Dancing with Dharma: Essays on Movement and Dance in Western Buddhism

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Section 1. Movement
• Gesture of Awareness (Charles Genoud)
• Body: The Foundation of Insight (Bhikkhuni Thanasanti)
• Movement as Skillful Means to Stillness (Lori Wong)
• Finding Our Flow: Continuum Movement and Buddha Dharma (Adrianne E. Vincent)
• Permissive Movement as a Dharma Door (Brian Kimmel)
• Fostering Equanimity and Mindfulness through Dance/Movement Therapy and Authentic Movement (Joan Wittig)
• “Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light”: Dance/Movement Therapy in a Single Moment of Life (Cristina Livingstone)
• Section 2. Dance
• Doing Being: Tibetan Buddhism and Postmodern Dance Improvisation (Karen Nelson)
• 5Rhythms: A Moving Meditation Practice (Lucia Horan)
• Ordinary Miracles: Tibetan Yogic Dance (Rose Taylor Goldfield)
• Dance as Dharma Practice in the ­Twenty-First Century (Lalitarāja)
• Contemplative Dance Practice: A Dancer’s Meditation Hall, a Meditator’s Dance Hall (Barbara Dilley)
• Zenful Dance: Breath Movement Meditation (Leah Joy Malberg)
• Section 3. Performance
• Co-Creating with Space: Space Is Solid, You Are Empty (Lee Worley)
• Dancing in the Footsteps of the Buddha (Wynn Fricke)
• Sangha in the Spotlight: Performance and ­Community-Building in a Small Prairie City (Fran Gilboy)
• Commit, Amplify, Inquire: Dark Work and Remix as Contemplative Rehearsal Practices (Sean Feit)
• The Whole World Is a Symbol: Performing the Embodied Landscape as a Buddhist Practice (Anna Tzakou)
• Section 4. Ritual
• Dharma Jam: A Modern Buddhist Dance Liturgy (Harrison Blum)
• Charya Nritya: Nepalese Ritual Dance of Deity Yoga (Helen Fox Appell)
• The Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises of Tara (Prema Dasara)
• Moving in Grace: A ­Buddhist-Inspired Ritual Dance Practice (Hilary Lake)
• Circles in Our World, Rituals for Our Time: Dances of Universal
• Peace (Anahātā Iradah)
• Section 5. Theory
• Somatic Meditation: Rediscovering the Body as the Ground of the
• Spiritual Path (Reginald A. Ray)
• Body as the Dharma Gate (Willa B. Miller)
• Shadowing the Ephemeral: Embodied Emptiness Through Form (Tomie Hahn)
• Cast: Exploring Ground, Path, and Fruition in Early Embryology (Kim ­Sargent-Wishart)
• Section 6. Guided Practices
• Earth Breathing Practice Instructions (Reginald A. Ray)
• Accessing the Subtle Energy Body (Bhikkhuni Thanasanti)
• Authentic Movement: Moving and Witnessing (Joan Wittig)
• Basic Contemplative Dance Practice Form (Barbara Dilley)
• Permissive Movement (Brian Kimmel)
• Tune In, Stand Around: Four Postmodern Dance Improvisation Scores (Karen Nelson)
• Zenful Dance: Leading Breath Movement Meditation (Leah Joy Malberg)
• Ground, Path and Fruition (Kim ­Sargent-Wishart)
• Geopoetics: A ­Buddhist-Inspired ­Site-Specific Performance Practice (Anna Tzakou)
• Dharma Jam: How to Lead a Buddhist Dance Ritual (Harrison Blum)
• Moving in Grace: How to Guide the Practice (Hilary Lake)
• References
• About the Contributors
• Index