✤ Join the DTM team to learn the art of conscious dance set creation and develop essential DJ skills to support your DJ adventure in an engaging, supportive, and fun learning environment ✤ 

Ready to Dive In and Become a DJ?
Whether you're a complete beginner or intermediate, join the DTM team to master conscious dance set creation and develop essential DJ skills to create seamless transitions in the musical journeys you’ve always dreamed of delivering. Our multilingual DJ instructors ensure accessibility for everyone.

Course Overview:
By the end of this course, even complete beginners will be prepared to DJ their own sets. We start with an introduction to Traktor software and DTM's unique Set Creation Model, combining theory and practice through lectures, hands-on one-on-one sessions, group discussions, and live demos. Topics include:

• Traktor software overview
• DTM’s “Magic Carpet Ride” set creation theory
• Library management
• Track sourcing
• Waveform analysis
• Musical dynamics
• Beatgrid understanding
• Music counting and phrasing
• Customizing Traktor
• DJ controllers
• Transition skills
• And much more

Participants will be grouped by skill level for tailored learning, with one-on-one coaching available. You don’t need to decide your skill level at registration; we’ll assist you during training.

Is the Ecstatic DJ School for You?
If the answer is YES to any of the following, this school is for you:

• You want to become a DJ
• You’re eager to create magical Ecstatic Dance sets
• You’re a conscious dance facilitator ready to level up your DJ skills
• You seek more confidence when DJing at events
• You’re already using Traktor but want to deepen your understanding
• You’re looking for a supportive learning environment

What to Expect:
This 9-module training runs on Wednesdays from November 20, 2024, to January 29, 2025, with a 2-week break in December. Each 3-hour module includes lectures, dance sessions, assignment reviews, group discussions, and ample opportunities to ask questions.

You’ll receive a 250+ page DTM DJ School Manual & Workbook, filled with technical and theoretical knowledge, plus space for your insights. Each module includes assignments to help you apply your learning and empower you to create magical dance experiences.

Training Times:

• CET (UTC+1): 18:00-21:00
• WET (UTC+0): 17:00-20:00
• EST (UTC-5): 12:00-15:00
• PST (UTC-8): 9:00-12:00

All sessions will be recorded, so if you miss a class or want to review, you'll have 365 days to access them.

If our schedule doesn’t work for you, consider our Self-Led Online Ecstatic DJ Training. You'll gain access to 24 hours of recorded training videos, available for 365 days. Plus, you’ll receive a free 45-minute one-on-one coaching session with a DJ coach of your choice.

The Self-Led Training Format is ideal for you if:

• You prefer learning at your own pace.
• You absorb information better through independent study.
• You find it challenging to attend live sessions (especially for those in Australia and New Zealand).
• You're looking for a more cost-effective learning option.

Our 9-module curriculum transforms complete beginners into DJs ready to deliver musical magic, while intermediate students strengthen their foundation, enabling everyone to evolve into confident DJs.

Our expert team guides you through both theoretical and technical skills, with each module building on the previous one. We engage in interactive group discussions and provide ample time for Q&A. In most modules, we’ll break into skill-level groups for tailored instruction.

In modules 04, 06, and 08, each student will receive a 20-minute one-on-one session with a DTM DJ Coach to address personal challenges and ask specific questions.

✤ Module 01 • THE BIG PICTURE: A COURSE OVERVIEW (20 Nov)

→ Introduction to the team, your cohorts, and first small group check-in

→ DTM's Conscious/Ecstatic Dance Set Creation Model (aka the 'The Magic Carpet Ride')

→ Beginner: Demystify DJ Software: Demystify DJ Software: an introduction to Traktor Pro3 DJ software

→ Intermediate: Dive into Traktor Pro 3 Software to establish common ground and go over the basics

✤ Module 02 • IMPORTING + PREFERENCES (27 Nov)

→ Importing: Best practices for getting your music into Traktor

→ Group continuity: Making sure everyone is ready for the technical part of the course

→ 1-on-1 with DTM DJ Coach + group practice with DTM DJ Mentors

✤ Module 03 • SET CREATION + BROWSER (04 Dec)

→ Introduction to set creation, with focus on crafting the ‘Body of the Set’

→ Exploring set creation tools, and what determines the energy level of a track

→ A deeper dive into Traktor browser, library organisation, and file management

✤ Module 04 • CONTROLLERS + INTRO TO PRE-CUEING (11 Dec)

→ DJ controller/console 101: A basic intro to the Traktor S2 MK3

→ Intro to counting music

→ 1-on-1 with DTM DJ Coach + group practice with DTM DJ Mentors

✤ Module 05 • TRACKS + DECKS (18 Dec)

→ Tracks! When to use them, how to find them and where to buy them!

