ECSTATIC DANCE 

Free your body and mind! 
With DJ Hi-Lo and dance artist Anna Thu Schmidt 

Welcome to Ecstatic Dance at Havet - a free form movement journey that allows you to discover and express your own dance and to be your true self!  
You will gently be guided into the dance where you can explore everything from stillness to ecstatic movements in a safe space alone or in interaction with others. Tune into yourself and into the music played by DJ Hi-Lo and connect with the rhythms while moving freely. We start and end each session with a guided meditation and sharing circle. Ecstatic Dance at Havet is a conscious dance event for all ages and a alcohol and drug-free place. 

About the hosts: 
Anna Thu Schmidt is a dance artist focussing on interdisciplinary projects, dance improvisation site-specific work and integrated dance. She is based in Trondheim after living in Germany, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. 
Anna was introduced to Ecstatic Dance in Bali in 2017. Since last year, she has been sharing the spirit and joy of this freeform movement journey in Trondheim in collaboration with local DJ’s. She is passionate about creating safe spaces where everyone can freely express themselves through dance. 
Anna also leads ImproDans Trondheim, Samtidsdans for Voksne, and teaches workshops in contact improvisation. Together with other dance artists, she runs PRAXIS Trondheim, a plattform for sharing artistic movement practices. She is a certified yoga teacher and recently started her journey into the world of aquatic bodywork. 

Tomas "Hi-Lo" Vikeland is a dancer and music enthusiast from Trondheim and the owner of RAW Dance Studio, where movement and rythm brings students together. In addition to running the studio, Hi-Lo also regularly practices dance and meditation, and is currently expanding his knowledge through a 200-hour yoga training. 
As a DJ at private parties, local dance events, and at the club concept Raise Your Vibration, has Hi-Lo become noticed as a versatile DJ. This spring, he will also be DJing at Cachaos vol.2, and at RAW Café XL during the opening day of the Multiplié Dance Festival. 
Hi-Lo is driven by a goal to promote music and dance not just as art forms, but as powerful tools for healing, aiming to make these as accessible and recognized healing practices in society. 

Photo credit: Arne Hauge