Friday Night Fargo

The evening

Dance, sound, then tea

• 7:00 – 8:00 PMEcstatic dance
• 8:00 – 8:30 PMSound journey
• 8:30 – 9:00 PMHerbal tea and share circle

Why dance

What an hour on the floor does

• Creates a pattern interrupt, helping you shift perspective.
• Encourages expression and emotional release.
• Promotes connection and co-regulation with the people around you.
• Invites silliness and playfulness, breaking stress patterns.
• Dance is one of the most accessible ways to listen to your body's instincts.
• Challenges balance, engaging the vestibular system.
• Boosts endorphins — try not to smile during a dance party.
• Shifts focus from worries to the present moment.

The room

Fargo Venue

An event space on Lincoln Highway in DeKalb that has hosted Yolanda Lozano's ecstatic dance every month for two years — dance, sound journey, then herbal tea and a share circle. Tickets are sold on the venue's own site.

Fargo Venue were the first people to hire Yolanda Lozano for an ecstatic dance, and the night has run consecutively there for about two years — one of the longest-running ecstatic containers in the far west suburbs.

The evening is a full arc rather than just a dance: an hour of free-form movement, a 30-minute sound journey, then herbal iced tea and a share circle to close.

DeKalb is about an hour west of Arlington Heights, so this is a road trip rather than a drop-in — worth it for a Friday night on this floor.