DANCE FREE

I heard about the practise of ecstatic dance from a friend of mine who is a recovering drug addict. She spoke to me about how it had helped her recover a relationship with dancing that she had lost, not wanting to dance in clubs or other spaces where people drink and take drugs (you aren’t permitted to be under the influence of any substances at the dances). The act of dancing in this way releases you from the rules and regulations of everyday life. The participants in this short documentary explain what the dancing means to them.