→ Deck layout, track decks, waveform

→ Beginner: Demystifying track formats and golden tips for track selection 

→ Intermediate: Cue points, loops, and beatgridding

✤ Two session break (No Classes 25 Dec & 01 Jan)

✤ Module 06 • INTRO TO TRANSITIONS & GROUP DISCUSSION (8 Jan)

→ Introduction to the phrasing

→ Group check-in, mini-lesson, and practice instructions 

→ 1-on-1 with DTM DJ Coach + group practice with DTM DJ Mentors

✤ Module 07 • FOUNDATIONAL TRANSITION SKILLS + MIXER (15 Jan)

→ Top tips, shortcuts and lowering stress, so you can have more fun!

→ Deep dive into the mixer section of Traktor Pro 3 and your controller

→ Beginner: Intro to three basic transitions: Intro/outro, “Drop on the 1”, and syncing

→ Intermediate: Filtering, EQing, FX, looping, and harmonic mixing

✤ Module 08 • MORE TRANSITIONS SKILLS & DEMOS (22 Jan)

→ Stacking transition skills to create seamless mixes

→ Group check-in, mini-lesson, & practice instructions 

→ 1-on-1 with DTM DJ Coach + group practice with DTM DJ Mentors

✤ Module 09 • ONWARD (29 Jan)

→ Final bits of wisdom from our DJ Coaches: Top tips + Q&A

→ Graduation ritual 

→ Beginner: Best practices to step into the world as a DJ

→ Intermediate: Playing Live, reading the room, improvisation

✤ BERNICE RAABIS • Founder of Dance The Medicine

Having begun humbly in the Kootenay Mountains of Western Canada, Bernice is now a respected mentor for Conscious Dance Leaders across the globe. Her journey started with hosting Dance Church for over ten years, where she harnessed her expertise from training in various disciplines, including Soul Motion, Movement Based Expressive Therapy (The Life Art Process), and Relational Somatic Therapy. These were brought together to nurture her local multi-generational dance community, which flourished and surpassed even her most ambitious expectations.

In 2016, she stretched her wings co-founding Ecstatic Dance International, facilitating successful leadership trainings in the US, the Netherlands, Guatemala, and Portugal. Driven to incorporate DJ and dance facilitation skills into available trainings, she used the name of her unique practice, and founded Dance The Medicine, a collective of accomplished conscious dance professionals determined to infect the world with dance. 

While Bernice loves DJing and creating transformative events, her deepest fulfilment comes from facilitating deep somatic processes using a combination of dance, art, and ritual; to help dancers find freedom through connection to self, community and humanity. 

✤ AMRIT DHILLON (Amritaji) • DTM DJ Coach, Founder of Ecstatic Dance Milwaukee & Resident DJ @ Ecstatic Dance Salt Like City

Amritaji (Amrit Dhillon) has been enchanting global audiences since 2007 with her unique fusion of psychedelic worldbeat and bass music. Rooted in psytrance and infused with a love for trance-like states induced by Kirtan, she has a unique style of weaving traditional Eastern and indigenous music with deep bass lines and modern dance rhythms. Her music is more than an auditory experience—it’s a sonic space for healing, free and authentic expression, and most importantly, fun!

In 2016, she founded Ecstatic Dance Milwaukee, a venture that continues until today. Currently, she’s also a Resident DJ at Ecstatic Dance Salt Lake City and serves as an ambassador for Ecstatic Dance Records. Since 2019, she has been using her skills set as a DJ coach with Dance The Medicine, offering support during training sessions and providing personalised 1-on-1 DJ lessons. Through her various roles, she persistently spreads her love for conscious dance and movement across the globe, thereby nurturing the global Ecstatic Dance community.

✤ FABIO FREDDI (DJRonin) • Ecstatic Dance DJ, Dance Facilitator & Founder of Ecstatic Dance Italy 

Fabio, or DJRonin, brings over a decade of professional DJing experience, starting as a turntablist, competing in international scratch competitions, and touring with Italian hip hop artists. However, a profound awakening revealed music as a transformational force for healing and personal growth, and drastically altered his course in life. 

He pursued studies in transpersonal psychology and shamanism, and ultimately fused these insights with his DJing expertise. Now, he masterfully merges his knowledge, skills, in facilitation and DJing for Conscious and Ecstatic Dances and mentors DJs and musicians tap into their intuitive power and combine it with technical know-how.

