🍁 Ecstatic Dance Autumn Festival – October 24–26, 2025 in Freiburg
From October 24 to 26, 2025 we open the doors for our Ecstatic Dance Autumn Festival in Freiburg.
You can expect a weekend dedicated to free dance, meaningful encounters and inner alignment – held by music, movement, mindfulness, and a spirit of openness.
Already over 110 dancers from Germany and across Europe are joining this shared experience.
A colorful, diverse community comes together – to connect, to laugh, to rest in silence, and of course: to dance, dance, dance.
Multiple Ecstatic Dance sessions
A collective cacao ritual
Yoga for relaxation and regeneration
Workshops on bodywork, mindfulness & creative expression
Meditations & quiet spaces
Contact improvisation as a playful form of movement
👉 Full program here: Festival Program
The festival takes place at the Freie Waldorfschule Freiburg-Rieselfeld.
The spacious main hall offers plenty of room for dance and movement, while additional rooms are open for workshops, singing circles, and community gatherings.
We will spend the entire weekend on-site – a wonderful chance to dive deeper into the magical shared field that arises.
Freie Waldorfschule Freiburg-Rieselfeld
Ingeborg-Drewitz-Allee 1
79111 Freiburg
A dedicated kids’ space with games and creative materials
Childcare during the workshops
Our loving kitchen team provides vegetarian, organic full catering (5 meals, hot drinks, and filtered water) for a package price of
50 €.
Vegan or gluten-free options are available – self-catering is also possible.
Classrooms, main hall & extra room (bring your own mat & sleeping bag)
Separate women’s sleeping space
Separate family room
Standard Ticket: 150 €
Ticket incl. accommodation: 170 €
Supporter Ticket: 200 € (supporting others)
Catering package: + 50 €
👉 Register
A few spots for the full weekend are still available. So if you want to join, just come to the check-in between 4 PM and 7 PM on October 24, 2025, and pay on site. (written Oktober 24, 2025)
A limited number of helper spots are available (kitchen, kids’ space, cleaning).
💡 For up to 4 hours of support you receive a 60 € discount.
First come, first served.
We are truly looking forward to a flowing, vibrant and connecting weekend – together with you and a growing community of dancers, many of whom now travel from all over Europe to join our multi-day events.
We are an open and natural Ecstatic Dance community – we welcome you just as you are.
❤️ Your Ecstatic Dance Freiburg Team
Polarny
is an award-winning DJ, producer, and nomadic soul rooted on Brazil’s Cacao Coast.
His sound weaves together Afro-Indigenous rhythms with modern electronic textures, creating hypnotic journeys that reach far beyond the beat.
From Tokyo to Rio, New York to Berlin, his path leads through jungle gatherings, desert temples, and radiant metropolises – connecting cultures through one heartbeat that moves us all.
A true sound traveler, he invites others not only to dance but to remember:
Movement is medicine, rhythm is a language, and music is a bridge back to ourselves.
Lua Luz
Luzia Mara Schucan is an Ecstatic Dance DJ known as “Lua Luz.”
For over 20 years, she has been dancing conscious dance and loves guiding people on deep musical journeys. She also leads ceremonies and
workshops.
With earthy rhythms and melodic soundscapes, she skillfully invites dance communities on a mystical journey back to themselves.
Her musical repertoire is both deeply rooted and infinitely expansive – connecting the archaic with the celestial.
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.
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.
Johanna Hector
As a yoga teacher and embodiment coach, Johanna opens experiential spaces where you can fully be yourself and connect with your intuition. Inspired above all by nature, she learns to unite seemingly opposing qualities—strength and softness—to experience balance and flow. Her sessions invite you to engage authentically with yourself and the world.
Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation in the Movement Space
How can we stay grounded while engaging with others? In this workshop, we explore and establish individual anchor points to support the management of emotions, thought patterns, and bodily sensations. We also investigate dynamics of bodily resonance in the movement space and strengthen our capacity for self-regulation, enabling us to energetically co-create shared spaces.
Tantric Embodiment Yoga
Experience yoga and movement beyond asana as a journey toward embodied awareness and inner connection. Johanna creates a space where you can perceive, understand, and express the language of your body intelligence.
🌐 Website
Pola
Pola has been researching the transformative and healing power of the voice, sound medicine, and music for many years.
As a holistic voice therapist, she guides individuals in uncovering and liberating their embodied voice as a path of self-exploration and soulful development. She offers sound healing sessions, creates spaces for sound meditations, and collaborates musically in various settings.
Soundscape of Inner Contemplation
As nature withdraws, a space opens inward.
In this guided sound journey, Pola leads you with gentle instruments, intuitive singing, and words into your inner landscapes.
Soft body relaxation and simple voice exercises gently draw you inward.
You are invited to let go, receive, listen to your own voice, and give it space.
Between sound and silence, inner world and expression, a space emerges for feeling, heart connection, and alignment.
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.
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