
dance

How partner dancing can teach us to embrace our interdependence

Choreographing ‘Samsara’
The multicultural and collaborative reimagining of Journey to the West expresses key Buddhist concepts through dance.

Personal Reflections Buddhist Chaplaincy
Dancing into Silence as Love
Dancer and choreographer Keely Garfield shares how her chaplaincy work in end-of-life care and trauma has taught her to embrace a practice of stillness and silence.

Becoming Vajrayogini
A New York City–based dance journalist recounts her experience as a Newar Vajrayana Charya Nritya dancer in the holy Kathmandu Valley, where the practice first originated.

Personal Reflections Animals & Pets
Lessons from a (Mostly) Good Dog: #5, Dance
You can make your life a work of art—which is what it already was—only now, you no longer feel so separate from it.

The Sacred Art of Charya Nritya
Meet the teacher preserving the dance-based practice of Newar Buddhism

Dakini Dances
See how the nuns of Dongyu Gatsal Ling in northern India are reclaiming a legacy

The Bhutanese Dance Legacy of Pema Lingpa─Still Thriving after 500 Years
On the 500th anniversary of the Great Treasure Revealer’s passing, Bhutan hosts a year-long celebration, complete with the sacred dances he taught.

The Kung Fu Nuns Dance a Powerful Ritual
The fearless Drukpa nuns are breaking glass ceilings again—this time with ritual performance. Here’s how to watch.

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