Ecstatic Dance Global Family…
Onsite at Soul Studios and online thru zoom Globally……..
What is Ecstatic Dance?
Its a freeform focused movement practice done around the world in growing conscious communities.
We started in Sarasota as the first Ecstatic Dance on the West coast of Florida in 2013. We’ve since grown and changed.
Our mission:
Who are we? “ We are a diverse multicultural community of all ages, abilities, who gather to celebrate and create a coherent field for dance, expression, embodiment, meditation and shenanigans.”
“We are committed to practicing and co-creating a culture of respect, personal responsibility, gratitude, transparency, acceptance, and unconditional love for self and other, on and off the dance floors, that we are grateful and blessed to dance on and occupy together and into how we dance with life itself.”
Please NOTE: on Wednesdays that fall on Silent Disco Ecstatic Dance at beach, there is NO onsite ecstatic dance mornings….please join
us at the beach~~~ There will be online dance 10-12pm those days. thank you!
Location for ONSITE 1100 North Tuttle Ave Grand Slam plaza suite 16+17 inside Soul Studios ..Links for online are below.
Kelly Atkins (aka dj kat) is a movement artist, facilitator, and community weaver who has been offering ecstatic dance as a living practice for over 13 years. Her work invites people into the body as a place of listening, resilience, and creative truth—where movement becomes both medicine and art.
Kelly’s approach is rooted in continuity: dancing through life’s initiations—grief and joy, study and caregiving, love, loss, birth, and rebirth. She has moved alongside personal and collective transformation, weaving somatic awareness, improvisation, and trauma-informed presence into spaces where people can explore freedom with care.
As the founder of Ecstatic Dance Sarasota / Ecstatic Dance Global, Kelly curates containers that honor consent, nervous system safety, and the wild intelligence of the body. Her dances are less about performance and more about remembering—remembering how to be with sensation, with music, with one another, and with what is alive in the moment.
At festivals and gatherings, Kelly offers dance as an art form of participation: a shared field where movers of all backgrounds are welcomed into rhythm, stillness, and authentic expression. Her facilitation is intuitive, grounded, and heart-led—inviting dancers to arrive exactly as they are, and to move from there.
RED TENT “Women only” onsight ( all genders welcome online) . These are monthly on the saturday after full moon …..$25 includes cacao…please wear red and bring a flower to show solidarity and for a collective art flower mandala
DATES: Next one is Saturday April 5th 6:30-9pm Mary Magdelene theme ….
New dates for retreat coming……Sept 2026
Links to join online from HOME: PASSWORD IS DANCE
Saturday night Ecstatic Dance doors open at 6:30pm for meditation and 7:00pm with a guided opening for 15 minutes then the musical wave begins:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87049987601?pwd=cklMNU9JNjA2MDZBOW1uMGw0SDB1UT09
Meeting ID: 870 4998 7601
Passcode: DANCE
Sunday morning Ecstatic Dance doors open at 10am for meditation and 10:30-12noon for the dance. link to join:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3979879049?pwd=LzJ2eU54OElPK2ZxV04rNlI5WFgzQT09
Meeting ID: 397 987 9049
Passcode: DANCE
Wednesday morning Ecstatic Dance Doors open at 10am for meditation and 10:30-12pm for the dance.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84937050867?pwd=VWZNbGNkQS8zaXBBM29vakV3cXFDdz09
Meeting ID: 849 3705 0867
Passcode: DANCE
Dances cost $20. Onsite there are openings to volunteer and join for free, reach out to see if available. If you need a scholarship or an agreed upon fee, we may be able to work with you. Simply email your request and circumstances and well get back to you asap.
Paypal :
https://www.paypal.me/kaiworks
Venmo:
EcstaticDanceGlobalFamily@EcstaticdanceSRQ
ZELLE 941-928-8866 mbfdancer@aol.com Kelly Atkins
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
Doors open 30 minutes prior to the dance for silent meditation or enjoy the soft music and get yourself warmed up, ready. Links to join from any geographic location and in your body, are below. Our dances are offered for a donation or free. Your donations help us to keep things flowing and you are encouraged to join no matter what. Your presence and energy add so much and we are happy you’ll join. Camera can be on/off or tilted to the side. More information is below.
REACH OUT AND JOIN OUR LOCAL SIGNAL APP to be part of our ongoing community dialogue about the dances and a special page for local happenings. We also have an active GLOBAL group on What’s app….Simply send a text requesting the links 1-941-928-8866
Easter Sunday Ecstatic Dance
Join us for a heart-opening morning of presence, renewal, and movement as we gather on this sacred day of rebirth.
10:00 AM — Guided Meditation
We begin in stillness, grounding into the body, the breath, and the quiet awakening of the day.
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM — Ecstatic Dance Journey
From silence into sound, we move together—free, expressive, and alive—allowing the music to guide us into flow, release, and celebration.
This is a space to reconnect with yourself, with nature, and with community. Come as you are. Dance your prayer. Let this Easter be a remembering of your own inner resurrection.
No experience needed. Barefoot. Substance-free. All are welcome.
Let’s rise together.
Monthly online workshops, monthly women only red tent ecstatic dances, and monthly full moon silent disco at sunset dances.
RED TENT is always the first saturday night after the full moon.
Silent Disco is on the full moon in evening (a page with exact dates and times above)
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”There is a dance only you can do, that exists only in you, here and now, always changing, always true.” Gabrielle Roth”
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