New Moon Ecstatic Dance
Schedule
Fri Feb 20 2026 at 05:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Clifton 1st Beach | Cape Town, WC
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According to the ancient Khoi tradition, their community gathered every New Moon to co-create a sacred space under the stars where dance and music would take them to transcendental states: ecstasis, trance, co-regulation and healing. This ritual inspired New Moon Ecstatic Dance - a collaboration of conscious dance DJs, contact improv facilitators, fire team and dancing humans. Zero Alcohol • Zero Waste • Zero degree Neptune Saturn conjunction
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On the day of 20th February'26, Friday:
17.00 - 17.30 Arrival Set
17.30 - 18.30 Firedancing workshop with Fire Crew (you can try various fire props under gentle guidance of our fire people)
18.30 - 20.30 Cacao ceremony and ecstatic dance with DJ AYIS
Tickets (R250 on Quicket, R300 cash on the beach. Children's ticket R100, or free if without headphones)
Note: the number of tickets is limited. The ticket includes headphones.
NB: if you really would like to come dance but can't afford the full price, pop us a Whatsapp message for 50% discount code.
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What to bring: water, sun hat, food, swimwear, towels (if you want to swim) and something warm to wear after the dance.
Directions: walk down to Clifton 1st Beach. Facing the ocean, turn right. Walk across Clifton 1st beach towards boulders. There is a tiny pathway that leads you over the rocks to Clifton Zero (Moses) beach. We are there from 17.00
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This event is a fundraiser for the Greenhouse Clay Studio for single mothers in Vrygrond township.
This gathering is not just an amazing ecstatic dance party, but a movement towards repair.
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What to expect
Firedancing Workshop: A gentle invitation into movement, connection, and embodied curiosity. Open to all levels — and especially to those who always thought “I can’t dance.” Trust me, you can. And we have props for you to try. If you feel brave, you will be welcomed to spin fire after sunset.
Ecstatic dance wave is designed to rise the rhythm in you, make your blood flow and evoke deeply nourishing ecstatic states. Gabriel Roth classified the rhythmic patters of flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness, but indigenous people of the planet long before practiced ecstatic dance as a main community ritual. Modern ecstatic dance DJ set is a variety of genres, weaved together sonically so to encourage you to loose yourself in dance and return revived, flowy and content.
Our values:
Zero Waste. Respect the ocean. Bring what you need and take it all home.
Zero Alcohol. Because dancing sober is its own revolution.
Zero Colonialism: A commitment to honouring indigenous movement traditions, the land we dance on, and the communities we support through this fundraiser.
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Join our Facebook group "Awake your inner shaman" to get access to the upcoming events in nature and images and videos from the past events (https://www.facebook.com/groups/648767755930797/).
Join WhatsApp group for updates on dances and location: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ITJXpmGvDQA00Xcj2eSPuQ?mode=wwt
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Unedited 8 min video of how it actually happens:
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Where is it happening?
Clifton 1st Beach, 52B Victoria Rd, Cape Town, 8005, South AfricaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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