In the world of ecstatic dance, you can dance how you want to.Throw your hands in the air. Jump around euphorically. Or just sway. Shoot, maybe you don’t want to move at all but just sit and meditate.

The stars. That's what Karen Bond remembers most from her first ecstatic dance experience on a farm in Wales in the 1980s. She also remembers the drumming, chanting and, of course, the dancing that ...

Ye-ow. As I sit down to write this, my thigh muscles are screaming. Last night, for a sweaty hour and a half I was twirling, swaying, reaching, wiggling, shaking, flapping, and moving my body into ...

PORT ANGELES — Shelly Zollman will present the Joy of Movement at Ecstatic Dance on Sunday. The introduction to Ecstatic Dance will be at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St., Port Angeles. Admission is $5 ...

What is ecstatic dance? Why is it perfect — and even necessary — when breaking free from rigid movement? Right now, we are sadly living in a time where most of us live an extremely immobile lifestyle.

In theory, ecstatic dance sounds like a lot: I’m in a room full of strangers, listening to music I wouldn’t typically listen to, freely moving my uncoordinated limbs in what can barely be described as ...

NEW YORK — On an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday evening, I found myself facing a stranger, swinging my arms back and forth, and hooting like an owl. “HOOOOOO!” I yelled, blinking uncomfortably.

The philosophy of dance is so much more than rhythmically moving your body to music. It’s a form of cultural and social communication. Some people dance simply for the exercise, while others do it as ...

Ecstatic Dance is a movement about movement. The worldwide sensation with a branch in Charleston is all about unity among the fusion of conscious dance and DJ culture. Born on the Hawaiian islands, ...