trance dance
Rhythmic ecstatic ritual
Trance dance is a style of dancing characterized by repetitive, rhythmic movements performed to electronic music, particularly trance, where dancers enter a meditative or ecstatic state.
The term also applies to ritualistic dancing in various cultures where participants use movement and rhythm to induce altered consciousness: The tribe's trance dance lasted until dawn.
- fire circleRinged outdoor hearth
- firewalkingTreading barefoot on embers
- sweat lodgeHeated structure for ritual purification
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- drum circleCommunal rhythmic gathering
spirit possession · shamanism · flow state · rhythmic breathing · Dionysian · catharsis · letting go · binaural beats · healing rituals · divination · polyrhythms · dervish · pulsing · altered consciousness · endorphin release · vision quest · ritual dances · entranced
trance danceballet
Classical dance on pointe
dance recital · ballroom dancing · line dancing · square dancing · social dancing