
Utilizing Marilyn Green’s knowledge of Laban terminology and Butoh technique, the choir presents a unique contribution to a Christian dance concert.
Utilizing Marilyn Green’s knowledge of Laban terminology and Butoh technique, the choir presents a unique contribution to a Christian dance concert.
Dancing Nia is not only pleasurable, healthy, and strengthening for the body and mind, but it can be an incredibly powerful, active force that moves your life in a different direction.
Glory Brighter Than Burning Napalm: Dance in the Face of Violence By Sister Martha Ann Kirk, Th.D. As the world mourns the death of Father Daniel Berrigan, SJ, priest, poet, and prophet of peace, let us remember that Carla De…
From the Sacred Dance Guild Journal, Winter 1982-1983 Volume XXV, Number 2 The Jewish Dance Mystique by Evelyn Helper “..In the secular, as well as the religious regimen of the Chassidic community, dance became an indispensable part of any gathering.…
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…
From the Sacred Dance Guild’s Newsletter Winter 1978, Volume XV, No 2 “Calling” from Lotus Light by Ruth St. Denis The Gods have meant That I should dance, And by the Gods I will! For in some mystic hour…
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…
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…
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 first time the term “dance” appears in the Bible is in Judges 21:21 And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every…