[lukan]

"When you are in a place with perhaps the most mundane music, if it gets even the least bit decent and you get up there and dance ecstatically, the band will love it. If there are no dancers and you get up there at all the band will probably love it.

They might just not play so mundane after that.

And others who may be the least bit inspired will often get right up there with you, hesitating much less than they would have normally done."

Definitely, but it takes a lot of courage to do that. I am a very good dancer and I often was the only one dancing - and yes, the band of course loves it and usually also most other people.

But it is always a struggle to really let go and ignore all the thoughts of what others might think and just take the empty space in front of the band and go wild.

Ecstatic dance in the way I experienced it, is specially made to not have that crowd of judging outsiders and rather tries to create a safe space where everyone can just move how he or she feels like without being judged. (also phones are banned there, so no fear that someone might take a video of you, which is something that defninitely happens when dancing in public spaces).