Dances of Universal Peace

Fellow Dancers,

Some of our friends have invited Eileen and I to join them later today (Sunday) from 3-5 PM at the Valley Stream Baha'i Center for a celebration known as the Dances of Universal Peace. It's a 50-year old multicultural, multi-faith, multi-generational and multi-FUN, experience of community...

Baha'i Center

11 West Jamaica Ave.

Valley Stream NY 11580

The Dances of Universal Peace is a 50-year-old tradition of meditative dancing and chanting involving themes of peace and healing. The event allows people to participate in dance movements to gain an overall sense of peace. No previous dance experience is needed to join.

“The intention is to bring heart,” said Mariam Casdin-Silver, the leader of Dances of Universal Peace. “It’s not a performance, it’s a practice.”

Source

Eat, Dance & Pray Together! (02:39)

--the origins...there's more info in the description under the video

THE OLD WORN-OUT DANCE...

Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie (04:22)

it's time to change the story...

THE NEW DANCE...

Baha’i Center shares peace dancing - LI Herald (2018)

Here's a 10-minute meditation-dance that was part of a Dances of Universal Peace event held at a Sufi Summer Camp in 2014.

Love, Serve and Remember - Sufi Summer Camp 2014

Dances of Universal Peace (03:32)

--This woman found the dances of universal peace in Amsterdam in 1973. It brought people together and bonded people together increasing a sense of unity. This dance is influenced by Sufism. This mystical branch of Sufism honors other faith traditions and focuses on the heart of the individual, building unity between people of different traditions.

Alleluia (Taizé) - Dance of Universal Peace (03:46)

Hacia el Uno: Danzas de Paz Universal // Towards the One: Dances of Universal Peace (08:49)

--en inglés y español

Reading through this Wikipedia article, I learned that Buffy Sainte-Marie was a friend of the Baha'i Fellowship.