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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The Power of Sacred Dance By Kathryn Mihelick
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
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…
Tagged with: Art, Circle dance, Dance, God, Line dance, Michigan, Performing Arts, Prayer
Posted in Body Prayer, Circle Dance, Dance, World Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Circle Dance, Dance, World 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
Sacred Dance Gives the Sole – A Flash Mob Benefit for Women in Transition
From The Sacred Dance Journal – Spring 2012 Volume 56 Number 1 SDG’s first benefit Flash Mob was held July 2010 on the pier, in New London, CT, partnering with the Women’s Center of Southeastern Connecticut. The SD-GO (Sacred Dance…
Tagged with: Art, Performing Arts, United States
Posted in Art, Dance, Flash Mob, Global OutReach, World Dance
Posted in Art, Dance, Flash Mob, Global OutReach, World Dance
If you can move, You can dance by Lisa Michaels
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,…
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
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
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
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