Yearly Archives: 2012

Sacred Waters, Sacred Dances 2013

 The Event: Global Water Dances Initiative “Dancing for Safe Water Everywhere” The Sacred Dance Guild is inviting all of its members to join in this world-wide dance event. Since 2013, will be a non-festival year, here is a wonderful opportunity

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Festival 2012 “Flash Mob Dance” by Elaine Sisler

On Thursday, July 26,
2012, Mary Kamp 
and I led one hundred festival dancers 
in a flash mob dance in downtown Holland Michigan.
 This spirited event was a benefit
 for the “Center for Women in Transition” and the Sacred Dance Guild.  
As we milled

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Magical Moments by JoyBeth Lufty

What I love most about SDG’s Festivals are the magical moments when the movement and the community create deep connections of all kinds that wouldn’t have been made on their own. There were plenty of magical moments at Festival 2012 “Dance A World Of

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Historic Notes Fall 2012 by Toní Intravaia

Historic Notes by Toní Intravaia From the Sacred Dance Guild Newsletter Fall 1957, Volume 9, Number 1 Praise the Lord with Dance by Pixie Hamond  “Praise the Lord with the dance” is more than a scripture verse to many dance

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Body Prayer: Praying with Your Whole Being by JoyBeth Lufty

There are various types of Body Prayers from the complex to the simple, from different traditions, and for exploring different themes. All have in them the common form of movement, rhythm, and repetition oriented towards connecting with The Divine. In this issue

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Culture Fest – 2012 A Multi-Cultural Dance Concert

A Benefit Concert for “Dancers ” in Armenia & Croatia Sponsored by The Sacred Dance Guild & the North East Dance Retailers Association We did it again! Seven different dance groups from the Boston area gathered to perform in the

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The Power of Sacred Dance By Kathryn Mihelick

The following is an excerpt from my chapter in the book, Dancing on the Earth The capacity for dances of the spirit to impact those who witness it was revealed in a recent experience of our Leaven Dance Company. It

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Persian Dance- in Perspective The Non-Persian Perspective

You’re a Persian dancer? Oh- so you do belly dance?” “What kind of dance do you do? Persian? Oh I know a bit of Persian dance! I took a belly dance class at the YMCA last year!” “I love Persian

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Body Prayer: We are the Hope by JoyBeth Lufty

BODY PRAYER: PRAYING WITH YOUR WHOLE BEING by JoyBeth Lufty We Are The HOPE…” Body Prayers often have themes or focused intentions, as well has having a common form of movement, rhythm and repetition all oriented towards connecting with The

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Historic Notes Spring 2012 by Toní Intravaia

From the Sacred Dance Guild Newsletter Fall 1975, Volume 19, Number 1 The Significance of Religion in the Dance by Wincie Ann Carruth It is necessary to formulate a definition of religion. Havelock Ellis says that the quintessential core of

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