The Journal of Dance, Movement and Spiritualities invites contributions for a third special issue titled: ‘Dance and the Goddess: She in the dance’. This issue responds to the wider cultural revival, interest and re-emergence of the Goddess in contemporary cultures. The issue will document how She is appearing in contemporary dance practices, Somatics movement modalities, performance, therapeutic practice (and in personal sensory moving experience). The journal seeks to embrace a diversity of experienced and felt spiritualities and discussion of methodologies suited to discovering more about dance and spirituality are most welcome, as well as innovative methods for recording, digesting and articulating the experiences of spirituality.
Topics may include, but not limited to the following areas:
Goddess spirituality and dance in ancient cultures and civilizations
Socio-cultural and historical debates on the Goddess
Goddess spirituality related to Deep-ecology, environmentalism and dance
Goddess spirituality in Jungian dance/movement forms
Dance, folklore, legend, earth mysteries, symbols and myths
Feminisms, feminist debates, dance and embodiment
Somatics movement, science and symbolism
Archetypical goddesses in performance and/or therapeutic practices
Gendered debates, ambiguities and tensions
The submission date: 30th of November 2016. Standard articles will be in the range of 5000-8000 words, including a 150 word abstract, six indicative key words, institutional affiliation and a short biography.
Please Contact: Contact Dr. Eline Kieft, Associate Editor Journal of Dance, Movement and Spiritualities: [log in to unmask]
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Warmly, Eline
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