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Vajrayogini Mandala. Tibet, 18th century. Pigment, gold, and wood. This mandala is used for Vajrayogini visualization meditation according to the tradition of Naropa. Rubin Museum Collection. From Himalayan Art Resources. This is an example of the dance visualization tradition, or dance ephemeral, in reference to the visualized deity, not the painting, which is another example of dance depicted. The connection between dance depicted and dance visualized is clear

Three Aspects of Buddhist Dance

Joseph Houseal 8 August 2020

Dance actual, dance depicted, and dance ephemeral . . .

Charya Nritya lineage holder Prajwal Vajracharya performing Vajrapani at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2009. Photo by Jonathan Greet

Dance and Museums, Celebrating Core of Culture at 20

Joseph Houseal 16 May 2020

Tracing Intangible world heritage and ancient dance…

From left: Veronika Part, Corey Stearns, Devon Teuscher, and Roman Zhurbin, in Anthony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas. 2014. Image courtesy of the American Ballet Theater

Jardin aux Lilas, the First Zen Ballet

Joseph Houseal 6 March 2020

Capturing the Zen of unspoken heartbreak

Tyra Kleen: Mudra

Joseph Houseal 8 February 2020

Cross-cultural encounters with ritual dance

Dancing wrathful protectors, Thimphu Tsechu, Bhutan, 2016. From Core of Culture

Performative Iconography, Part Two

Joseph Houseal 7 December 2019

The sacred dance without and within

Chod Maithuna, oil paint on silk. By Tilly Campbell-Allen

Maithuna: Reflections on the Sacred Tantric Union of Masculine and Feminine

Nachaya Campbell-Allen 2 December 2019

Wisdom and bliss on the spiritual path

Wrathful Herukas dancing in Thangbi, Bhutan. 2006. Photo by Gerard Houghton for Core of Culture

Performative Iconography, Part One

Joseph Houseal 2 November 2019

Mystic expressions of tantric meditation

The two dancers, with stick and with bowed head, stand by the uchung who led the practice and the drummer. Their modesty, excellence, and humanity are clear to see. 2019. Photo by Jonathan Greet. From Core of Culture

Monklife, Part Three: Mantra, Mudra, Movement, Mask – Steps to Embodiment

Joseph Houseal 5 October 2019

Vessels of an ancient lineage

With Tibetan companions and Adrup Gönpo, middle rear, in a meadow in Nyag Chu Valley, Nyakrong (ཉག་རོང་།), Kham (ཁམས་།), northwestern Sichuan, September 1909. Jacques Bacot photographic collection. © École française d’Extrême-Orient (Paris)

Jacques Bacot’s Rebel Tibet, Part One: Early 20th Century Travels to Kham

Samuel Thévoz 28 August 2019

Images of pre-modern Tibet from a French pioneer

Gojoraku, bugaku dance performed at Ise Shrine. Watercolor painting by Chiang Yee, 1971, reproduced in The Silent Traveler in Japan, Norton Books, 1972

The Very Long Life of Bugaku

Joseph Houseal 3 August 2019

Beauty and antiquity, order and dignity . . .

A teen monk prepares to perform an inner ritual dance for the first time. Three of his friends have just finished sweeping the puja hall for his performance. Photograph copyright Jonathan Greet, 2019, for Core of Culture

Monklife, Part One

Joseph Houseal 6 July 2019

Ritual dance in Vajrayana monasticism

Cantante Natalia Lafourcade, 2018 Gran Rex 44. From wikimedia.org

El Alma Mexicana en Arte & Cultura

Sarah C. Beasley 7 May 2019

Exploring expressions of the feminine in Mexican art and…

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Three Aspects of Buddhist Dance

Dance and Museums, Celebrating Core of Culture at 20

Jardin aux Lilas, the First Zen Ballet

Tyra Kleen: Mudra

Performative Iconography, Part Two

Maithuna: Reflections on the Sacred Tantric Union of Masculine and Feminine

Performative Iconography, Part One

Monklife, Part Three: Mantra, Mudra, Movement, Mask – Steps to Embodiment

Jacques Bacot’s Rebel Tibet, Part One: Early 20th Century Travels to Kham

The Very Long Life of Bugaku

Monklife, Part One

El Alma Mexicana en Arte & Cultura