The Dance of Life is a spiritual ceremony celebrating life. Inspired by the Sun Dance of the indigenous peoples of North America and shamanic wisdom from Europe, it will take place for the 34th time in southern France in the summer of 2026. Its power draws from the dreams and dances of many people. We dance for Grandmother Earth and for our healing and happiness as human beings on this wonderful planet of learning. We pray with our feet, sing our visions, and tend the sacred fire at the altar and within ourselves.
We cordially invite you to the next “Life Dance”:
The 34th Lebenstanz will take place from July 24 to August 1, 2026!
It begins on Fridays at around 3 p.m. and ends on the following Saturday at around 6 p.m.
Please mark this date on your calendar if you’d like to attend this grand ceremony. You can also register right away—under “Registration,” you’ll find all the relevant information as well as the registration form to fill out.
In a ceremony held in December, we envisioned the energy themes for the 34th Dance of Life in 2026:
Drawn by the great dream, we bow before life itself.
Ancient wisdom fuels the inner fire, and water flows toward the sky.
There are so many of us!
These sentences offer a glimpse of the energy of the upcoming Dance of Life. They can guide you as you prepare—perhaps they’ll even inspire you to take part in this grand ceremony this summer, or pique your curiosity and encourage you to explore our website. Welcome!
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Last summer, we danced the 33rd “Lebenstanz 2025”!
The statement of intent for the 33rd Life Dance 2025 , dreamed up there in a sweat lodge during the GeBeT, reads :
In the space of emptiness, the new takes shape.
With this statement of intent, you can connect with the past 33rd Dance of Life—which is still having an effect—and integrate it into your life.
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Dates
The 34th Lebenstanz will take place from July 24 to August 1, 2026!
It begins on Friday, July 24, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m. at the Bogenpfeife and ends on Saturday evening, August 1, 2026, after the Bogenpfeife closes. If you’d like to join us, please register for the dance in Lavaldieu, in southern France. You can also register to participate in the decentralized dance from home.
You can find the registration forms under REGISTRATION!
We look forward to seeing you!
Mark your calendars:
The next 35th “Lebenstanz” will take place from
July 30 through August 7, 2027
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Dance of life
A ceremony with intention, essentially based on shamanic knowledge of the Dreaming Sun Dance tradition of the indigenous peoples of North America, combined with alchemical knowledge from Europe.
We celebrate life.
In a large circle, people come together in diversity and beauty. They all bring their natural gifts of medicine and carry them with their hearts on their way to the tree of life.
We dance for three days and nights for the healing of Grandmother Earth and for us humans to live in harmony with her.
PARTICIPATE AS …
Dancer
Dance!
For three days you dance your intentions, your dreams and visions awake. You dance for all beings on this earth, for the evolution of the collective of human beings and for yourself on your individual path of growth.
Singer
Sing and drum !
During the three days of the Life Dance, the songs and the drumbeat carry the dancers with their intentions and dreams to the Life Dance Tree. The energetic, ceremonial songs support the dance and give the singers a deep connection.
Keeper
Hats!
You guard and keep the sweet secret. You like to move between the magical world and everyday reality.
LIFE DANCE NETWORK
Behind Lebenstanz is a network of many people: Training centers, drumming and singing groups, sweat lodge circles and study groups, psychologists, artists and musicians. We are united by our love of nature and the shamanic spiritual path. You can find regional contact addresses on the Network page. Have fun discovering!
Voices of participants:
I have been coming to Lebenstanz for 20 years because I can live my dream of a community that is committed to the protection of the earth and the development of humanity.
“Every year, the dance of life inspires me anew. Because I meet so many caring people there who, like me, would rather light a lamp for my life and the world than grumble about the darkness. This jointly created strength inspires me all year round.”
ABOUT US
We are a diverse group of people from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, but also from France, Sweden and Canada. We are united by the great ceremony of the Dance of Life, which we can experience every summer in Lavaldieu. Some of us have been intensively on this shamanic path for decades, which is inspired by the Indigenous Natives of the USA, connected from the heart with sacred “tools” such as stone circles, ceremonial pipes and sweat lodges. Some teach the complex knowledge of the medicine wheels, others lead singing and drumming groups and cultivate the spiritual songs of the Native Americans and various cultures. We follow the so-called Indian shamanic path, as our elders in Europe, the founders, called it more than 30 years ago, and at the same time honor all spiritual paths that serve creation and the well-being of all beings.
