Is dance religious? The question has always troubled me. It presumes a definition of religion (as separate from dance) that has already proven instrumental in the attempted destruction of dance ...

pt. I. General considerations -- 1. Introduction -- Prelude -- Dancing for life -- Native North American religious traditions -- Common features -- The number four -- Reciprocity -- Tobacco and other ...

Contradictions in DanceLast time, we looked at Indian dance. The theme was "a culture that tells stories through the body." In Indian dance, hands, fingers, eyes, and even facial expressions are used ...

There’s power in dance. It’s good for mental, physical and spiritual health. But like religion, dancing sometimes requires a leap of faith. “It is through the doing that we become,” Jewish Iraqi ...

SIVA, the Creator-Destroyer of Hinduism’s trinity, once stood on a demon and with one of his four arms began to shake a little hand drum. To the beat of this rhythm Siva moved his body, and with his ...

DANCING and architecture are the two primary and essential arts. The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of architecture is ...