ECSTATIC DANCE FESTIVAL in the City – Movement, Music, Community & Wellness
ECSTATIC DANCE FESTIVAL in the City:
A taste of our much larger festival in July. An opportunity to dive into daytime & evening ecstatic dances, different movement practices & workshops during the day, meet like-minded people in a sober, heartful and fun environment, join us!
TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE.
If you are interested in our Festival in July, more info can be found here:
www.ecstaticdancefestival.co.uk
💜 JULY 22-28, 2026 ECSTATIC DANCE FESTIVAL® (Gillingham, Dorset, UK) Only 2h direct train from London. Join for 5 days or the weekend only.
Conscious Dance, Music and Healthy Living Gathering with 130-170 people in a beautiful Dorset Countryside. Super Earlybird £360. Tickets include all festival workshops, saunas, 12 vegetarian meals & camping. Dorms and private room upgrades available from £20 per night. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR DJ’S/ FACILIATORS/ CREW/ BODYWORKERS. Join us!
📌SAT 25 APRIL DAYTIME & EVENING SCHEDULE:
(Please scroll down to read more info about workshops & facilitators)
💗11:45am-2:30pm ECSTATIC DANCE: DJ Amaya Garcia (DOWNSTAIRS)
💗11:45am-2:30pm TANTRIC TRANCE DANCE RITUAL: Seth Newman (UPSTAIRS)
*Please note: Use of a blindfold is essential to get the most out of this practice, blindfolds will be provided. No entry after 12:15pm, so we can all journey together. Please bring a yoga mat, cushion & blanket, blindfolds will be provided!
◈ 2:30pm-3:45pm BREAK
Selection of teas/coffee will be available. Bring a packed lunch. There are also various cafes/shops/food places nearby. There is no access to kitchen at the venue.
💗3:45pm-5:45pm CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS & RITUAL BREATH: Seth Newman (UPSTAIRS) No entry after 4:15pm, so we can all journey together.
💗3:45pm-5:45pm MOVING CONNECTIONS: Julia Samel & Will Street (DOWNSTAIRS)
◈ 5:45pm-7pm BREAK
Selection of teas/coffee will be available. Bring a packed lunch. There are also various cafes/shops/food places nearby. There is no access to kitchen at the venue.
💗7pm-9:45pm SHAMANIC BASS TEMPLE ECSTATIC DANCE: Seth (UPSTAIRS)
MUSIC VIBE: | Mystical | World Dub | Tribal Breaks | Global Bass Ecstatic Dance/Movement Meditation with *Cacao Gratitude Circle* (We will provide complimentary Raw Vegan Cacao) & we’ll end with a Relaxing Sound Journey with Diana.
No entry after 7:30pm, so we can all journey together.
💗7pm-9:45pm SOCIAL & WELLNESS SPACE (DOWNSTAIRS)
Space to leave bags/ jackets/ shoes. Verbal & social space with taro & oracle cards, chai & herbal teas PLUS sign up for Bodywork sessions.
💗9:45pm-10:15pm Open Connection and Social Time (DOWNSTAIRS)
Healthy snacks, herbal teas, conversation, and a gentle transition back into the evening.
–> More details about individual workshops, prices, facilitators – please scroll down.
Ticket Options & Prices + add Eventbrite fee. Book online. Choose the experience that fits you best:
• Full experience including workshops and ecstatic dance
• Evening Ecstatic Dance only including cacao, sound journey, & fruit social
• Concession tickets with limited availability
Please arrive on time for the experience you choose.
ALL-DAY WORKSHOPS (Upstairs or Downstairs)
- £45 Lower waged (limited availability)
- £55 Regular
- £65 Abundance
INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS: (Upstairs or Downstairs)
- ECSTATIC DANCE 11:45am-2:30pm £15-£25
- TANTRIC TRANCE DANCE 11:45am-2:30pm £30
- MOVING CONNECTIONS 3:45pm-5:45pm £15-£25
- CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS & RITUAL BREATH 3:45pm-5:45pm £15-£25
- ECSTATIC DANCE & CACAO 7pm-9:45pm £15-£25
CHILDREN: unfortunately these sessions are not suitable for children. 18+ only.
EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check the email you used to purchase the ticket, might not be your primary email account. Do not print any paper tickets, we will check you in by your name.
What to Expect
• A sober and consent led space
• Clear and experienced facilitation
• Freedom to participate at your own pace
• No pressure to dance, talk, or touch
• A welcoming and inclusive atmosphere
• No previous experience with dance or connection practices is needed.
What to Bring
• Comfortable clothes for movement
• Layers for warmth and rest
• A water bottle
• Curiosity and openness
• Yoga mat, cushion & blanket (essential for Tantric Trance dance) Blindfolds will be provided. We will also provide some yoga mats, cushions & blankets at the venue.
• Packed Food/ Snacks to have during the breaks, complimentary tea/coffee will be available. There are plenty of shops and cafes nearby.
Venue
The Amadeus
Maida Vale, West London
50 Shirland Rd, W9 2JA
(nearest station Warwick Avenue, 5 min walk)
A beautiful venue across two levels with wooden floors, ideal for movement, rest, and connection!
Cancellation Policy
We do not offer refunds/ticket swaps for another event if you cannot attend. You are welcome to pass on your ticket to a friend, colleague or family member.
If we (the organizers) need to cancel the class due to unforeseen circumstances, we will issue a full refund.
If you have any questions, please send us an email to: info@ecstaticdancelondon.com
FACILITATORS:
💗Seth Newman: As a coach, Seth is dedicated to helping people calm, empower and rejuvenate their busy minds and bodies to achieve the best versions of themselves. Seth brings a wealth of experience holding heart-centered spaces. In addition to guiding people on their life journeys, he enjoys helping clients design lifestyles of optimal health and balance with creative living practices. Seth has been running various body-mind integration classes and workshops for many years. His inspiration comes from many sources including Humanistic & Body Psychotherapy, the Human Potential Movement, 5 Rhythms, Tantra and Active meditations.
Websites: ecstaticdancelondon.com & urubu.com Instagram: @esctaticdance_london
💗DJ Amaya Garcia: A London-based sound weaver, guiding dancers through journeys of presence, connection and awakening. From soft and meditative to ecstatic and wild, her sets blend earthy rhythms, shimmering electronics and world-inspired sounds. Playing across the UK and Mexico, Amaya creates spaces where music becomes a ceremony and the dancefloor becomes a place of transformation. In the UK Amaya has played at Buddhafield Festival, Ecstatic Dance Festival UK (2024 & 2025), Rumble Festival, Elevate Festival, Ecstatic Dance London and Sober Rave UK amongst others. In Mexico Amaya has played at Ecstatic Dance Playa and Somos Avalon Riviera Maya (both in 2025 & 2026).
Instagram:@djamayagarcia SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/djamayagarcia
💗Julia Samel: Julia is incredibly passionate about movement and dance. Through over 20 years teaching Brazilian Forró, plus decades of exploration in Contact Improvisation, 5 Rhythms and various free-flow practices, she has developed “Moving Connections” inviting people to explore connections through simple exercises that support us to meet ourselves and others with authenticity and care, welcoming all that we are in every moment. Julia holds space heart-fully and sensitively combining all she loves in everything she does, bringing lightness and humour, with a unique care and sensitivity for all those who attend. Julia strongly believes anyone and everyone can dance. She believes that the body holds its own wisdom, and through compassionate guidance and creative practice, dance can help people move through barriers, expand self-expression, and experience joy, connection, healing, and growth.
