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…
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Catholics Can’t Dance? By Kathryn Mihelick
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
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
Historical Notes by Toni ‘Intraviaia, Spring Issue 2011
From the Sacred Dance Guild Newsletter Volume 7, Fall 1962 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,…
Tagged with: Arts, Dance, Old Testament, Paul Tillich, Performing Arts, Sacred dance, University of New Hampshire, William Norman Guthrie
Posted in Dance
Posted in Dance
Historic Notes by Toní Intravaia
From the Sacred Dance Guild Newsletter, Volume I, Fall 1958 I Demand of the Dance by Jean Miller: “I demand of the Dance—more than any of the other arts—that it reveals the God in man. Not merely the scientific and…
The Festival Butterfly by Wendy Morrell Co-Director, SDG Festival 2010
Butterflies are beautiful creatures that delight children and adults alike. They flutter, soar, land momentarily, and then…off again! They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. The butterfly is a universal symbol of transformation—of rebirth into a new life from…
And the Angels Sigh by Christine Vozella
From the 2010 Fall edition “And the Angels Sigh” was presented by the Encore Dance Ensemble of Massachusetts at the Sacred Dance Guild Festival Concert, July 27, 2010. Christine, who also performed in the piece, reflects on finding the sacred…
Tagged with: Christian Worship, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, Performing Arts, Prayer, Sacred dance
Posted in Art, Choreography, Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Art, Choreography, Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
VIETNAMESE CHRISTIANS SHARING GOD’S BEAUTY IN SACRED DANCE AND DRAMA By Sister Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI, and Brother Rufino Zaragoza, OFM Deep Roots
Deep Roots of Bodily Movement in Christianity and in Asian Ritual “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” proclaims John’s gospel. Christianity is not just a religion of the invisible mystery of the Holy One, but a religion in…
Tagged with: Asia, Christianity, Eugene Louis Beckman, Jesus, Mission, Peter C. Phan, Spain, Vietnam, Vietnamese language
Posted in Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Global OutReach, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Global OutReach, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
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