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Essays for Arts and Spirituality

A Bridge Conversation on Anthropology as Social Activism
Alaka Wali and Lena Richardson on drumming circles, sustainable conservation and valuing difference. By R. Lena Richardson (April 2008)

A Bridge Conversation on the Spiritual Core of Indigenous Social Justice
Tia Oros Peters and Vanessa Whang talk about maintaining your vision and integrity in rooms of power. By Vanessa Whang (March 2008)

ActALIVE: Addressing HIV/AIDS-Related Grief and Healing Through Art
An international arts coalition with 300 members in 35 countries contends with a pandemic. By Janet Feldman (August 2007)

Art and Ceremony
The artists writes about using aspects of performance in healing practices and in "reconnecting humans with nature in a balanced way." published in High Performance #40, Vol. X, No. 4, 1987. By Barbara T. Smith (September 2002)

Art and Its Transformative Power
A prison artist speaks at the Arts in Criminal Justice conference in Pennsylvania. By Charles H. Lawson (December 2007)

As Vishnu Dreams
An L.A. actor/writer discusses the impetus for his play about Hinduism, for Cornerstone's Faith Cycle. By Shishir Kurup (March 2005)

Body of Faith
An L.A. playwright introduces his play for Cornerstone Theater's "Faith-based Theater Cycle," written with the queer community. By Luis Alfaro (March 2005)

Canoes in New Zealand: Coastal Mappings
Making art with people near the end of life in a New Zealand hospice. By Petra Kuppers (April 2006)

Concentric Circles: Traditional Forms in Contemporary Performance
Collaborating with traditional Bon Odori dancers and modern dancers in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Celeste Miller (March 2003)

Converging Streams: The Community Arts and Sustainable Community Movements
Are we truly on the brink of a new paradigm? By Patricia A. Shifferd and Dorothy Lagerroos (November 2006)

Cornerstone's Faith-based Theater Cycle: How Does Faith Unite and Divide Us?
Got faith? 57 people, ten faith groups, 29 plays, five years. By Jan Freya (January 2006)

Creativity, Faith and a Stronger Community
A sermon at the Congregational Church, Gunnison, Colorado. By Maryo Gard Ewell (August 2006)

D.B.D. - the Mind/Body Spa: An Interview with Rachel Rosenthal
The performance artist talks about her personal transformation workshop. Published in High Performance #26, Vol. VII, No. 2, 1984. By Linda Frye Burnham (September 2002)

Dancing for God: An Interview with Penny Godboldo
Interview with a prominent choreographer in liturgical dance during the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (March 2003)

Everybody Say Hallelujah
Introduction to CAN's major project in critical writing about and documentation of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (May 2001)

Everybody Say Hallelujah: the Burlington, Vermont, residency
"Eastside Story," coverage of the Burlington, Vermont, residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (May 2001)

Everybody Say Hallelujah: the Los Angeles, California, residency
"Westside Story," coverage of the Los Angeles, California, residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (May 2001)

Everybody Say Hallelujah: the Michigan residency
"On the Path to Paradise," coverage of the Michigan residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2002)

Everybody Say Hallelujah: the Minneapolis, Minnesota, residency
"Dancing to the Music of Time," coverage of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (December 2001)

Everybody Say Hallelujah: the North Carolina residencies
"From the Piedmont to the Blue Ridge," introduction to coverage of the North Carolina residencies in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Exploring Religious Tolerance through Community-Based Theater
At a small, liberal-arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in North Carolina, students use the ideas of Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal to examine campus attitudes toward religious difference. By Sharon Green (June 2005)

Hallelujah North Carolina: From the Piedmont to the Blue Ridge - the Asheville residency
Coverage of the Asheville, N.C., residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Hallelujah North Carolina: From the Piedmont to the Blue Ridge - the Boone residency
Coverage of the Boone, N.C., residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Hallelujah North Carolina: From the Piedmont to the Blue Ridge - the Greensboro residency
Coverage of the Greensboro, N.C., residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Hallelujah North Carolina: From the Piedmont to the Blue Ridge - the Raleigh residency
Coverage of the Raleigh, N.C., residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Hallelujah/USA: Call and Response
A few questions about the connection between art and faith, asked during the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By John Borstel (March 2003)

Herstory: Spider Woman Series
A New York sculptor relates her web imagery to Native American spirituality. By Donna Henes (March 2005)

High Mass in the Church of Art: The "Hallelujah" Finale
Coverage of the ten-day final gathering in College Park, Maryland, of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (March 2003)

Laughing and Crying in An Age of Anxiety: An Interview with Liz Lerman
A conversation about a Dance Exchange repertory piece responding to 9/11, "Anatomies and Epidemics," created during the company's nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Listening for the Lexicon of Cultural Shift
New language from old wisdom about community art as lived experience. By Linda Frye Burnham (May 2007)

Not Your Mother's Skateboarding Camp: Interviews at the National Teen Institute
Conversations at the finale of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (March 2003)

On the Side of the Deepest Soul on Earth: An Interview with Ja Kyung Rhee and Hye Sook of Theatre 1981
Two Korean artists talk about their shamanic theater of protest against the use of mass violence against peoples everywhere. Published by High Performance #45, Vol. XII, No. 1, 1989. By Steven Durland (September 2002)

Ritual Keeper: An Interview with Anna Halprin
The choreographer and pioneer of community-specific rituals discusses her deep belief in the power of art to affect essential change in human life on a universal scale. Published in High Performance #40, Vol. X, No. 4, 1987. By Janice Steinberg (September 2002)

Spirit of Tibet
A series of collaborative public art and education events in association with the Dalai Lama's visit to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2001. By Wendy Morris (March 2005)

The Flood of Possibilities: An Interview with Michelle Pearson
A conversation with the project leader for the four North Carolina residencies of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002. By Linda Frye Burnham (January 2003)

Tikkun Olam: To Repair the World
A performance video/artist writes about Jewish experiments in Modernism and postmodernism. By Doug Rosenberg (March 2005)

Uma Faveleira Resistente (A Hardy Plant)
A community performance project blooms in the hillside slums of Rio de Janeiro. By Bill Grow (March 2004)

 
 


New Essays: Spirituality
A Bridge Conversation on Anthropology as Social Activism
Alaka Wali and Lena Richardson on drumming circles, sustainable conservation and valuing difference. By R. Lena Richardson (April 2008)
A Bridge Conversation on the Spiritual Core of Indigenous Social Justice
Tia Oros Peters and Vanessa Whang talk about maintaining your vision and integrity in rooms of power. By Vanessa Whang (March 2008)
Art and Its Transformative Power
A prison artist speaks at the Arts in Criminal Justice conference in Pennsylvania. By Charles H. Lawson (December 2007)

 

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