Sacred Dance Guild

09/09/2024

From the Soul: DREAMCATCHER - The Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher - Meditative 2 hr Durational Performance at John Ceprano's Balance Rock Sculptures in Ottawa, Canada - part of the weekend workshop with SDG Facilitator Claire Elizabeth Barratt - see videos
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4qWnXvGSxM
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXxKF4UzRdM
Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88BuMIZrXYE
Part 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xoQFjnEKHM

Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher _ From the SoulClaire Elizabeth Barratt (Cilla Vee Life Arts) & The Sacred Dance Guild of Ottawa.Claire Eliza...

09/07/2024

If you wished to be on the SDG Journey to Peru but were unable to join us this time (there will be others in our future!) DO dance in to the experience by checking out the Facebook Album now available for all - it has the "Random Acts of Dance" videos that were created by participants on the journey to Peru - as well as photos and videos from the PRE, DURING and POST Retreat adventures! It was everything - and more - that we could have envisaged as we Danced the Divine Feminine and Celebrated Pachamama!
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Take a look at photos & videos from our SDG Peru Journey 2024 that took place this past July! Included are our pre & post trip adventures and some random acts of dance as we all gathered together in Peru!

09/07/2024

09/06/2024

You Move, You Improve ... with Dance Psychologist Dr. Peter Lovatt - Delighted that "Science" is proving what WE have all known! This fellow kind of reminds me of Doug Adams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmFWNcxNKQw AND if we add the "sacred" expression to the Social, Thinking, Emotional and Physical - we've incorporated all that we are!

YOU MOVE - YOU IMPROVE with Dr Peter LovattAn off-the-shelf groovy keynote presentationFor further information go to www.peterlovatt.com YOU MOVE - YOU IMPR...

09/05/2024

A program with Sacred Dance Guild Honorary Member Banafsheh Sayyad ....

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09/05/2024

JOIN the Equinox celebration...sign up to be one of the 44 dancers...or join in on Sept 22nd to celebrate....a program with Marylee Hardenberg, Sacred Dance Guild approved facilitator....

This year's September Equinox falls on the 22nd day of the month, and exactly at 44 minutes past the hour! Wow! These numbers were so tantalizing that... along with three wonderful women (Elina Sargysan, Seungkyo Jung and Andrea Hanson) a dance of women in balance will occur. We are looking for 44 women to film a 44 second dance, ahead of the Equinox; these 44 films will be edited and the Premiere will be shown at our worldwide Zoom Party at the global Moment of Balance.

09/04/2024

From the Soul: DREAMCATCHER - Aug. 25th performance at Remic Rapids in Ottawa, Canada with SDG Facilitator Claire Elizabeth Barratt.... More beautiful photos by James St. Lawrence

August 2024 Claire Elizabeth Barratt as facilitator for workshop with the Ottawa Sacred Dance Guild entitled "From The Soul: Dreamcatcher" which culminated in two performances of "The Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher" - Sunday morning as a movement meditation at Bel...

08/27/2024

From the Soul: DREAMCATCHER - A Sacred Dance "travelling" workshop with SDG Facilitator Claire Elizabeth Barratt (https://sacreddanceguild.org/resources/facilitators/) Aug. 23-25 - a beautiful weekend experience for mind, body and soul - ending with a 2 hour durational performance at John Ceprano's Balanced Rock Sculptures in Ottawa, Canada.

08/27/2024

Weaving the World of Sacred Dance! An on line "mini" festival experience! Sept. 21-22 with SIX of the Sacred Dance Guild's treasured facilitators - Hiie Saumaa, Vannia Ibarguen, John West, Cynthia Winton-Henry, Judith Rose & Carla Walter - a special weekend for only $66.00 (honoring the SDG's 66 years Dancing the Sacred, Moving the World).

Come in person to one or all sessions. Registrants will receive access to the recorded sessions AND - as a special gift this year - registrants will also receive access to the recorded sessions from the 2023 "mini" Festival with SIX of our Honorary Members (Carlynn Reed, David Taylor, Carola Stieber, Laura Shannon, Banafsheh Sayyad & Carla DeSola).

Weaving the World of Sacred Dance | Sacred Dance Festival This amazing journey of discovery – personal, collective, global – for this unique organization continues in to this our 66th ...

08/24/2024

The Dreams are unfolding this weekend at From the Soul: DREAMCATCHER....a Sacred Dance Guild Travelling Workshop in Ottawa Canada...

08/06/2024

Sacred Dance Guild's "travelling" workshop program is in Ottawa Aug. 23-25! JOIN us at "From the Soul: DREAMCATCHER" -a sacred dance experience for mind, body and soul!

JOIN us for an in person sacred dance weekend experience in Ottawa, Canada. We are thrilled to have British dancer Claire Elizabeth Barratt travelling to Ottawa from her current home ...

07/28/2024

The SDG Peru Journney facilitators - Vannia Ibarguen and Marylee Hardenbergh - after the retreat visited a recently discovered ruins - older than the pyramids ....and a random act of dance broke out!!

07/26/2024

And some video clips...
Sessions at the Sacred Dance Guild Jouney to the Sacred Valley of Peru...

07/26/2024

Sacred Dance Journey - so many amazing moments during sessions with facilitators Marylee Hardenvegh and Vannia Ibarguen...it was a journey of discovery for mind, body abd soul....

