Real Dance Michigan (Weekly Saturday Ecstatic Dance)

Real Dance is 90 minutes of musical refuge.

Clear agreements and a welcoming atmosphere make it easy to relax into the music and move freely.

Your nervous system doesn’t want another Netflix binge 📺🍿 or bar night 🍻🌙.
It wants you to regulate 🫁💓.
It wants you dancing wildly 💃🕺🔥 with sober 🚫🍺, present 👁️, fully alive ⚡ humans 🫶

This isn’t a class 🚫📚.
It isn’t a performance 🚫🎭.
There’s no choreography to follow ❌🩰 and no technique to get right ❌📏.

Real Dance is a weekly 🗓️, music-forward 🎶 movement space held in a clear 🫧, supportive 🤝 container 🧺.
The music is intentionally curated 🎧✨: joyful melodies 🌈🎵, room for emotional release 🌊😭, and lyrics that carry meaning 📝💛.
The playlist unfolds as a gentle arc 🌅➡️🔥➡️🌙, opening 🌤️, energizing ⚡, then soothing 🌊, creating space for reflection 🪞 and personal meaning-making through movement 💫.

🚀 The Dances are in spacious 🌌 rooms with high ceilings 🌌
Ringstar Studio features thick rubber flooring 🦶✨ ideal for barefoot movement.
Hoover Street Studio is ideal for dance 🦶✨ with sprung Marley floors, and acoustic padding for optimal sound.

Earplugs 🎧 available. 💛

Parents! Children 12 and under are free with a paying adult. Teens attend at the standard rate with a guardian present to sign them in at the start.

💵 Cash or 🍎 Apple Pay at the door
💚 Venmo: @RealDanceMichigan
🖤 Cash App: @RealDanceMichigan
💙 PayPal: RealDanceMichigan@protonmail.com
🦓 Stripe for advance tickets.

Move freely 🌀.
Take breaks 🧘.
Witness gently 👀💗.
Or simply listen 🎧🌌.

Clear, posted agreements 📜 help create a container of mutual care 🫶 and respect 🤝.
You’re welcome exactly as you are 🌿 — even if that means quiet 🤫, tender 🥺, awkward 😅, or unsure 🌫️.