Dancing the Body Divine There’s a tribal saying, “If you can move, you can dance.” Dance is something we all have in common, like a heartbeat. And like a heartbeat, dance can help us come alive and activate our dreams,…
Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
If you can move, You can dance by Lisa Michaels
Tagged with: Art, Dance, Dance studio, Lisa, Performing Arts, Sacred dance, Shaker, Spirituality
Posted in Body Prayer, Dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Dance, Sacred Dance
Come Holy Spirit by JoyBeth Lufty
Body Prayers, throughout the centuries and from many varied traditions, have been both simple and complex. They just have to combine physical movement, meditation, rhythm and repetition as a way of integrating Divine energy into our lives. Body Prayers include…
Tagged with: Catholic Church, Christian Worship, Christianity, Prayer, Sacred dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Religious dance, retreat, Sacred Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Religious dance, retreat, Sacred Dance
A Letter from Your President by JoyBeth Lufty
We’re now ready to dance into the EXPANSION necessary for our SDG to continue its special task of educating, resourcing, and networking all types of global Sacred Dance in these modern technological times. It will take two to four times…
Tagged with: Art, Board of directors, Dance, Divine, Guild, Performing Arts, Sacred dance, SDG
Posted in Art, Body Prayer, Choreography, Circle Dance, Dance, Flash Mob, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in Art, Body Prayer, Choreography, Circle Dance, Dance, Flash Mob, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Dancing the Sacred, Moving the World – “Moving Mysteries”
For our Sacred Dance Guild’s 50th Anniversary in 2008, Emmalyn Moreno, a SDG Lifetime Member from San Luis Rey, California, wrote, choreographed and recorded our 50th Anniversary Festival Song, “MOVING MYSTERIES.” Going on three years later, our SDG Board of…
Tagged with: Art, Board of directors, Dance, God, Performing Arts, Sacred dance, SDG
Posted in American Sign Language, Art, Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Flash Mob, Global OutReach, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in American Sign Language, Art, Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Flash Mob, Global OutReach, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Come And Dance With Me… By Lillian Herg
I may not have dancing feet, but I do dance: I dance with my eyes. I dance with my arms. I dance with my heart. I dance with my memories. My non-dancing feet guide me to a studio where I…
Tagged with: Art, Belly dance, Circle dance, Dance, Dance studio, Folk, Performing Arts, Prayer dance, Sacred dance, United States, YouTube
Posted in Art, Body Prayer, Circle Dance, Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in Art, Body Prayer, Circle Dance, Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Catholics Can’t Dance? By Kathryn Mihelick
Some of you may recall my effort to get the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to affirm the use of dance as an appropriate, desirable, and affective form for worship. This effort began in 2001 and is still…
Tagged with: Bishop, Catholic, Catholic Church, Notitiae, Position Paper, United States, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB
Posted in Art, Body Prayer, Dance, Historic Notes, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in Art, Body Prayer, Dance, Historic Notes, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Dance as Spiritual Path by Maggie Kast
Image, a journal of religious humanism, will launch it’s multi-arts Glen Workshop East June 12-19, 2011, on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, and I’ll be leading “Dance as Spiritual Path,” meeting in the college’s gorgeous…
Tagged with: Dance, Mount Holyoke College, Performing Arts, Theatre
Posted in Body Prayer, Dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Dance, Sacred Dance
Historical Notes Spring 2011 by Toni Intravaia
A Time for Sacred Dance by Ruth Rayton: “Dance, the response of man to life-meanings, is one of the most basic expressions of the total person. Paul Tillich has said, ‘Religion is man’s total response to his creator. The sacred…
Tagged with: Paul Tillich, Performing Arts, University of New Hampshire, William Norman Guthrie
Posted in Dance, Historic Notes, Religious dance, World Dance
Posted in Dance, Historic Notes, Religious dance, World Dance
No Black Swans Here! By Elaine Herg Sisler
The recent film “Black Swan” brings back memories of the many years I was privileged to study, perform and teach ballet. In the film, the dying words of the self-inflicted wounded ballerina are, “I was perfect.” This haunting scene evokes…
Tagged with: Art, Ballet, Black Swan, Dance, Performing Arts, Sacred dance, Swan Lake, United States
Posted in Art, Dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Art, Dance, Sacred Dance
Toni’ Intravaia, Founding Member of the Sacred Dance Guild, Named Honorary Member February 2011 by: Linda Telesco
Toni’ Intravaia, a founding member of the Sacred Dance Guild, was named Honorary Member in February 2011 by the Sacred Dance Guild Executive Board. SDG President JoyBeth Lufty offered this tribute, “For more than three decades, Toni’ has supported Sacred…
Tagged with: Connecticut College, Dance, Dance Notation Bureau, Karen Josephson, New York, Ruth St Denis, Ted Shawn, United States
Posted in Dance
Posted in Dance
