Winter Solstice Ecstatic Dance

A warm invitation to gather on the darkest and longest night of the year, to go within and BE MOVED by the portal of the Winter Solstice!

The power of dance can be a source to tune into the sacredness of this time of year, a moment to listen to the whispers within, to unfurl our bodies and to embrace the womb like container of Winter darkness. This listening and tending to our beings gives reverence to natures rhythmns, to root down and feel the potential of new life and light on the horizon as the sun makes its slow return once again.

Expect a deep, nourishing and celebratory journey through the medicine of dance!

The indoor dance floor holds a strong container, where bodies synchronise and the room is electric with life! The medicine of dance awaits us as it aids our resilience through the colder and dark months ahead. If you would like to give your body the gift of authetic movement to a musical journey of exploration and play then join us!

What is Ecstatic Dance?

Ecstatic Dance is a free form movement practice which takes dancers through an embodied journey of inner discovery, joy and freedom. This is a self-lead and expansive space with no rules, just a few guidelines:

🌀We dance barefoot, grouning into the earth.

🌀 We dance without words, to let the body speak.

🌀 We dance without substance, no alcohol/drugs permitted. We dance on the high of our own pure energy supply.

🌀 We dance without technology, being in the present moment!

🎵Our Dj will take us on a journey through a beautifully crafted, worldly & eclectic DJ set. Weaving waves of genres and energies to get our body moving and soul smiling with our immersive silent disco headsets. Ending with softness, stillness and slow integration back into our closing circle.

🎧Dj Venetia will be gracing the decks with a megical set to light the fire within admist these darker and colder nights. To let our bodies express, feel and be free. The dancfloor is a transformative space where music meets medicine and dance meets ritual. Expect a set to fly you high into the sky while bringing you back down to the earth for a grounidng winter release!

🔊DJ Venetia is one of Wales’ most exciting and passionate emerging female DJs, consistently igniting the dance floor with her spicy, playful, and wonderfully unpredictable journeys. Her sets invite dancers to explore their edges, opening space for curiosity, liberation, and the mystery of dance — and life itself.

Trained with the renowned Dance The Medicine school, Venetia has become an inspiration in crafting exquisite Ecstatic Dance experiences. While her music is vibrant and fun, she also weaves in soul-stirring, tender layers of the human experience, using sound to burst us open, bring us home to the body, and ground us back into the earth. Her music drifts between joy and deep presence, guiding us into a sweet surrender that aligns beautifully with the Winter Solstice portal.🔊

✨If you have never been to an ecstatic dance before or it may be your first time dancing sober and you feel nervous, please be assured the ED Wales team create a friendly and welcoming space. We are all on the journey together, and the dance portal is co -created by eveyones unquiness. It's a truly special experience when random humans gather together and find joy in letting our bodies be free to music with no judgement and compassion for eachother.

Flow of the evening:

4.30pm ~Opening Circle & Cacao Activation

4:45pm~ Ecstatic Dance

6.15pm~ Sound Bath

6.30pm~ Community heart warming soup (vegan & gluten free)

Low income tickets available - please contact us for more info :)

We will never turn anyone away from lack of funds.

Parking is available outside the Ostreme centre, but if that's full there is residential and on street parking around the centre in Mumbles.

We hold a safe, compassionate and non-judgmental container for community joy and wellbeing.

See you on the dancefloor!

Ecstatic Dance Wales ~ Gwyr Soul ♥️