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ARTICLES
This is a collection of articles on various subjects who may concern “Dance and its spiritual dimension”
For articles of special interest (ex Greek Antiquity, Mystics ….) please search principally in choices “Themes” or “Spiritualities”
ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES
TO DANCE PERFORMANCE
METHODS AND PERSPECTIVES
(organization : A. Bellia & A. Pagano)
Webinar “Le Scienze del Patrimonio culturale – on Air ». 1st and 2nd December, 2021. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. ISPC Institute of Heritage Science.
Abstract
Although over the last decade various scholarly disciplines have devoted increasing attention to a ncient
dance, they have done so by focusing on textual sources. However, in reconstructing features of dance
performances, the evidence offered by m aterial c ulture within its archaeological contexts should play a
critical role.
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ANCIENT DANCE RESEARCH
IN SEARCH OF A METHODOLOGY
by N YOUTSOS
Editors: Anna Lazou & Ioanna Mastora. Publications: Arnaoutis Books
Abstract
To understand ancient dance, its hidden codes, and its role in ancient life, researchers must systematically gather information from different scientific fields. Thus, by combining different sciences and methods to study topics that integrate the social dimension, dance studies can contribute to interpreting ancient dance performances and deepening our understanding of society and its customs.
ALL DANCES ARE ETHNIC, BUT SOME
ARE MORE ETHNIC THAN OTHERS
by Theresa Buckland
Source: Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research, Vol. 17, No. 1
(Summer, 1999), pp. 3-21
Published by: Edinburgh University Press
Abstract
Throughout the twentieth century, but increasingly in the last decades, dance scholarship has drawn upon a number of discuplines. In a notable shift away from the predominant choreographers, dancers and repertoire, more recent has focused upon the roles which cultural factors may play in the production of dance
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DANCE & SYMBOL
THE GODDESS IN THE DANCE
by Laura SHANNON
Abstract
The early Goddess cultures identified by Gimbutas and others share a common body of core values: community, sustainability, inclusiveness, empathy, creativity, and reverence for the earth. These values create a culture based on partnership, belonging and cooperation, rather than on hierarchy, domination and competition. And here is why the link to the ancient Goddess is so important for us today: these are exactly the values we rediscover in the dance. As we practice them over and over in the circle, so we bring them into being in our lives and through us to others.
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FROM BODY LOST TO BODY ORACLE
by Clara MARCHANA
COMMA Master Choreography
Research Reporting
Abstract
Clara Marchana explores, through an autoethnographic and choreographic approach, the way in which the body can embody sacred and ritual dimensions in a disenchanted contemporary world, by developing a dance language nourished by intuition, emotions and spirituality
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IS DANCE CLOSER TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR SPIRITUALITY?
A Philosophical Exploration
by Piotr Gronek, Joanna Gronek, Aleksandra Karpińska, Małgorzata Dobrzyńska, et Paulina Wycichowska
Source: Journal of Religion and Health
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01354-y
Abstract
The authors analyze how dance, while being intrinsically linked to the body’s kinesthetics and emotions, can bring the dancer closer to his or her spirituality, particularly through practices such as improvisation and sacred dances.
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