Mission: Study of the sacred dances of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the syncretisms between their spiritualities, Christianity and the religions of the Africans who arrived as slaves.

Objectives:

• APPROACH as many ethnic groups as possible (about 2000) and gain their trust in our idea that their sacred dances constitute a precious intangible heritage that we wish to preserve as much as possible
• Organization of ONLINE SEMINARS (at least one per year)
• Constitution of INVENTORIES OF SACRED DANCES from various regions
• Creation of IN SITU EVENTS (presentations, conferences, festivals ….)to UNESCO or any country using the logo “Dance and Spirituality

 

Team (see https://cid-ds.org/contributors/)

• Patricia Torres Villanueva specialist of pre-Hispanic dances in Mexico Member of the Steering Committee
• Evelyne Maity specialist in  Guyana and caribbean  dances Member of the Steering Committee
• Marianna KOKKINAKI Academic and initiated in ecstatic dances in BRAZIL
• Severine BOSTON specialist in  caribbean  dances

 

Social Networks

For the moment the group uses the Programs Website and Social Networks