The Acrobat Family
Joseph Houseal
13 June 2026
Joseph Houseal shared a meditation on those who live lives for the transmission of ancient performance practices
The Snow Lion’s Attributes
Joseph Houseal
16 May 2026
Joseph Houseal introduces a profoundly significant new project to reconstruct formal documentation of the ritual dance heritage of the Drikung Kagyu tradition.
25,000 Bhutanese Masks: A Conversation with Graham Shackell
Joseph Houseal
18 April 2026
Joseph Houseal speaks with performer, scholar, theorist, and mask-maker Graham Shackell on Bhutan’s precious Buddhist heritage of masked rituals
Dance Is Evidence: Rethinking History Through the Moving Body – Gandhara, Buddhism, and The Greeks
Joseph Houseal
14 February 2026
Joseph Houseal offers an examination of Buddhist ritual dance and movement as historic and spiritual record.
‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple
Joseph Houseal
10 January 2026
Joseph Houseal explores spiritual dance in the “Shaker” community of Maine
Dance Is the Complete Practice
Joseph Houseal
11 October 2025
Joseph Houseal delves into ancient links and parallels between calligraphic pictograms and ritual dance traditions
Ancient Dances Today
Joseph Houseal
13 September 2025
Joseph Houseal’s presentation for Buddhistdoor Global’s 30th Anniversary Symposium in Vancouver on 3–4 September 2025
Early Explorers and Their Encounter with Buddhism, Part Three: Dance Insight
Joseph Houseal
9 August 2025
The early explorers treated in this three-part article represent a wide range of expertise, from painting to linguistics, dance to cartography. The 15 explorers evoked
Messengers of Mind, Part Two: Liminal Lives
Joseph Houseal
12 July 2025
Joseph Houseal digs deeper into the history of cultural explorers and the West’s early encounters with Buddhism
Messengers of Mind, Cultural Explorers and the Encounter with Buddhism, Part One: A Gallery of Explorers
Joseph Houseal
14 June 2025
Joseph Houseal explores the adventurer-scholars, mystic-wanderers, and artist-seekers behind the West’s early exposures to Buddhism
The Attan
Joseph Houseal
10 May 2025
Joseph Houseal explores the ancient cultural ties that connect Pashtun attan with Buddhist cham.
Padmasambhava’s Buddha-field of Tantric Dances: Re-establishing Dance in the Narrative of Guru Rinpoche
Joseph Houseal
12 April 2025
Joseph Houseal explores the spiritual dance legacy of Guru Rinpoche in an upcoming workshop with Karen Greenspan