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Ecstatic Dance is still relatively new in Australia but there is a large and growing Ecstatic Dance community in the U.S.A., the U.K. and Europe with many accredited teachers running regular classes and workshops. There is however a growing community of similarly passionate dancers here in Australia.
I am personally interested in nurturing this community here in Sydney and to help do this I have created a yahoo group, EcstaticDancin. As the group grows it will hopefully be used by the community for discussion, and for sharing information about regular classes, workshops, trainings and special events.
If you would like to be part of this community click here to join at the EcstaticDancin home page!
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So, what is Ecstatic Dance?
Ecstatic Dance is a general term used to cover many different styles of spontaneous movement. Often this kind of practice can be used as a tool in our self development. When we experience movement as a spiritual expression - uniting body with spirit - we become connected to the essence of Self. Ecstatic Dance can become a language through which our body is able to express our deepest emotions and desires, and often it is the first time our body is allowed to tell it like it really is ... or was!
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Ecstatic Dance can
be Fun
Painful
Joyful
Scary
Playful
Intimate
Lonely
Sacred
and much
more ...
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Ecstatic Dance is a kinetic encounter with our own psyche and can be as powerful and as transforming as we want it to be because we are dancing our own dance.
I guess it is easier to say what Ecstatic Dance is not. It is not like dancing in a disco or performing on a stage. There are no steps or routines to learn. There is no special music. There is no right or wrong way to experience it. There is absolutely no dance experience required and no fitness requirements or age limitations.
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Visit the Dances of Ecstasy website to purchase your copy!
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Dances of Ecstasy will transport you through rhythm to your own inner sanctum, freeing your mind from daily pressures, helping to gain a fresh perspective on life.
COST: $50 + $5 postage to anywhere in Australia
DVD 1 > Features the film Dances of Ecstasy - This project explores how different people around the world connect with the transcendental forces through rhythm and dance. The film journeys through rituals and dances in Namibia (San), Korea (Kut), Nigeria (Yoruba), New York (Gabrielle Roth), Brazil (Candomble), Turkey (Zikir, whirling dervishes), Morocco (Hadra), USA (Firedance) and Australia (Rainbow Serpent Festival). Special features includes four illuminating documentaries about the various rituals portrayed in the film and a closer look at a whirling dervishes ritual in an extended portrait of this fascinating ceremony.
DVD 2 > Invites you to join in and ‘do it yourself’ with the ‘Power Wave’, a high velocity ecstatic dance workout with New York urban shaman Gabrielle Roth. And dance your own dance to 80 minutes of global grooves tracks, with psychedelic visuals by D-Fuse!
All regions / 16:9 Anamorphic 240 minutes Menu languages GB
Subtitle languages: D/F/ES/NL (PAL), ES (NTSC) Dolby Stereo, Dolby surround
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