07/24/2024

Our last day today was an amazing Despacho Ceremony with 3 generations of an Inca Family from 7 hours away in a village at 13000'...and then tree planting and ceremony on Mount Pitusiray with Silvaba Cruz of non profit Asociation Sach a Munay... so blessed to have these experiences with the Sacred Dance Guild Journey to the Sacred Valley of Peru...

07/23/2024

An awesome Sacred Dance Journey in Peru! Today celebrating the Andean Feminine archetypes with Grandmother Elba and daughter dance movement therapist Marisel LaRosa...it feels like we have been here for weeks - the mountains suspend time!

07/20/2024

We have arrived in the Sacred Valley in Peru!! After a few days of amazing cultural adventures exploring the Inca ancestry and local experiences we are now DANCING THE DIVINE FEMININE - CELEBRATING PACHAMAMA at the Munay Sonqo Retreat Centre that is paradise on earth....

07/07/2024

Check out this wonderful video "Blessings for your Feet" - exploring Feet and Foundations!! SDG approved Facilitator Hiie Saumaa interviewing Tricia mary Lee (also an SDG approved Facilitator AND the Co-VP on the SDG Board of Directors) - these are awesome dancing dialogues gifted to us all on our journey of discovery together!!

Find out about the connections between the sole of the foot, the soul, and the soil in this interview with Tricia mary Lee! Tricia Lee is a healer, reflexolo...

06/29/2024

An outdoor performance of Humankind at Joel Stone Heritage Park in Gananoque, Ontario – a story through music (by Debbie Danbrook), movement (Concept Marilyn Green, Choreography Marilyn Green, Wendy Morrell & Debbie Donaldson) and material (displaced persons symbol by each individual) about the experience of the over 117.5 displaced persons in our world today. This is an 8 minute composite of the 45 minute performance

This performance of Humankind was shared on June 22 , 2024 at Joel Stone Park in Gananoque, Ontario. This was sponsored by the Sacred Dance Guild. We had "d...

06/18/2024

June 19th is Juneteenth! JOIN SDG Facilitator/Member Sylvia Buck Bryant at a Hybrid Community Celebration! See the information on the poster below for joining virtually. If interested in participating in person email Sylvia at [email protected]. The in-person celebration is in Sandy Spring Maryland.

06/01/2024

A beautiful pentecost offering by Omega Dance Company ...JOIN us on June 9th for the Sacred Dance Guild Sacred Sunday celebrating their 50th anniversary year!

05/10/2024

Sacred Dance Journey to the Sacred Valley - Dancing the Divine Feminine: Celebrating Pachamama! Plans are continuing to unfold for what will be an amazing sacred dance adventure to PERU July 19-25! Those already registered have met on line a few times and are excited to be going on this journey of discovery together. There are only 2 rooms still available so if you have been pondering - DO dance in! Registration is expected to close by May 19th (2 months prior to the trip) so we can advise the retreat centre and space can be released. If you have questions or would like details you can email [email protected]. Information and registration IS on the website at

The Sacred Dance Guild’s motto is “Dancing the Sacred, Moving the World.” Sacred Dance Journeys are one way the SDG lives out this motto. These travel packages – for small ...

05/02/2024

See the latest work of SDG Facilitator Claire Elizabeth Barratt who will be facilitating a Summer Workshop in Ottawa. Stay tuned for details.

04/29/2024

Happy International Dance Day! Initiated by the UNESCO International Dance Council (CID) https://danceday.cid-world.org/ in 1982! The Sacred Dance Guild, as a member of the CID, joins dancers worldwide in celebrating DANCE today!! Let's see random acts of dance breaking out all over as we move together globally! On this day consider Donating to the SACRED DANCE GUILD to continue our 66 years of commitment to dance as an expression of the sacred! https://sacreddanceguild.org/donate/

Why support the Sacred Dance Guild? When you make a donation to the Sacred Dance Guild, you support an organization that: Connects sacred dancers from around the world, Supports all ...

04/22/2024

An Open Information Session - Wednesday - April 24th - 7:30 pm EDT on ZOOM! A few spaces open for the upcoming Sacred Dance Guild Journey to PERU happening July 19-25, 2024! If the gentle winds of the Sacred Valley of Peru are whispering in your ear - DANCE in to this information session with Participants and Possible Participants to our next Sacred Dance Journey to one of the most sacred places on the planet - the home of the ancient Inca civilization in the Sacred Valley of PERU. See details on the adventure at https://sacreddanceguild.org/programs/sacred-dance-journeys/

For details/Link on this week's Info Session, or anything about the Journey, contact Wendy at 613-726-1375 or [email protected].

04/15/2024

A wonderful Sacred Sunday celebrating the end of our 65 second video project. Do check out all of the submissions over this past year responding to the statement THIS IS SACRED DANCE! Deep gratitude to Jessica Abejar for coordinating this project! Continue embracing and discovering all the ways dance is an expression of the sacred!

This is Sacred DanceWe end the Sacred Dance Guild's 65th Anniversary Video Project with one final video from our Sacred Sunday where we celebrated and viewed...

03/08/2024

To ALL of our Sacred Dancers on International Women's Day... take time today to intentionally dance out waves of grace to each other, to the planet and to all of the people on the planet... send love, light and peace to all.

03/07/2024

JOIN us for this month's Sacred Sunday with Kate MacDonald - Yoga into Spring!! Sunday, March 10th - 7:30 pm EST! Check local time!!

The Sacred Dance Guild continues to offer Sacred Sunday experiences monthly – generally on the 2nd Sunday of the month and generally at 7:30 pm Eastern time! This program began ...