Website: www.movingconnections.co.uk Instagram: @movingconnectionsuk
💗Will Street (violin): He will be joining Julia with their signature collaboration for Moving Connections workshop. Will’s violin playing features subtle background lines which mesh with the track as well as unbridled improvising, and includes basslines, delicate accompaniment, and percussive figures which complement his emotional melodic style. The sounds weave and interact with the dancers offering support to the movement and connection taking shape. He will be adding a magical live music element to this workshop.
Instragram: @willstreetviolin
💗Diana Upite-Davis: Trained in classical music from a young age in Latvia, and later moving to UK to study contemporary music, Diana carries a life-long passion for singing, improvising and re-imagining traditional Celtic and folk songs with her own melodic vision. She is passionate about bringing practices of rest and embodiment to others, has trained in 1:1 and multiple-handed Lomi Lomi bodywork and also offers sauna venik rituals. Diana has a keen interest in making delicious raw chocolates and raw cacao drinks for events & private clients. She enjoys blending spices to make her signature delicious homemade vegan & caffeine free Chai for events & is experimenting with new flavours! She is a co-creator and co-facilitator of many wellbeing classes, workshops, retreats, festivals that she co-organises with ‘Ecstatic Dance London’ for over 10 years. Dee is passionate and dedicated in creating the best possible experiences for attendees.
Instagram: @diana.upite, @aerialrelaxationpods, @esctaticdance_london
Websites: ecstaticdancelondon.com & urubu.com
Lomi Lomi bookings: https://deebest.as.me/schedule/ecd82d0a
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS
⋘ ─ ∗TANTRIC TRANCE DANCE ∗ ─ ⋙
11:45AM – 2:30PM (UPSTAIRS)
Through this transformational dance process, you will be guided into befriending all the aspects of your Being. Your Embodied Nature as man or woman, your Heart’s deep longing, and your personal connection to the Great Mystery.
This is a very unique dance experience, a blending of ancient and contemporary transformational tools, including: Bioenergetics, Ecstatic Dance, emotional release (Catharsis), Chakra Journeying, Vipassana Meditation, Latihan … with the powerful use of a blindfold – all these elements woven together invite you into a deep state of presence, awakening & celebration. Waking up to celebrate the one that you are.
*Please watch our video to give you a taste of the Tantric Trance Dance experience, and so you get a clear picture of what the journey is about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddj19xC-b0
Enter into the life of the Body – Guided by our unique musical soundtracks created specifically for this healing modality. Tantric Trance Dance takes participants on the journey within.
This is an active meditation for deeply connecting with your Being. Through the stages, you will begin to strip off layers of muscular armouring, surrendering to the dance of the body, letting go of baggage you may of been carrying for years, and connecting with your Souls calling.
“You are the fusion of Nature and Spirit, the meeting point of Earth & Sky”
The Tantric Trance Dance process is a unique opportunity to connect with all the wild energies of your Nature, with your Heart and Spirit.
⋘ ─ ∗ECSTATIC DANCE ∗ ─ ⋙
11:45AM – 2:30PM (DOWNSTAIRS) with a guest DJ tbc
Daytime sober rave ecstatic dance journey experience! More details coming soon! 🙂
⋘ ─ ∗MOVING CONNECTIONS ∗ ─ ⋙
3:45PM – 5:45PM (DOWNSTAIRS) with Julia Samel & Will Street on violin
Moving Connections is an embodiment practice that includes time to connect with ourselves and others, with choice and care.
We start our sessions with a series of exercises that evolve through different stages or aspects of connection, enabling us to explore and practice all that we can experience while we connect with other human bodies and souls in different ways.
There is always time to reflect, to witness, to notice and to dive into creative and unique ways to meet each other, whether it all feels very new, or somehow familiar, there can feel so much value in spending this precious time together.
There is also time to explore in a free-flowing way too, so that we have the chance to choose where and how we’d like to be, sometimes with others, sometimes in our own space, always in our own way and always at choice. Every Moving Connections session is different!
