Introducing
Written BY CYNTHIA WINTON-HENRY
ARTWORK BY RUTH SCHOWALTER
BOOK DESIGN BY MARLA DURDEN
"The Great Dance reads like a benediction, a morning blessing, a good night's hug, an invitation. The book will be danced by many children, young and old alike!"
- Natasha Godfrey
... a love poem from the Ancestors, a gentle manifesto reminding us that all beings born into The Dance of Life are sacred ...
about the
book
“The Great Dance is a love poem from the Ancestors, a gentle manifesto reminding us that all beings born into The Dance of Life are sacred.
It is also a prayer of unending gratitude for Earth’s indigenous peoples and the dedicated religious and spiritual practitioners who’ve kept The Great Dance alive across millennia, despite the genocidal impacts of those who terrorize bodies, souls, and Earth Herself.
In making this book, we proudly claim the love, creativity, visionary support of the InterPlay Community, the Sacred Dance Guild, Conscious Dance and Creative Movement Communities, The Art of Ensoulment Practice, and all on our Spirit Team who made this love poem possible.
Thank you for joining us in our vow to keep dancing on behalf of one another and Mother Earth.”
"Our world needs this so much. Breathtaking and breath-giving all at the same time."
- Coke Tani
the author
Cynthia Winton-Henry, M.Div, dancing elder, poet, and artist co-founded InterPlay and created the Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels. Her books include The Art of Ensoulment: How to Create from Body and Soul. Find her body wisdom and art at The Dancing Center on Substack.
the artist
Ruth Schowalter (aka Hallelujah Truth) is a visionary mixed media artist working on paper, giving form to the living currents of story, body, and imagination. "Through my life with my husband, a paleontologist, I experience time expansively, drawing on deep time as a creative wellspring. My work on The Great Dance is shaped by my deep connection with Cynthia Winton-Henry and is grounded in InterPlay and the Art of Ensoulment."
the book designer
Marla Durden is a facilitator, consultant, and artist, who empowers communities, leaders, and creatives. She is a certified InterPlay Leader and Dance Chaplain of the Hidden Monastery, author of The Magical You Playbook and Embodied Self-Care Journal, and the creative director and designer of The Art of Ensoulment: How to Create from Body and Soul.
What readers are saying about
The Great Dance
"Huzzah on bringing this into the world — a world that needs all of our dancing love and creativity now more than ever!!"
- Susanne Mulcahy
"So beautiful! I’m thinking of places I want to bring this… with children, with elders."
- Rev. Angela Jernigan
"The Great Dance reads like a benediction, a morning blessing, a good night's hug, an invitation. The book will be danced by many children, young and old alike!"
- Natasha Godfrey
In the Dance,
Cynthia, Marla, Ruth
Natalie Abdou
Kate & Billy Amoss
Anita Amstutz
Canan Arikan,
Global SIS InterPlay
Carolyn Atkinson
Masankho Banda,
InterPlay Ambassador
Joy Barnitz
Nandita Batheja
Betsey Beckman,
The Dancing Word
Peggy Beddall
David Bentley
Selisse Berry,
Out & Equal
Renee Bhatia
Soleil Blackwell
Heidi Blythe
Bobbie Bolden
Sharie Bowman
Tracie Brooks
Semenchalam
Sarah J Brown
Lucy Bunch
Ruba Byrd
Mairi Campbell,
InterPlay Scotland
Sarah Carlson
Sim Keun Cheung
Sheila Collins, Richard Citrin,
InterPlay Pittsburg
Agnotti Cowie
Paula Cunningham
Joa Dattilo with
Janie at Heart
Claire Elizabeth
de Sophia
Carla DeSola
Nancy Donald
Louise Dunlap
Coletta, Bob, & Maria
Eichenberger
Janice Eng
Susan EngPoole
Alison Faison
Lydia Ferrante-Roseberry
Dorothy Tabangan
Finnigan
Donna Fromm
Joy Fry
Ruth Garwood
Christine Gautreaux
Stephanie Gesling
Anne Gilbert,
Creative Dance Center
Natasha Godfrey
Terry Goetz,
Creative Dance Center
Ginny Going
June Goudey
Penny Hackett-Evans
Ellen Hamilton
Krista & Brad Harris
Steve Hines
Beth Hoch
Annelle Hollingsworth
Greer Hudson
Ingrid Hurlen
Shilpa Jain,
YES! Community
Dixie Jennings-Teats
Krystyna Jurzykowski
Sahib-Amar & Amar Khalsa
Ruth King, Mindful of
Race Institute
CC King
Berti Klein, SpiritMoving
Body Mentoring
Katharine Kunst
Lisa Laing
Ellen LaPenna
Jonathan Leavy
& Paul Danhauser
Dirkje Legerstee
Lisa Lennox
Sharon Levering
Mary Ellen Lewis
Marcus Liefert
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Hazel Lobo,
InterPlay India
Annie-Rose London
Carolyn Lucas
Alison Luterman
Karen Mackie
Meg MacLeod
Susan Main
Penny & David Mann
Tony Martin
Marty Maskall
Wai-Chin Matsuoka
Donna Mazzola
David McCauley
Lois McClendon
John McConville
Marcia McFee
Jamie McHugh,
Somatic Expression
Julia McKay
Elizabeth Mendana
Valerie Miller
Monisha Mittal
Rebeka Moeljono
Renee Morris
Susanne Mulcahy
& Jan Raissle
DeAnna Kay Murray
Christine Ng
Carolyn North
Janie Oakes
Fr. Prashant Olalekar S.J., InterPlay India
Susanna Pain,
InterPlay Austrailia
Evelyn Pasqua
Rod Pattenden,
InterPlay Australia
Kristine Petersen
Nancy Pfaltzgraf
Stephanie Pile
Pat Plude
Lucia Poole
Phil Porter, Cofounder
of InterPlay
Sheri Prud'homme
Susan Pudelek
Soyinka Rahim, BIBOLOVE
Barbara Randolph
Ellie Rapp
Marci Rau
Diane Rawlinson
Steffany Raynes
Patricia Reedy, Luna
Dance & Creativity
Judith Reichsman
Kay Rhode
Tanja Richter
Laurie Rudel
Casandra Sagan
Linda Schlabach Miller
Bonney Schowalter
Sophie Schultze-Allen
Joanna Shenk
Judy Shook
Jane Siarny
Anne Sigler
Celeste Nazeli Snowber
Ellen Solot
Kathryn Sparks Carpenter
Barbara Jo Stetzelberger
marvel diane storm
nicole storm,
artist woman
Suz Strasburger
Coke Tani
Rehana Tejpar,
Bloom Consulting
Diane Turner Forte
Connie Pwll Walck Tyler
Angela Urata
Christine Valters Paintner, Abbey for
the Arts
Maddalena Virgilio
Amber Walker
Trish Watts
InterPlay Australia
Emmaly Clare Wiederholt
Stance on Dance
Barbra Wiener
Stephen Winton-Henry
Katie Winton-Henry
Annegret Zander,
InterPlay Germany
Leslie Zehr,
Sacred Dance Guild
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