Dance as a contemplative practice

The space of distinction and union

Authors

• Laura Hellsten Åbo Akademi University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-1880

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30664/ar.98065

Abstract

This article analyses ethnographic material gathered in Sweden amongst dancers in the Church of Sweden. With the help of the writings of Sarah Coakley and Simone Weil I explore if, and how, dancing could be considered a contemplative practice in the Christian traditions of the Latin West.