⋘ ─ ∗CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS & RITUAL BREATH∗ ─ ⋙
3:45PM-5:45PM (UPSTAIRS) with Seth Newman
Expect guided meditations, somatic grounding and centring, gentle guided breathwork and communication practices.
Creating a safe and respectful space, we will explore simple exercises aimed at strengthening our ability to connect to one another and to become more comfortable with honesty and vulnerability. Learn to honour your personal boundaries, learn to enjoy your desire for intimate contact, and to communicate both with authenticity.
With a guided Ritual Breath, we harness the power of breath to unlock a variety of transformative benefits. Breath helps to alter our state of consciousness, giving us a fresh perspective on life and connecting us to our body’s innate wisdom, jumpstarting various transformational process. Become more grounded and vital, more sensual, and more connected with your feelings, body, breath and your heart.
This workshop is an invitation to the total experience of life, multi-dimensional human life! The main focus of our work is on deepening our connection to the Heart! The workshop is an invitation to slow down and bring your awareness back into the present, back to your body and felt sense, and to simple, yet, precious moments.
The Conscious Connections & Ritual Breath workshop is about:
- Developing our sensitivity to ourselves and what we are experiencing,
- Allowing ourselves to be, and to be seen,-
- Developing love and acceptance for ourselves,
- Becoming aware of the ways we shut down.
⋘ ─ ∗ SHAMANIC BASS TEMPLE – ECSTATIC DANCE & CACAO CEREMONY PLUS WE’LL CLOSE THE EVENING WITH A RELAXING SOUND JOURNEY∗ ─ ⋙
7PM – 9:45PM with Seth Newman & Diana Upite-Davis
Brought to you by: Ecstatic Dance London – We love to dance. We love music. We love to inspire, to connect, to heal and transform!
MUSIC VIBE: | Mystical | World Dub | Tribal Breaks | Global Bass |
Discover dance as a moving meditation, body ritual, awareness practice & ceremony
Ecstatic Dance is a dance/movement practice to explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together. Move your body, unleash the wild dancing self without caring what people think, claim your freedom, open your heart & touch the infinite!
Our Ecstatic Dance classes create a safe and respectful environment that embraces ‘all ways’. We offer a movement practice that supports your free expression of emotions and inner space through movement and music. Our intention for these Ecstatic Dance classes is self-exploration, connection, fun, healing, expanding human potential and community building through freestyle ecstatic dance.
Enter an open space…and with your bare feet explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
1. Next-level, conscious, inspiring electronic dance music
2. A beautiful, sacred, heartful and fun dance journey
3. A safe space for you to dance freely in
4. Vibrant people who love to dance and love music!
PRACTICE SPECIFICS: Warm-up: stretch, move/dance and reflect on the intention for the dance to a gentle sound wave. The Practice: freestyle dancing to a large sound wave featuring Live DJ set. Some guidance & facilitation will be provided. And then we will let the music, the community and our own inner space direct our steps, our movements, our expression, our journey. Relaxation: Ecstatic Dance usually ends with a deep relaxation.
ECSTATIC DANCE GUIDELINES:
No late comers please. This is a shared journey from the beginning to the end and we aim to create a safe container for all dancers. If you are more than 30 min late, we won’t be able to let you join the session, this is so we can all journey together.
1. No talking during the dance (if you wish to talk to, you are welcome to chat before/after dance outside the building). When we dance without the chitchat, something alchemical can happen on the dancefloor. A unified field of Being emerges and we feel both wild and free, contained within ourselves And connected to something much, much greater than our individual selves.
2. Drug-Free, Smoke-Free, Alcohol-Free environment
3. No photos or videos, Mobile phones muted and out of sight
4. Care/Awareness for the co-created space and each other
5. Move your body however you wish
6. No spectating. Stay connected to your own body, sensations, emotions, and feelings. Ecstatic Dance is about you and your relationship to the Dance. Dancers feel uncomfortable when being spectated at. Come prepared to Dance yourself free from inhibitions!
