Bee Dance
Welcome to Bee Dance – Puna’s underground conscious dance gathering happening every Friday night at Hawaiian Sanctuary on the Big Island. Born from the heart of the Big Island’s dance culture, Bee Dance offers a unique alternative to ecstatic dance. Rooted in intentional movement, sound healing, and sacred community, Bee Dance invites you to connect through rhythm, expression, and ceremony under the Hawaiian stars. Whether you’re a local or visiting the island, this weekly Puna dance event is your invitation to move, heal, and be.
🎶 This Week’s Lineup
MOONFIRE — Big Island Ecstatic Dance DJ
Moonfire is a celebrated Big Island DJ known for her immersive, world-inspired soundscapes and deeply intuitive approach to ecstatic dance. Her music blends tribal beats, organic rhythms, and global fusion elements, creating multi-layered journeys that move dancers through emotion, energy, and transformation. With roots in Hawai‘i’s legendary Full Moon Party scene, Moonfire evolved from passionate dancer to respected DJ, shaping her style through turntables, community gatherings, and the natural beauty of the island around her.
Her sets often reflect the elements of Hawai‘i — ocean waves, warm winds, star-filled skies, and the pulse of the land. Moonfire’s feminine, grounding style carries influences of spiritually uplifting instrumentals, drumming, and subtle chanting, all woven into deep basslines and dynamic transitions. Her ability to read a room and guide the collective energy has made her a beloved presence at local ecstatic dances, private events, and weekly community gatherings.
Known for cultivating both ceremony and celebration, Moonfire creates a safe, expansive atmosphere where dancers can reconnect with themselves, express freely, and explore new states of movement. She remains a defining force in the Puna dance community, continually inspiring dancers to journey deeper through sound.
ELIYA BIRD — Tribal, Global, and Electronic Fusion DJ
Eliya Bird brings a fresh, uplifting sound to the Big Island dance floor with a style rooted in tribal beats, global bass, and deep electronic layers. Her sets explore afrohouse, world fusion, melodic trance, and downtempo grooves, offering dancers a full-spectrum experience that encourages freedom, elevation, and personal release.
With an intuitive understanding of energy and flow, Eliya Bird guides dancers to let go of tension, reconnect with breath, and rise into movement. Her music invites both grounding and expansion — a balance of earthy rhythm and spacious, uplifting melodies. Each set is crafted as a journey, helping dancers shed what no longer serves and step into a feeling of lightness and flight.
A rising presence in Hawai‘i’s ecstatic dance and conscious music scene, Eliya Bird continues to create pathways for connection, joy, and embodied exploration through sound.
🌿 What is Bee Dance?
Bee Dance is a sacred community offering birthed in Puna as a fresh alternative to traditional ecstatic dance. While it shares roots in intentional, free-form movement and reverence for the dance floor, Bee Dance is not an ecstatic dance – and proudly so.
We created Bee Dance to:
- Break free from rigid formats like the 5 Rhythms structure
- Offer an underground-style gathering that’s raw, real, and alive
- Provide a consistent weekly space for movement, connection, and inner exploration
✨ What to Expect
- 6:00 – 7:00 PM: Sound Healing Journey Begin your night with a grounding sound bath led by Creative Frequencies using crystal bowls, drums, chimes, and voice. It’s a time to land, breathe, and connect.
- 7:00 – 10:30 PM: DJ Set & Open Dance Floor Move your body freely to beats curated by local and guest DJs. Expect global bass, tribal rhythms, experimental soundscapes, and deep, driving grooves.
- Elixir Bar Open All Night – Sip on ceremonial cacao, ʻawa (kava), herbal teas, fresh juices, and nourishing treats grown and crafted on the land.
- Community Guidelines
- No talking on the dance floor
- No photos or videos
- Respect each other’s space and sovereignty
- Come as you are – move as you feel
- Cost is $20 at the gate upon entry. We accept Cash, Venmo or Paypal.
🐝 Why We Dance: The Origin of Bee Dance
Bee Dance was born out of a desire to offer something uniquely Puna – raw, grounded, and real. It honors the lineage of dance as healing but doesn’t follow the path of ecstatic dance. Instead, we offer something all our own.
Bee Dance is a weekly ritual, a space to release, recharge, and reconnect to self and community through sound and movement.
Puna needed a consistent, community-rooted, underground-style gathering – and so we built one, from the soil up. Every week, our dance floor becomes a hive of creative expression, shadow play, heart-opening movement, and collective joy.
🐝 Share Your Bee Dance Experience
Your voice matters. Bee Dance is a living, breathing space we create together—and your feedback helps it grow in all the right ways.
Whether you loved the DJ, have a suggestion, or just want to reflect on your night, we welcome your thoughts. The form is short, anonymous (unless you want to share your name), and takes less than a minute.
👉 Click here to leave feedback
Mahalo for helping us co-create something conscious and connected.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions – Bee Dance
Is Bee Dance the same as ecstatic dance?
Not exactly. While Bee Dance shares a spirit of freeform, conscious movement, it was created as an alternative experience – grounded in community, sound, and sacred connection.
Bee Dance is on rain or shine! We’ve adapted to living in the rainforest and dance through it all.
What are the dance floor guidelines?
We co-create a respectful, intentional space:
No talking on the dance floor
No phones or photography
Honor your own space and others’
Consent is key – always check in before engaging with others
What should I bring?
Water, a cup for cacao or ʻawa (optional), and an open heart. Dress comfortably to move and sweat. We recommend arriving early to settle into the sound healing journey.
Can I bring my kids?
Bee Dance is designed as an adult-centered space and is not suitable for children.
Is the gym open during Bee Dance?
No, the gym closes at 5:00 PM on Fridays. Admission to Bee Dance is separate from gym memberships and is not included with any gym pass.
Can I vend or share my offerings?
We sometimes welcome aligned vendors or healers. Reach out in advance via our contact form if you’d like to share your gifts with the community.
Can I stay overnight?
Yes! Guests who book overnight stays at Hawaiian Sanctuary receive free Bee Dance passes, plus access to our yoga classes, spa, and elixir bar. Don’t forget to ask about our kamaʻāina 2-night special for locals.