After participating in the DTM Leadership Training in 2018, Fabio established Ecstatic Dance Italy. Aside from his musical leadership, Fabio excels in group settings, serving as a transpersonal counsellor and Biotransergetics facilitator. His unique blend of music, psychology, and spiritual insight, Fabio places him as a forward-thinking and transformative leader in the conscious dance scene. Since DTM’s inception, he’s been an integral member, representing Italy within our international ranks.

✤ MORE TBA

"The Beginners DJ School not only fulfilled my dream of being a DJ, but it allowed me to develop and create my own music/dance medicine flavor for the world to experience. I'm so excited about what is ahead for me, and I know that I am in good hands: the people I met are so incredible, we will forever be connected and follow each other's journey, and that in itself is a gift!"  

→ Maïté Azarov • San Francisco, USA 

"Overall, it went beyond my expectations. I thought I would just learn how to be a DJ. But I found a community, support, and courage to be strong, daring and me! This training gave me balance in my daily life, allowing me to incorporate music, dance and DJ sessions. I improved fast and am shocked at where I am today: having released a first set. Now I am thrilled and scared to be on my own for my DJ journey, even though I feel the support still present from DTM and the whole group. So much advice on “do it your own way” “get inspired by others but remain yourself” “just do it!” “Some might criticize or judge, but they are not doing it, you are!” still resonates and allows me to feel that I can do it and that my music is worth being heard and dancing to! I don’t have to be the perfect expert or the greatest musician to be allowed to create sets and share them with people willing to dance to it. I am thankful for the diversity in our group, of age, gender, race and styles, countries and cultures. It was so great to meet all those people, not even knowing what job they might have, but knowing what music they dance to!"

→ Héloïse Ferber • Bagnolet, France 

"For me, the training gave me more than foundation skills for DJing, but led me to bust through some self-conscious patterns. It was a rewarding journey on many levels, and I wasn't expecting that! Everyone in the group, the teachers and assistants are just so lovely and unpretentious, it made participating so much easier. I couldn't have wished for better people to learn these skills, and I'm already using them out here in the world, so it's very exciting. Thank you, DTM!" 

→ Venetia Clarke • Wales, UK

"This course was an amazing experience. I am so grateful to the teachers who share the technical and artistic aspects beautifully - even online - which is no easy task! They are so understanding of what it feels like to be a beginner with this technology and take the time to break things down in a fun, gradual way that helps you actually get it! The welcoming environment helps you feel comfortable to relax into your own learning style/pace, and also digest the content and ask questions as needed. I felt like we all bonded deeply, and it was delightful to cheer each other on as we each launched our first recorded mixes." 

→ Joy Balsam • Santa Fe, USA

→ How do I know if I am a beginner or an Intermediate student?
If you have very little experience or understanding of DJ-ing or DJ software, then you are a beginner. If you're comfortable enough with DJ software to play at a dance or party with ease, you're probably an intermediate student. 

The key distinction between beginner and intermediate levels lies in the depth of understanding of DJ software. Even those with years of experience, yet limited knowledge beyond the basics, can greatly benefit from joining the DTM Ecstatic DJ School. However, please don’t worry about categorising yourself; part of our curriculum involves assessing your skills during training to determine which tech group you’ll join. Even if you feel you've chosen incorrectly, you're welcome to switch at any point!

→ Will I receive a certification?
Anyone taking a live training, be it in person or via zoom will receive a certificate upon request. We do not certify those who take the course self-paced, as we have no way of knowing whether they have completed the course and homework. If this is an issue for you, please contact us, so we can discuss it. 

→ What gear/software do I need?
You will be required to download and install the latest version of Traktor Pro  (software). If you wish to purchase a controller (hardware), we recommend Traktor Kontrol S2, which comes with Traktor Pro software. It is an entry-level controller and likely the easiest DJ controller to learn on; however, you can use any brand/model of DJ controller that is compatible with Traktor Pro 3 for this training. While you are not required to have a DJ controller/console for this course, you will get far more out of the course if you do have one.  We offer our students a 25% discount on all Native Instruments' Traktor products.

→ For how long will the recordings be available?
The video recordings will be available for you to watch for a period of 365 days

→ I'm not sure which path is right for me. Can you advise me?
Absolutely! Simply send us a message here on WeTravel or email us at info@dancethemedicine.com

→ What's your cancellation & refund policy?
In case of cancellation from your side, we don't offer any refunds, regardless of the reason.