Dance For All People

About Dance For All People

The Dance For All People comes from a tradition of the Great Basin/Plateau peoples that has been revitalized by Native people to perpetuate the healing and renewal of Mother Earth and all her beings. The Dance is about each person taking responsibility to make this mission of healing and renewal a part of their daily lives… READ MORE >>

ARTICLE: Tenne Wapp

Tenne Wapp is a collection of teachings offered to guide our dance, our circle, and our lives. These are guidelines for our actions within our community, with each other, and with the greater world community. It is hoped that both old and new dancers will review these teachings often, both inside and outside the ceremony… READ MORE >>

What Is The Tree of Life?

The Sacred Tree can be found in every tradition, in every culture since the dawn of time. From The Sacred Tree— ”The Creator has planted a Sacred Tree under which they may gather, and there find healing, power, wisdom and security. The roots of this tree spread deep into the body of Mother Earth. Its branches reach upward”… READ MORE >>

WHAT’S NEW: Tree Planting at New York 2011 Dance

At the “48-hour wonder” of the New York Dance For All People in upstate New York, 69 dancers from sixteen states and four countries joined together for the first dance of the next twenty-year cycle for the New York community, beginning a new chapter in their history.

Celebrating Water was the theme of the dance. Little did they know when the Vision Keepers chose this theme in early Spring how the majesty and power of Water would express itself in the months leading to the Dance with torrential downpours and Hurricane Irene that ripped its way through the Catskill region, leaving devastation and new waterways virtually overnight. That our venue was not underwater from flooding was a blessing of Spirit and our good fortune. In the image, Participants in celebration of a Good Dance witnessed the Tree of Life being planted in its new home.

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