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Issue No: 364, November 2019

Embodying spirituality – the dancing world of Auroville

Gopal performingDance practices are even older than the invention of written languages. Archaeological evidence indicates that, for centuries, dance has played a major role not only as a performance art, but also as a form of storytelling and communication.India is one of the richest countries in terms of styles, holding hundreds of different performing dances since thousands of years, from the classical Bharatanatyam – the oldest Indian dance which originated in Tamil Nadu, enacting stories from Hindu mythology– to the modern Bollywood dance.But you can also use dance as a tool of self-awareness, and to establish inner communication.What is the link between dancing and spirituality? How is this plastic expression used in Auroville?To answer these questions, Valentina took eight different dance classes with different teachers. She also observed the groups and talked with the facilitators about their objectives and motivations.Monday – Partner connection, Dance Offering with Dariya...
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Issue No. 364, November 2019

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  • The employees of Auroville
  • Exploring the freedom to learn
  • A life with numbers and beyond
  • A special team
  • Keeping us connected
  • Embodying spirituality – the dancing world of Auroville
  • Transforming prisons through dance
  • Message in a bottle
  • Synthesis or separation?
  • The challenges of experimenting in Auroville
  • Passings: Sundharamurthy Murugesan family; Nilesh Premji Nisar
  • Letter
  • Tsunamika, the voice of the oceans
  • The beginning of collaboration with FTII

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