DOCSLIB.ORG

Vestry-2013-Reports.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Vestry-2013-Reports.Pdf GUIDE TO REPORT WARDENS’ REPORT TO VESTRY FOR 2013…………………………………………………………………………...4 INTERIM PASTOR’S REPORT 2013 ……………………………………………………………………………………...5 MUSIC DIRECTOR…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...6 COMMITTEE REPORTS ADOPT-A-FAMILY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 ALTAR FLOWERS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...7 ALTAR GUILD………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 ART GALLERY………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 ASSOCIATION OF DUNDAS CHURCHES………………………………………………………………………………..8 BODY & SOUL………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9 CHILDREN’S SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAMMING (THE NOOK & THE LAB) …………………………………..10 CHURCH GARDEN…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 COMMUNION UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES…………………………………………………………………..10 DUNDAS YOUTH CHAPLAINCY & ROUTES YOUTH CENTRE………………………………………………………10 FLYER DELIVERY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...11 GAMES AFTERNOONS……………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 GARAGE, PLANT & BAKE SALE……...………………………………………………………………………………….11 GREEN TEAM………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...11 HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR…………………………………………………………………………………………………….12 HOSPITALITY………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 INTERVAL HOUSE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...12 LAY ADMINISTRATORS……………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 LAY READERS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 LENTEN LUNCHES…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 MEALS ON WHEELS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 NEWSLETTER………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...13 2 OUTREACH REPORT……………………………………………………………………………………………………...13 COMMUNITY DINNERS KNIT AND CROCHET CLUB MENS MISSION USED EYE GLASSES USED POSTAGE STAMPS NATIONS UNITING ST. MATTHEW'S HOUSE FOOD BANK A CAN A WEEK FOURTH ANNUAL WINTER COAT DRIVE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY (CAS), HAMILTON CHRISTMAS GIFT PROGRAMME PARISH (ROAST BEEF) DINNERS………………………………………………………………………………………..15 PASTORAL CARE GROUP…………………………………………………………………………………………………16 PLAY ‘N LEARN……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...16 POETRY GROUP……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..17 PRAYER CHAIN……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...17 PRIMATE WORLD’S RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND…………………………………………………………...17 READERS (LESSON)………………………………………………………………………………………………………..18 SACRED CIRCLE DANCE…………………………………………………………………………………………………..18 SENIORS TRANSPORTATION AND GREETERS……………………………………………………………………….18 SERVERS GUILD…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….18 THIRD @ FOUR……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19 WENTWORTH LODGE……………………………………………………………………….……………………………...19 WOMEN’S DINNERS (POTLUCK & CHRISTMAS)….…………………………………………………………………..20 WOMEN’S WEEKEND……………………..……………………………………………….………………………………..20 WOMEN’S WRITER’S GROUP……………………………………………………………………………………………..20 GOD-WITH-US ON OUR LIFE JOURNEYS IN 2013…………………………………………………………………….20 BAPTISMS MARRIAGES DEATHS 3 WARDENS’ REPORT TO VESTRY FOR 2013 It has been an eventful year, as we anticipated a year ago. In June we bade a fond farewell to Jim Sandilands, fol- lowed by the departure of Chris Dawes for a position in Toronto. David Linn covered Jim’s holiday period from mid- June to the end of July, and Peter Davison took up his role as interim pastor on August 1st. Then, a day after return- ing from a happy European holiday with her family, Elizabeth Steeves fell ill and, with the prospect of a long recovery, submitted her resignation to the Bishop. Corporation spent additional time advertising for, and interviewing prospec- tive interim organists. We were happy to appoint Richard Hansen, who began his ministry as Director of Music in mid- October. We also wish to thank Richard Birney-Smith, who covered most of the services in the interval. Richard Han- sen comes with excellent qualifications, and hopes to build up the choir and, we hope, start a youth choir in the near future. In the light of all these changes it became clear that Peter Davison would need more than Sundays plus two days per week to carry out his functions. As of September his time was increased to Sundays plus three days per week. In September we held a meeting of group leaders to inform one another and attempt to coordinate our planning and activities. In November and December, 2013 and January, 2014 we had three visioning sessions to which over fifty parishioners contributed their insights, energy and enthusiasm. The results of these are being incorporated into the Parish Profile which will shortly go out to applicants for the position of incumbent. The parochial committee consists of the four wardens, plus three synod delegates (David Ricketts, Sue Carson and Stephanie Furtado). This process of discernment has added to the normal work of wardens and delegates, but we trust that this will result in an appoint- ment of someone who will lead us into a challenging time ahead. While challenges to the church as a whole are many in a secular society often indifferent to religion, we are blessed with many devoted members who carry out a remarkable range of ministries. This is reflected in the variety of our worship and programs