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CONTENTS

Introduction 1
1. The Life/Art Process: An Approach to Making Dances That Matter 8
Ordinary Movement 12
Awareness of Your Embodied Self 13
When Ordinary Movement Becomes Dance 15
The Power of Body Wisdom 18
The Psychokinetic Visualization Process and Healing Through Dance 19
The RSVP Cycles 25
2. A History of Circle the Earth and the Planetary Dance 31
3. Circle the Earth: Dancing with Life on the Line 49
Day 1. The Beginning of Community 53
The Name Game 57
Trails 59
The Vortex Dance 60
First Self-Portrait Drawing: Who Am I? 65
A Special Ceremony: Presentation of the Feathers 66
Unifying Dance for Closure 69
Day 2. Planetary Dance 71
The Four Directions 72
The Earth Run 73
Day 3. Identifying the Central Theme: Life and Death 74
Tuning Up and Vortex Variations 74
Rising and Falling 75
Finding Community Values Through Valuaction 78
Learning How to Give Feedback 79
Visualization 81
Closure 81
A Building Tension 82
Day 4. Preparing to Confront the Dark Side 83
Tuning In to the Body Pulse 84
Introduction to the Warrior Movement 84
Guided Visualization: Finding a Safe Place 86
Lifting Score 87
“I Want to Live!” 88
Day 5. Releasing the Dark Side 91
Touch and Body Contour Scores 91
The Power of a Mask 92
Molding the Face 93
Drawing and Dancing a Mask 94
Day 6. Recovery 99
Active/Passive Score 99
Reinforcement Through the Four Golden Positions 104
Social Graphics Score 105
Day 7. Bringing the Tribe Together 106
Rising and Falling Revisited 107
Leading and Following 108
Four Golden Positions into Vortex Dance 109
Building a Mountain 110
Additional Movement Resources 111
Shifting to Performance Rehearsal 112
The Bridge 114
Sound Spiral 115
Day 8. Moving into Performance 117
Dress Rehearsal 118
Day 9. Performance Day 120
Tell the Truth 120
Designing the Set for the Performance 122
Preparing the Dancers for Performance 124
Preparing the Witnesses 125
And We Begin … 127
Feather Running 128
Identification 128
“I Want to Live!” 128
Rising and Falling 129
Vortex Dance 131
Confrontation 132
The Warrior and Monster Dances 133
The Witnesses’ Score 134
Release and Restoration 138
Restoration Song 139
The Bridge 142
Change 143
The Earth Run 145
Sound Spiral 146
Victory Dance 146
Closure of the Performance 148
Providing a Route Back to Daily Life 148
The Impact—Assimilation into Daily Life 151
Interlude: Dancing for Peace in Luanda, Angola, by Dana Swain 156
4. Planetary Dance 162
An Opening Ceremony 167
Preparing the Participants 168
Tuning Up for the Earth Run 173
Additional Preparatory Scores 174
Setting an Intention 177
Preparing the Space 179
The Earth Run Score 181
After the Earth Run 189
The Impact of the Dance 189
Toward a Truly Global Dance 196
5. Conclusion: Run with It! 198
Appendix A: Leading a Planetary Dance 203
Appendix B: Questions to Ask in Planning a Planetary Dance 208
Notes 211
Additional Resources 213
Acknowledgments 215
Index 217
Making Dances That Matter

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