Press Release Summary = Some observations on the nature of Inspirational and Trance Dance.
Press Release Body = INSPIRATIONAL AND TRANCE DANCE
Inspirational dance may become trance dance but trance dance is always inspirational but not necessarily improvisational. However, improvisational dance can lead on to inspirational dance. Inspirational dance can only happen when mind, body and spirit are in perfect harmony. This form of movement can safety be undertaken alone in a group and in any venue. The dancer is inspired but not out of control even when the movement is strongly energetic. This dance form leads to a feeling of \" being at one\" with the universe and ones fellow men. The dancers own body carries on a \"conversation\" with him or her which can result in unexpected insights for that person. There is a release through the heart which has nothing to do with the intellect. This enables a deep connection with the World and its\' People to take place.
Try an experiment. Stand with your arms at your sides. Now lift up one arm to shoulder height in a way which expresses first joy,then fear, anger, defiance, love and finally tenderness. Does each emotion give rise to a different quality of movement? Poetry, a single word, an object, a visualization or music can all provide the motivation for inspirational dance.
Both inspirational and trance dance have nothing in common with a chorus line or corps de ballet where dancers follow fixed choreography. They are not putting on a performance for an audience.
Trance dance is closely associated with ritual robes, special colors, regalia, music and taboos. Trance dance seldom occurs when the person is alone. In fact it is dangerous to undertake this solo. The support of people in a non-trance state is essential to prevent the participants hurting themselves and to bring the dancers round and back to this level of existence. Trance dance needs to be undertaken in a group and in a controlled setting. Most usually this dance is a form of worship and the participants are believed to be possessed by spiritual powers. The form of expression may appear frenzied as in certain African and Asian shamanic dances or very contemplative and calm as in the dances of the whirling dervishes of Turkey and the Middle East. A dancer usually has no recollection of the dance. He or she has so to speak \"vacated\" his or her body allowing it to be a vehicle for a spiritual power that wishes to manifest itself. This form of expression should not be undertaken by people on their own or by those in a fragile state of mental health.
In an inspirational dance the performer is aware of the movements they are making and also of the associated physical and emotional sensations. But in sacred dance there is an acknowledgement of a spiritual element which is not necessarily the case with inspirational dance. Both forms can be highly therapeutic.
HEADLINE Inspirational and Trance Dance
SUMMARY Some Notes on Inspirational and Trance Dance
2025
