Sufi Edition — Where Ancient Devotion Meets Ecstatic Dance
This is not a Sufi workshop. This is a taste — a living invitation to feel what centuries of devotion sound and move like, woven into the ecstatic dance you already know.
The evening opens with a short introduction to the Sufi tradition: the whirling, the breath, the surrender. You don’t have to spin. You don’t have to do anything. Just let the energy of the room find you — and move however your body responds. That’s still the heart of every ORACLE night: dance as you feel it from the inside.
What makes this night different is what happens on stage. Farid Sheek brings the daf — the ancient Persian frame drum that has guided Sufi ceremony for centuries. Its rhythms don’t just keep time; they open something. Lizelot, initiated into a centuries-old Persian Sufi order, guides the whirling presence. Maurice Spees, voice alchemist and tonight’s sonic guide, weaves everything together — live vocals, electronic layers, and sacred tone into a set that breathes between ancient devotion and modern trance.
No separation between performers and dancers. No audience. One field.
Shoes off. Phones away. Hearts open.
🔥 Early bird €15 • Regular price €23.80 — Limited spots! Secure your early bird rate now before prices increase.
✦ Farid Sheek — Daf & Persian Percussion
Iranian-Dutch composer and performer from a lineage of Sufi musicians. Farid has brought the sacred daf to stages including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. His playing bridges Persian classical tradition and contemporary expression — rhythm as prayer. faridsheek.com
✦ Lizelot — Sufi Whirling & Presence
Sufi teacher and initiator of Moving Into Unity. Trained as a dancer and initiated into an authentic centuries-old Persian Sufi order, Lizelot embodies the whirling tradition — not as performance, but as lived devotion. lizelot.com
✦ Maurice Spees — Voice Alchemy & Sonic Guide
Soul guide and voice alchemist whose instrument is the human voice itself. Maurice creates sacred sound fields through tone, breath, and electronic layers — a bridge between the ancient and the embodied. mauricespees.com