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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Historic Notes Fall 2012 by Toní Intravaia
Tagged with: Holy Spirit, Hound of Heaven, Isadora Duncan, Margaret Taylor, Ruth St Denis, Southern California, Ted Shawn
Posted in Choreography, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Choreography, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
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…
Tagged with: Armenia, Arts, Christian Worship, Earth, Performing Arts, Prayer, Sacred dance
Posted in Art, Dance, Drama, Global OutReach, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in Art, Dance, Drama, Global OutReach, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
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…
Tagged with: Art, Dance Notation Bureau, Earth, Helen Tamiris, New York, Performing Arts, Scotland
Posted in Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
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…
Tagged with: Alvin Ailey, Black Church, Havelock Ellis, Joe Nash, Performing Arts, Sacred dance, Talley Beatty
Posted in Dance, Historic Notes, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World Dance
Posted in Dance, Historic Notes, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, World 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
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
