic Dance. Dance does not have to be seen as dance in the narrow sense here. Dance in Ecstatic Dance often looks completely different from what we imagine it to be.

- A well-founded concept
Ecstatic dance exists all over the world and usually follows the same guidelines. It is about drug-free, cell phone-free dancing without shoes and without talking, so that you can concentrate fully on your own inner world. The DJ will guide all the dancers and it's good to get involved with the sounds that come, regardless of your personal taste in music. The music is usually cross-genre and leads the dancers through quieter and more dynamic phases. The aim is to feel deeply into the body.

The VVK ends on 17.11. at 12:00. If the tickets are sold out, there will be no more tickets available at the box office.

Here is some interesting information about the ticket options:

40 x 20€ 'Normal Ticket'
10 x 25€ 'Supporter Ticket'
10 x 15€ 'Supported Ticket'

It is important to us to make the financial hurdle lower and therefore we try to make the ticket categories more solidary. If you have the feeling that you can pay just 5€ more, then you are doing another person a big favor and financing their Supporter Ticket. A big thank you to you all! Please be careful with the 'Supported Tickets'. All categories are only available as long as they are not sold out!

Love to you & see you on the dancefloor!