The aim of this research was to investigate the relation between the psychological well-being and psychological needs of people who participated in recreational dance activities. The sample of the research consisted of 290 adults, aged from 40 to 70 (Μ = 55.6; SD = ± 9.68), who had been taught Greek dances in cultural societies, for an average of 4.5 years (SD = ± 1.2). In order to conduct the study the following instruments were used: a) the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES – Vlachopoulos & Michailidou, 2006), consisted of 12 items grouped into three subscales: Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness, and b) the Subjective Exercise Experiences Scale (SEES – McAuley & Courneya, 1994), adjusted to the Greek population (Mavrovouniotis, Argiriadou & Papaioannou, 2010), with 12 items concerning the subscales Positive Well-being, Psychological Stress and Fatigue. The reliability analysis showed that indicators of internal cohesion of subscales in both instruments were at satisfactory levels (Cronbach’s a from .72 to .89).The analyses revealed that the participants presented high levels of satisfaction for their basic psychological needs, with relatedness being the highest. Positive well-being was also highly rated, while there was almost complete lack of stress and a low percentage of fatigue. The correlation analysis showed that positive well-being was related to the satisfaction of the three basic needs. There were no differences between men and women concerning the two scales. There were differences between younger and older participants (61+), concerning positive well-being, fatigue and relatedness. In recreational dance activities, it is good to consider the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, as they are connected to the highest levels of psychological well-being