I went to an amazing dance performance last night by Collage Dance Collective. They exuded what so much of humanity strives for -- grace, strength, and beauty. It was powerful and moving. It made me think of a prayer that the book Finding God in the Verbs: Crafting a Fresh Language of Prayer says was written by St. Augustine (but which I have seen elsewhere may be misattributed to him):
“I praise the dance, for it frees people from the heaviness of matter and binds the isolated to community. I praise the dance, which demands everything: health and a clear spirit and a buoyant soul. Dance is a transformation of space, of time, of people, who are in constant danger of becoming all brain, will, or feeling. Dancing demands a whole person, one who is firmly anchored in the center of his life, who is not obsessed by lust for people and things and the demon of isolation in his own ego. Dancing demands a freed person, one who vibrates with the equipoise of all his powers. I praise the dance.O man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you.”
May we all learn to embrace the joys of dance.
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