‘A work-out for the Soul’

DVD 1 - DANCES OF ECSTASY - A cutting edge DVD that explores ecstatic rituals experienced through rhythm, dance and music. Throughout history these states of ecstasy were a way of connecting with divine origins. The drive for spiritual renewal as a reaction against a world obsessed with technology and consumerism has inspired a return to indigenous and mystical traditions. People are turning to ecstatic practices for pleasure, transformation and healing. The experience of ecstasy is universal and transcends cultural and religious boundaries. This DVD reveals how the search for ecstasy is very much alive today in many traditional and contemporary communities around the world. It has been conceived for a general audience with the view that everyone has experienced the power of music and dance in some shape or form.

DVD 2 - POWER WAVE - Join in and ‘do it yourself’ with a complete Power Wave workout by New York urban shaman Gabrielle Roth, or dance your own dance to the global grooves tracks, with psychedelic visuals by D-Fuse: Find two hidden bonus videos by One Giant Leap and James Asher.
‘Energy moves in waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that, energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more, nothing less. A dance…’ Gabrielle Roth

Repertoire (Disc 2)
James Asher & Sivamani Amma
Waterbone Waterchild
Banco de Gaia I Love Baby Cheesy
Crystal Silenz Endless Kingdom
Zingaia In the Between
Bob Holroyd African Drug
dZihan & Kamien (remix by UFO) Homebase (Vienna Vista Sexual Dub)
Crystal Silenz What They Have Always Known
DJ Cheb I Sabbah Kese Kese (The Zindegi Meera Mix)
James Asher Tabasco Rhythm
Crystal Silenz Look at Yourself and Remember Me
Ranga Gobi Trail
Roedelius Glass from Jasper
Deuter Lotus

Reviews
‘This two-DVD set is a must-see. Billed as “a sensory journey through rhythm, dance and music -- a workout for the soul,” the first disc begins with a 58-minute surround sound documentary on ancient and modern trance dance healing rituals. Shots of Gabrielle Roth, one of the pioneers of urban shamanistic trance dance; Jean Houston, whose words “In the state of rapture the dancing, the dancer and the danced become one thing” aptly sum up the DVD’s raison d’etre; native healers; and Australia’s Rainbow Serpent Festival all night techno tribal trance dance experience are interspersed with excerpts from ancient dance healing rituals. Complete footage of San, Candomble, Yoruba, Kut, and Zikir (whirling dervish) rituals complete the experience. The second DVD follows Roth’s 33-minute Power Wave workout with a choice of 14 tracks to which you can create your own dance… The results simultaneously engage the rational mind and attempt to jar it into an altered state…the opportunity to view authentic rituals in context is worth the investment.’
www.spiritofchange.org

‘Dances of Ecstasy is enthralling in its evocation of a mental and physical release that most of us long for’
The Age

‘Thoroughly researched and years in the making Dances of Ecstasy provides fascinating insights into authentic tribal rituals’
Beat Magazine

‘Dances of Ecstasy is an intimate look at trance states, conveyed in sharp brightly coloured images and vibrant rhythm and song. There are the trance dances of the Sufi, Muslim and San cultures, with their strong group dynamic, that build in intensity through the course of the film. Then there are the Western trance experiences, notably at Gabrielle Roth’s dance workshops in the USA, far from the sunlit dancers in Africa but with a wild aesthetic of their own. Through snippets of interviews with the rituals’ leaders, we are given just enough insight into the dances to appreciate each ritual, but it is the camera that captures the essence of each ecstatic experience… a mesmerising and uplifting experience, which effectively portrayed ecstatic dance as a link between people all over the world.’
State of the Art


CAT NO: OA 0872 D
FORMAT: PAL
REGIONS: All Regions
PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9
LENGTH: 240 MINS
SOUND: DOLBY SURROUND / DOLBY STEREO
SUBTITLES: FR/DE/ES/NL
RELEASED: 01/09/2003
NO OF DISCS: 2