documented elsewhere in these reports. A number of our members have been recognised by being awarded the Order of Niagara. In 2013 we rejoiced in this award being given to Donna Simmons for years of quiet, devoted and varied service. We also said farewell to a number of parishioners through death or moves, but welcomed some new members who bring their own gifts to our shared life. Finances remain a critical area. Our deep thanks to Norm Read, our treasurer, Frances Ward our parish administrator and bookkeeper, and all who give generously in direct support and by fundraising activities. We were happy to pay off the roughly $30,000.00 debt on the last roof repair; but this was partly because we are paying only one part-time priest from August on. Unless we can significantly improve our financial position, we shall soon be in financial diffi- culty again. André Cholette has been doing some extra work in painting and repairing parts of the building; but we still have some flat roof issues which need to be addressed if major structural damage is to be avoided. We continue to be grateful for the ministries of Rob Roi (our parish deacon), Bill Mous (Third@Four) and Jim Sandi- lands (Jazz Vespers), and our honorary assistant clergy who continue to preside and preach periodically on Sundays, and to minister in other ways as well. Church consultant Kennon Callahan once noted that churches which are preoc- cupied with problem-solving (even when they are very good at it) tend always to be focused on what’s wrong. He urges that we build on our strengths and continue to identify our gifts and use them. At St. James we strive to be an open, creative and caring community. May that continue to be so after 175 years of ups and downs, recently cele- brated with the visit of our Primate on January 5th, and soon to be celebrated again with the visit of Bishop Michael on March 30th. In the nineteen-sixties there was a pithy poster which perhaps sums up what might be our own motto: ‘For what has been, thanks. For what is to come, yes!’ May 2014 be a year of renewed enthusiasm and courage. As Julian of Norwich once said, ‘All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.’ Jan Southall, Mick Stewart, Barb Busing, Tom Atterton Wardens 4 INTERIM PASTOR’S REPORT 2013 2013 has been an eventful year for St. James. Jim Sandilands announced his retirement, which took effect at the end of July. David Linn covered for the month of July. Chris Dawes resigned as Music Director in June, and Elizabeth Steeves became seriously ill in August, and resigned to the Bishop. All have made significant contributions to our life in their various ministries, and we mourn their departures even as we look towards the future. Thankfully, Elizabeth has made a quicker recovery than had been anticipated. We wish her and Jim and Chris every blessing in the years to come. It has also been a year marking 175 years of St. James service to God and community, celebrated in Janu- ary, 2014 by the visit of our Primate, and concluding on March 30th, 2014 with a visit by Bishop Michael. When I accepted Bishop Michael’s invitation to become the interim I had no inkling that Chris and Elizabeth would be dropping out of the picture here. An early task was to bring together the leaders of various groups, and to stress our desire to coordinate and cooperate with each other. Another was to find a new Music Director, and we were blessed to acquire the services of Richard Hansen, who has already made his mark, and is much appreciated. Bill Mous has graciously taken on Third@Four, and Jim Sandilands has thankfully continued to lead Jazz Vespers. While we enjoy a renewed relationship with the St. James Preschool, and Play’n’Learn provides an important outreach ministry, there remains a serious gap in our ministry to children and youth, but we hope to address this in the coming year, as part of our intention to invite and embrace a couple of younger generations of ‘Jacobean Christians’. In the meantime, all of you have carried on with the various ministries of this community, and a number have remarked that St. James does- n’t feel like a parish in the supposed doldrums of an interim. In fact, many of you have recognised that this is a time to grow the parish, knowing there is never a status quo, but only growing or dying. That said, there is a tendency in some areas of our life to be less than open to new possibilities. If on Good Friday we ponder
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Folklore Revival.Indb
    Folklore Revival Movements in Europe post 1950 Shifting Contexts and Perspectives Edited by Daniela Stavělová and Theresa Jill Buckland 1 2 Folklore Revival Movements in Europe post 1950 Shifting Contexts and Perspectives Edited by Daniela Stavělová and Theresa Jill Buckland Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 2018 3 Published as a part of the project „Tíha a beztíže folkloru. Folklorní hnutí druhé poloviny 20. století v českých zemích / Weight and Weightlessness of the Folklore. The Folklore Movement of the Second Half of the 20th Century in Czech Lands,“ supported by Czech Science Foundation GA17-26672S. Edited volume based on the results of the International Symposium Folklore revival movement of the second half of the 20th century in shifting cultural, social and political contexts organ- ized by the Institute of Ethnology in cooperation with the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, October 18.-19., 2017. Peer review: Prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc. Prof. Andriy Nahachewsky, PhD. Editorial Board: PhDr. Barbora Gergelová PhDr. Jana Pospíšilová, