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Suprapto Suryodarmo - Moving in Space Print E-mail
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Suprapto Suryodarmo - Moving in Space

Indonesian teacher and artist, Suprapto Suryodarmo, has since the 1970's been exploring non-stylized movement. Here is a short clip demonstrating the natural and flowing movement taken by Ana Godinho de Matos in London, 2007.
 
 
Ahura Sufi Dance - Jaran Print E-mail
Monday, 05 May 2008

Very beautiful sufi dance performance, communicating stillness through sacred movements.

Part 1 of 3

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The Original Gurdjieff Movements presented by Jeanne de Salzmann Print E-mail
Monday, 05 May 2008

The Gurdjieff Movements are here presented by Jeanne de Salzmann, his prime pupil. This is a rare bootleg of a film made by Jeanne de Salzmann in collaboration with members of the Gurdjieff Foundation in an effort to preserve a visual record of the sacred movements and dances taught by Gurdjieff ever since he appeared in the West in 1912. Best to watch in silence, alone, in a darkened room:) This is a rare bootleg of a film made by Jeanne de Salzmann, May 7, 2007.

   

 
Invitation to the Dance Documentary Video Print E-mail
Friday, 18 April 2008

22 minutes documentary about Dances of Universal Peace, made by Kathryn Majida Sky.



From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc... The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.

 
Whirling Dervish - Mevlevi Sema Ceremony Print E-mail
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufi order founded by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi in 1273 in Konya (in present-day Turkey). They are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of Allah). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi Path.

The ceremony has seven parts symbolizing the whirling dervish's love of God, humankind and all creation: