🍁 Ecstatic Dance Autumn Festival – October 23–25, 2026 | Freiburg, Germany
For three days, we'll immerse ourselves in dance, music, silence, and authentic connection. A weekend to recharge, let go, and be carried by the power of a shared community field.
Autumn is the season of harvest—a time when nature reveals its full abundance. Together, we want to celebrate this abundance: the abundance of life, connection, movement, and community.
Program
At the heart of our time together are 4 Ecstatic Dance sessions.
You'll also enjoy:
Morning yoga
Workshops on bodywork, mindfulness, and creative expression
A shared cacao ceremony
Meditation sessions and quiet spaces
Contact Improvisation, including a workshop as well as evening open jams with music, vocal improvisation, and dance
Venue
Freie Waldorfschule Freiburg-Rieselfeld
Ingeborg-Drewitz-Allee 1
79111 Freiburg, Germany
The spacious sports hall offers plenty of room for dancing. Workshops and group circles will also take place in a large hall with a wooden floor and in the beautiful Eurythmy room.
Children & Families
Dedicated kids' space with toys and creative materials
Childcare during the workshops
Separate family sleeping area
Accommodation
Stay overnight directly at the venue in classrooms, the sports hall, or one of the halls (please bring your own sleeping mat and sleeping bag).
There is also a separate women's sleeping area and a family sleeping room.
Food
Our loving kitchen team will provide delicious organic vegetarian full-board meals.
The food package includes:
Five meals
Tea and hot drinks
Filtered drinking water
Price: €55
Vegan and gluten-free options are available.
The meal package is optional.
It can now also be booked directly through the ticket shop. If you'd like meals during the festival, please add the food package when purchasing your ticket.
Tickets
Standard Ticket: €160 (without accommodation and meals)
Ticket incl. Accommodation: €185
Supporter Ticket: €210 (helps make the festival more accessible for others)
Food Package: +€55
Please book it separately via Eventfrog. It will appear as an additional option when you open the ticket link.
All workshops are included in the ticket price.
Single-day tickets are not available, as we want to create a shared experience and dive deeper together as a group.
Volunteer Tickets
A limited number of volunteer spots are available (e.g. kitchen, kids' space, or festival clean-up).
By contributing up to 4 hours, you'll receive a €60 discount on your ticket.
Volunteer places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
https://eventfrog.de/Ecstaticdanceherbstfestival
Community
We are an open dance community, welcoming people from all over Germany and Europe.
The festival is intentionally designed so that you can come on your own, even if you don't know anyone yet.
There will be sharing circles, workshops that encourage meaningful encounters, and of course our central connecting practice: free-form Ecstatic Dance.
Whether this is your very first Ecstatic Dance festival or you've already shared many with us—you are warmly welcome.
Let's dance, celebrate, and enjoy the abundance of autumn together.
We can't wait to dance with you! ❤️
Your Ecstatic Dance Freiburg Team
ecstatic dances with
Subtill
Till has been a passionate DJ since his youth, playing across a wide range of genres over the years. For more than eleven years, he has been hosting regular Ecstatic Dance events in Freiburg.
His DJ sets take listeners on a journey through diverse dance qualities – from natural and meditative to ecstatic and wild. He places special emphasis on using different rhythms, melodies, and unfolding movement energies to create a space that reaches deep into both our bodies and our hearts.
Today, he travels across Germany and Europe, bringing his Ecstatic Dance journeys to communities around the world.
Cold Blue
For more than two decades, Tobias Schuh, performing under the artist name Cold Blue, has been shaping the global trance scene with his unmistakable style—blending euphoria, melodic depth, and powerful ecstatic buildups. Through both the brightest and darkest landscapes of his inner world, he guides audiences on immersive musical journeys, performing sets composed primarily of his own productions.
With deep musical intuition, a refined sense for energetic sound journeys, and fresh inspiration from the Black Forest Ecstatic Dance Camp, he is now excited to make his Ecstatic Dance debut in Freiburg.
🎧 A glimpse into his trance sound—which will become part of an even more colorful and holistic dance journey in Freiburg:
workshops with
Lou Poirier
Bio: Lou is a practitioner of danced and poetic movement. She weaves her research across theater, dance, and the art of
storytelling.
She is deeply inspired by the complexity of human relationships and the creativity that lives within each person.
Contact Improvisation has fueled this fascination for over 20 years. Lou is also an actress and coach specializing in movement, living and working in Freiburg.
Workshop – Contact Improvisation
In this workshop, we explore the fundamental principles of this dance form, which incorporates touch, partner (or group) play, and technical and physical elements directly connected to the practice.
And many more - tba
Beweg dich ganz frei
Enjoy the sacred dance space
Guidelines für den Ecstatic Dance Tanzraum
NO TALKING – KEINE GESPRÄCHE IM TANZRAUM
Bitte nutze den Raum für Tanz, Bewegung und Präsenz, Gespräche gehören nach draußen.
BE CLEAR – NO INTOXICANTS, NO DRUGS
Sei klar im Bewusstsein – dies ist ein drogen- und alkoholfreier Raum.
BE CONSENSUAL. LISTEN FOR A YES. RESPECT A NO.
Achte auf Konsens im Kontakt mit anderen. Höre auf ein „Ja“ und respektiere ein „Nein“.
NO PHONES. NO CAMERAS.
Bitte stelle Handys auf Flugmodus und mache keine Fotos oder Videos.
BE FREE. DANCE HOW YOU WANT. NO JUDGEMENT.
Sei frei. Tanze, wie du willst, ohne Selbst- oder Fremdbewertung.
Diese Guidelines helfen uns, einen konzentrierten und sicheren Tanzraum zu gestalten.
Auf den ersten Blick mögen es viele Regeln sein – doch in diesem Raum darf viel entstehen und geschehen. Komm vorbei und erlebe es selbst!
Die Richtlinien schützen diesen besonderen Tanzraum und geben uns die Sicherheit, uns klar und frei zu entfalten, unsere Herzen zu öffnen und den Tanz einfach fließen zu lassen.
Hier geht es darum, uns zu genießen, den Moment zu spüren und gemeinsam in Bewegung zu sein.
❤️