Ecstatic Dance
Suburbia
A barefoot, sober, conscious dance practice — finally in the northwest suburbs. No steps to learn. No way to do it wrong. Just you, the music, and a room full of people moving however they're moved.
Upcoming Dances
Find your next floor
Sunday Ecstatic DanceSunSep 6Doors9:30 AMMainwood Dance ClubArlington Heights$25 · 20 spots
Chicago Ecstatic DanceWedSep 9Doors7:00 PMHairpin Arts CenterLogan Square, ChicagoSliding scale
Palatine Sunday Ecstatic DanceSunSep 13Doors9:30 AMHimalayan Yoga and Meditation CenterPalatine$25 · 35 spots- Chicago Ecstatic DanceWedSep 16Doors7:00 PMHairpin Arts CenterLogan Square, ChicagoSliding scale
Friday Night FargoFriSep 18Doors7:00 PMFargo VenueDeKalb, IL — about an hour west of the northwest suburbs$25- Sunday Ecstatic DanceSunSep 20Doors9:30 AMMainwood Dance ClubArlington Heights$25 · 20 spots
- Chicago Ecstatic DanceWedSep 23Doors7:00 PMHairpin Arts CenterLogan Square, ChicagoSliding scale
Harvest Moon Bonfire Ecstatic DanceSatSep 26Doors6:00 PMBurnham Park · Promontory PointChicago, IL — Hyde Park lakefrontTickets on Full Moon Fusion
Yoga Electronica — Launch SundaySunSep 27Doors2:30 PMQ Studios (top floor)Chicago, IL — Logan Square$25 · yoga and dance included
Lighthouse Ecstatic DanceSatOct 10Doors7:00 PMThe Gathering LighthouseLombard, IL — downtown, a block from the Metra station$25 · RSVP free now
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What to expect
No steps. No words. Just movement.
Ecstatic dance is a sober, DJ‑led movement practice — a wave of music that carries you from gentle stillness, into wild expression, and back to rest. No partners required. No experience needed. If you can move, you can dance — even if "moving" tonight means lying on the floor and breathing.
A DJ‑led journey
From soft and grounding into wild and luminous, then back to stillness.
All bodies welcome
No experience needed. Every age, shape, and rhythm belongs on the floor.
Three soft agreements
Barefoot if you can (socks or soft shoes welcome). Wordless on the floor (words always okay for consent or care). Phones away (so we can be fully here).
Every other Sunday
Next: Sunday, September 6, 2026
We launched May 31, 2026 in Arlington Heights and we're adding suburbs as rooms and hosts come together. Every location below is selling tickets right now.
Sunday mornings at Mainwood Dance Club
Doors 9:30 AM · 20 spots · $25. Pick the Sunday you want to come.
Sunday mornings at Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center
Doors 9:30 AM · 35 spots · $25. Pick the Sunday you want to come.
There's an ecstatic dance in Chicago every Wednesday.
Formerly known as Rhythm Sanctuary Ecstatic Dance, it's now Chicago Ecstatic Dance — same beloved Wednesday night ritual, new name. Can't wait until June? Get your feet on the floor this week.
Help us light the floor sooner
Every dollar goes to the floor: a venue with good acoustics, a sound system that lets the bass move through your bones, and DJs who know how to hold a room. $25 gets one person on the dance floor. $100 brings four friends.
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