Dark enough to hide your clumsy capering, but just light enough that you won't accidentally take out the guy having a boogie next to you.
That's the promise from Kim Townsend, founder of the local branch of No Lights No Lycra " the dancing-in-the-dark craze that has just celebrated its one-year anniversary in Northland.
Off go the lights, on goes the (loud) music and the busting of moves begins.
"Because it's in a dark space people feel free to have lots of fun," Ms Townsend, a kindergarten teacher by day, said.
"It's amazing to get yourself into the space where you just dance. You get this lovely collective energy getting together and dancing just for the fun of it."