Founder · producer and tech
David Prorok
One of the founders of Ecstatic Dance Suburbia and the creator of this website. David opens our circles, handles operations and tech, and makes original music with stories from our community.
Our team
The people who hold the floor
Lead facilitator · sound bath
Yolanda Lozano
Sound practitioner and our lead facilitator. Yolanda holds the container and closes our mornings with singing bowls, drum and voice.
Community ambassador · tea
Vilija
Vilija welcomes people in, cares for the community and brings the tea that lets each morning land softly after the closing circle.
Founder's story
It started under a gazebo
On September 25, 2023, around 6:45 in the evening, David and Kai met dancing under a gazebo outside the Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center in Palatine.
That evening planted a seed. Almost three years later, it grew into Ecstatic Dance Suburbia, and today we dance inside that same center on Sunday mornings, with Kai as our conscious community connector and DJ.
On May 31, 2026, we held the very first Ecstatic Dance Suburbia, at Mainwood Dance Club in Arlington Heights. David, Kai and Joanna led that first morning together.
Want to help hold the floor? Volunteer at a dance or get in touch.