Is dance religious? The question has always troubled me. For one, the question suggests a yes or no answer when neither is sufficient. Certainly, dancing appears as a major strand of all global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the Black Church enlivened Christian worship, there is an even older story of Christian dance that I tell in my 2021 book, ...

“Revelations” is a particularly programmatic take on religion, but modern dance’s religious dimension goes back to its roots. Martha Graham, who called dancers “acrobats of God” and believed that ...

The Testament of Ann Lee” and Shaker traditions represent how movement has been a constantly evolving conduit to heaven.

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. While the Black Church enlivened Christian worship, there is ...