7. You can dance alone, or with as many partners as (you) like to join. (If you’d rather not dance with someone, thank them for the offer by placing your hands in prayer position at your heart – Namaste.)
8. This is not a pick up place. Please respect all dancers (especially women) and do not ask for anyone’s contact details. If you wish to stay in touch with someone, give them your email instead of asking for their contact details. No means no.
“Our bodies instinctively know what feels good or bad, right or wrong. However, often our heads get in the way. Ecstatic Dance is about finding our way through to what feels good. How can we use dance to consciously transform towards finding joy, without denying our anger or sadness? Ask yourself: what’s my body feeling in this moment? Does it feel good moving this way, or that? Does it feel nourishing to dance with another, or dance solo? Where do I most feel connected with Self? Let your body lead the way.” ~ Abigail Harris
No experience necessary. All welcome.
CACAO CIRCLE & WHY CACAO?
At Ecstatic Dance London we LOVE chocolate, RAW chocolate-CACAO! We will provide complimentary Raw Vegan Cacao to superfood charge your dance with us!
Cacao is the ultimate heart opener, it will give you energy, revitalise your BodyMind inviting you to express, release & unleash your creativity during the dance!
Our Raw Vegan Cacao is prepared lovingly by Diana (who makes the best, velvety-tasting cacao in town for sure!). She uses ethically sourced, highest quality ingredients from Guatemala. (Free from Gluten/ Dairy / Nut / Refined Sugar) Super Yummy! 🙂
Join us to explore Cacao + Ecstatic Dance as a potent synthesis for Transformation! After the dance warm up we will take a moment to attune and connect to what we are grateful for, giving thanks for all the abundance in our life.
💜 ALL UPCOMING WELLBEING EVENTS, RETREATS, FESTIVALS +CREWING:
Website: ecstaticdancelondon.com/events
Website: urubu.com
Linktree: linktr.ee/ecstaticdancelondon
Instagram: @ecstaticdance_london
Mailing list: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/we-are-london
💛FREE CREW SPACES: We’d be very happy to hear from you if you’d like to help us in exchange for a free ticket! Requirement – you need to have attended at least two indoor events before you joining the crew. Please complete the sign up form and we’ll be in touch.
～ RETREATS & FESTIVALS 2026 ～
💜 APRIL 8-12, 2026 – SPRING AWAKENING ECSTATIC DANCE RETREAT (Gillingham, Dorset, UK) Only 2h direct train from London. Join for 4 days or weekend only.
Ecstatic Dance • Yoga • Breathwork • Nature • Saunas • Cold Plunges • Community • Transformation • Sound Journeys • Cacao • Trance Dance Ritual • Singing and much more! A 4 day transformational experience with 50 to 70 beautiful humans, surrounded by spring blossoms, ancient oak trees and the magic of nature waking up. Awaken your body. Ignite your creativity. Come home to your Ecstatic Self. Earlybird £440. Ticket includes all workshops, saunas, 12 vegetarian meals & camping. Dorms and private room upgrades available from £15 per night. RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW:
https://ecstaticdancelondon.com/spring-awakening-retreat-2026/
💜 JULY 22-28, 2026 ECSTATIC DANCE FESTIVAL® (Gillingham, Dorset, UK) Only 2h direct train from London. Join for 5 days or the weekend only.
Conscious Dance, Music and Healthy Living Gathering with 130-170 people in a beautiful Dorset Countryside. Super Earlybird £360. Tickets include all festival workshops, saunas, 12 vegetarian meals & camping. Dorms and private room upgrades available from £20 per night. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR DJ’S/ FACILIATORS/ CREW/ BODYWORKERS. MORE DETAILS & TICKETS ON FESTIVAL WEBSITE: https://www.ecstaticdancefestival.co.uk
If you have any questions, please send us an email to: info@ecstaticdancelondon.com
We look forward to welcoming you!