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VOL. 04:2
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Parabola's Summer 1979 issue: Sacred Dance Ritual dance is not performance as we customarily think of it. Strictly speaking, there is no theater, no audience, no acting. These features suggest an abstraction from life which is not present in this case. Ritual dance is not simply a comment on life, nor a remembrance of things past, nor an entertainment; although some aspect of all of these is present. Ritual movement is part of a highly symbolic process by which life and a way of life for a specific people gains transcendent significance. The process functions to evoke fundamental structures and patterns from the tradition and thereby to establish a meaningful form in which the future may unfold. There is no message in the dance short of the meaning of life itself. --from the editorial Focus Cover: Crooked Snakes Navajo sandpainting In this issue:
"To the Universe Belongs the Dancer" by Elaine H. Pagels
- The Jesus Round Dance in the Acts of John
"Labyrinths" by Rosemary Jeanes
- Clues to the mysteries of the maze
"A Paradigm of Navajo Dance" by David P. McAllester
- Powwow, Disco, and the Enemyway ceremony--is all dance sacred to the Navajo?
"Bali: Behind the Mask" by Anita Daniel
- A photographic essay on Balinese dance in lesson and performance
"Leaning on the Moment: A conversation with Peter Brook"
- The brilliant and controversial director discusses his aim in theater and film
"Dynamic Balance in the Subatomic World" by Fritjof Capra
- Movement and change paralleled in the sciences of matter and spirit
"Tai Chi--Spiritual Martial Art" by William L. Prensky
- A student of the ancient form describes the conditions of struggle it creates
Arcs: "All Lives...All Dances...All Is Loud"
"Ritual of Rebirth" by Annemarie Schimmel
- The origin and experience of the whirling dervish dance
Tangents - Reviews
"Reflection on Reflection" by John Anthony West
- Keith Critchlow's film demonstrates the underlying structure of all forms
Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
"The Plain of Truth" / Greek
"The Nishan Shamaness" / Manchu retold by Paul Jordan-Smith
"The First Dance" / Dogon (African) adapted by Winifred Lambrecht
"Lord of the Dance" / Hindu retold by D. M. Dooling
"Kate Crackernuts" / Orkney Islands retold by Thomas White
