Dance, Somatics and Spiritualities ─ Contemporary Sacred Narratives

This anthology negotiates the influential, yet silent educational presence of spiritualties within the field of Somatic Movement Dance Education internationally. The expressive and integral nature of spiritual experience remains academically undefined and peripheral to our understanding of creative practice. Lack of theoretical rigor, as well as a lack of a substantive definitional and methodological competency, has resulted in spirituality being marginalised. To date, important questions about how diverse spiritualties shape professional practice in the Somatic movement and dance arts remain unanswered. This cutting-edge collection fills that void, providing greater creative and discursive clarity.

Amanda Williamson is a fellow at Chichester University and principal editor of the Journal of Dance, Movement and Spiritualties. Glenna Batson is professor emeritus of physiotherapy at Winston-Salem State University. Sarah Whatley is professor of dance at Coventry University and principal editor of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices. Rebecca Weber is a somatic movement dance educator lecturing at Temple University.