Ecstatic Dance Events in Boston, January 2025
Happy New Year! It stretches before us: a blank canvas, a dance hall just before the music starts, a single quiet pause filled with infinite possibility. I hope you're able to make it yours, whatever your year needs to be: a year of healing, a year of growing, a year of challenging yourself. Or all of them together! And also, a year with plenty of chances to dance.
Anyways, onto the ecstatic/conscious dance events for January!…
Short List
1/2: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Somerville
1/16: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Somerville
1/25: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Jamaica Plain
1/30: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Somerville
Detailed List
Thursday, Jan 2nd: Contact Improv Jam in Jamaica Plain
7:00 - 9:00 pm. Regularly every Thursday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 2nd: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Somerville
7:30 - 9:30 pm. Now once every week, in Somerville or Jamaica Plain! Joel is an accredited teacher of 5Rhythms, a form of movement therapy that brings us on a wave through a wave of five different rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness.
Friday, Jan 3rd: Vortex Ecstatic Dance in Somerville
7:00 - 10:00 pm. Regularly on the first Friday of every month, for the first time at it’s new location, Arts at the Armory Each Vortex dance begins with a cacao ceremony, before flowing into the main dance (with light show), and ending with a guided meditation.
Sunday, Jan 5th: Bulldog Flow and Disco in Somerville
10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Join Pete Sacco and DJ Anthony Mansi for a relaxing and rejuvenating yoga session followed by a live DJ and dancing, at the Museum of Modern Renaissance in Davis Square. All while being surrounded by beautiful art and inspiring vibes. This in-person event is the perfect way to start your week with some yoga and movement all while connecting with your inner zen. Whether you're a seasoned yogi or a beginner, everyone is welcome to join us for this special morning of self-care and community. This class will run for 50- 60 mins total followed by 60 minutes of music in the main hall.
Sunday, Jan 5th: JourneyDance in Natick
3:00 - 5:00 pm. Join us for Turn Angst Into Art, a monthly JourneyDance™ event designed to support you to transform your emotions through creative expression and embodied movement. This self-empowered, supportive space invites you to explore dance as a tool for deep healing and connection. Through breath, somatic grounding, guided dance, and connection exercises, this two-hour journey offers a pathway to embody your authentic self, releasing stress, and uncovering the clarity within each emotion.
Monday, Jan 6th: JourneyDance in Arlington
7:00 - 8:15 pm. Grow into your new skin for the new year at this free community event at the main Arlington Library! JourneyDance is an accessible, joyful movement class for physical and emotional self-care.
Tuesday, Jan 7th: Contact Improv Jam in Cambridge
7:30 - 10:00 pm. Regularly every Tuesday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 9th: Contact Improv Jam in Jamaica Plain
7:00 - 9:00 pm. Regularly every Thursday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Friday, Jan 10th: Divine Design Ecstatic Dance & Sound Bath in Natick
6:30 - 10:00 pm. At the Natick Common Street Spiritual Center. Starting with an intention setting meditation, and ending with a soothing sound bath.
Friday, Jan 10th: Dance Ecstatically Friday in Cambridge
8:00 - 10:00 pm. Join us for an evening of inner exploration and connection, bring friends meet new ones. Ecstatic dance at Dance Friday/Freedom. Experience a transformational evening filled with social dancing, energy healing, and a sense of community like no other.
Saturday, Jan 11th: Biodanza in Somerville
3:00 - 5:00 pm. Biodanza is: movement, music, connection, restorative play, rest, revolution. Join for an afternoon practicing your own good medicine in community, and our collective good medicine together! In English and Spanish. This month, it will be held inside at MOTA in Union Square.
Sunday, Jan 12th: Heart Hive in Cambridge
10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Regularly one Sunday a month. A long running ecstatic dance near Porter Square, with a different warmup and closing ceremony each month, as well as community art projects.
Tuesday, Jan 14th: Contact Improv Jam in Cambridge
7:30 - 10:00 pm. Regularly every Tuesday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 16th: Contact Improv Jam in Jamaica Plain
7:00 - 9:00 pm. Regularly every Thursday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 16th: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Somerville
7:30 - 9:30 pm. Now once every week, in Somerville or Jamaica Plain! Joel is an accredited teacher of 5Rhythms, a form of movement therapy that brings us on a wave through a wave of five different rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness.
Friday, Jan 17th: Ecstatic Dance with the Drum Nomads in Natick
7:00 - 9:00 PM. Ecstatic dance featuring the Drum Nomads, with live percussion and a range of melodic instruments and vocal harmonies, ending in a sound bath.
Friday, Jan 17th: Dance Alive in Cambridge
7:45 - 10:30 pm. Regularly once a month on a Friday, at the Masonic Hall in Porter Square. Begins with a warm up before the main dance journey, ending with a guided meditation.
Sunday, Jan 19th: Ecstatic Dance at the Dance Complex in Cambridge
2:45 - 5:00 pm. You can expect freeform movement on the dancefloor of all ages; no experience required. We are here to dance however we want while respecting others personal space and their right to dance however they want. No phones, no stress, just love & music.
Tuesday, Jan 21st: Contact Improv Jam in Cambridge
7:30 - 10:00 pm. Regularly every Tuesday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 23rd: Contact Improv Jam in Jamaica Plain
7:00 - 9:00 pm. Regularly every Thursday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Saturday, Jan 25th: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Jamaica Plain
7:30 - 9:30 pm. Now once every week, in Somerville or Jamaica Plain! Joel is an accredited teacher of 5Rhythms, a form of movement therapy that brings us on a wave through a wave of five different rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness.
Tuesday, Jan 28th: Contact Improv Jam in Cambridge
7:30 - 10:00 pm. Regularly every Tuesday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 30th: Contact Improv Jam in Jamaica Plain
7:00 - 9:00 pm. Regularly every Thursday. Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Each week has a different facilitator and theme. Sometimes silent, sometime with live music.
Thursday, Jan 30th: FlowState 5Rhythms Sweat with Joel Stanley in Somerville
7:30 - 9:30 pm. Now once every week, in Somerville or Jamaica Plain! Joel is an accredited teacher of 5Rhythms, a form of movement therapy that brings us on a wave through a wave of five different rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness.
Friday, Jan 31st: Dance Ecstatically Friday in Cambridge
8:00 - 10:00 pm. Join us for an evening of inner exploration and connection, bring friends meet new ones. Ecstatic dance at Dance Friday/Freedom. Experience a transformational evening filled with social dancing, energy healing, and a sense of community like no other.