Psy trance dance videos and principles?
March 17, 2016 7:49 AM   Subscribe

I'm trying to find good (or mindblowing) examples of individual and "couple" freestyle(?) psy trance dancing... on youtube?

(It doesn't have to be "psy trance;" I'm looking for any kind of music you'd find at like an "ecstatic dance"-type event or rave-ish type event, but not really a nightclub?)

I don't know enough to know what I'm actually asking for. I was at a rave-y, ecstatic dance-type event last night, and, maybe twice in three hours, two people would start dancing, sometimes in contact, sometimes in proximity but definitely dancing together, and they were really dancing together, and it was amazing.

If there's any written stuff out there, general principles for this kind of dancing, I would be grateful for that, too.
posted by zeek321 to Media & Arts (6 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
I don't know of good examples online off the top of my head, but you might like fire spinning videos, which tends to have overlap with ecstatic dance.
posted by Candleman at 9:53 AM on March 17, 2016


Response by poster: (In lieu of easy examples, what sorts of terms should I mix and match in google? I know so little about this space.)
posted by zeek321 at 10:10 AM on March 17, 2016


Not sure what exact dance they were doing, but try searching for "Melbourne shuffle" or just shuffle / dance.

(I'm currently obsessed (have been learning for almost a year now), it's sooo much fun and looks amazing when people are really good at it, especially when they "sync up" like you're describing.)
posted by aecorwin at 3:00 PM on March 17, 2016


On that note, looking up festival videos from particular events can lead to some neat clips. Here's an EDC shuffle compilation, you might be able to find stuff that looks like what you're thinking of here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CswZFFUdV1U
posted by aecorwin at 3:02 PM on March 17, 2016


Youtube search for "Earthcore" or "Rainbow Serpent" or even "bush doof" should get you on the right track.
posted by Diag at 6:20 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]


This sounds very familiar to me from the Five Rhythms dances I go to - the teacher will often suggest 'Take a partner' and you're encouraged to just dance with whoever's next to you in that moment, for a track or two. You just improvise and vibe off each other, you can have an amazing connection. So maybe look at some Five Rhythms on YouTube?
posted by prune at 7:59 AM on March 18, 2016


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