When you move at an Ecstatic Dance Ceremony you dance through waves of the Five Energies.

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At the beginning of The Ceremony dancers explore the gentle sounds of...

AWAKENING

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As The Ceremony progresses the dancers begin to develop their individual groove while...

CRUISING

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The Ceremony then reaches its climax as the beats pulse higher and higher as the dancers enter the wave of....

CHAOS

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After the heightened energies are expended the dancers begin to descend into a wave of gentle syncopation called...

LYRICAL

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And as The Ceremony comes to its conclusion the music begins to slow into a contemplative and gentle rhythm that allows the dancers to relax into the wave that's...

GROUNDING

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