Films
Cutting a Rug, Turning the Wheel: Beats and Buddhism in Northern India (fall '07)
Official selection of the 2008 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
Official selection of the 2008 Fear No Film Festival
Embodied Spirituality: A Workshop with the Jewish Farm School (summer '08)
More films (less on Dharma, but still on dance)...
Pon De Gap: The Culture and Dance of Hagley Gap, Jamaica (summer '07)
In The Groove: Hip-Hop at the Beacon Hill Nursery School (winter '06)
Photos
Shy yet open
everyone lingers
people talk yet,
souls are still timid
two groups unite as one
one rhythm beats
our heart is the bass drum
the one continuous beat,
that never stops
people aren't so shy
not now, not now
that we have been
broken in, like an
old pair of sneakers.
We dance and frolic
fearful and happy
We dance, as ONE.
A creative movement activity with Global LAB students and leaders
Written by Sam Henderson at the fall 2008 orientation for Global Learning Across Borders as he prepares to travel through India on a three month experiential learning program.
Small group choreography addressing hopes and fears upon
embarking on Global LAB semesters in India and Morocco.
Demonstrating balance for a group of Jain nuns on pilgrimage after sharing a meal and receiving blessings from them in the village of Chomu, Rajasthan, India
March, 2008
Photo by Thao Nguyen
Guiding families in a closing movement ceremony at Spirit Rock Family Day
January, 2008
Using breakdancing to teach council communication
with middle schoolers at Spirit Rock
January, 2008
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Writings
This is my M.Ed. thesis from Lesley University. I begin by addressing the history and present climate of religious studies as an academic field. I then write on aspects of embodied learning and sacred dance, culminating in curriculum components for an embodied approach to teaching religious studies.
The Embodied Path.doc
Microsoft Word document [221.5 KB]
An abridged version of my above thesis, currently in submission to Boston College's "Religion and the Arts" journal.
Embodying the Path.doc
Microsoft Word document [76.5 KB]
Interviews
Visit the Planetary Spirit internet radio show website to listen to an interview on the wedding of Buddhism and dance conducted in February of 2008.
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