Dancing with Dharma
Subtitle: Essays on Movement and Dance in Western Buddhism
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780786498093
Subjects: Dance, religious aspects
Description: "Both Buddhism and dance invite the practitioner into present-moment embodiment. The rise of Western Buddhism, sacred dance and dance/movement therapy, along with the mindfulness meditation boom, has created opportunities for Buddhism to inform dance aesthetics and for Buddhist practice to be shaped by dance. This collection of new essays documents the innovative work being done at the intersection of Buddhism and dance. The contributors--scholars, choreographers and Buddhist masters--discuss movement, performance, ritual and theory, among other topics. The final section provides a variety of guided practices"--Back cover.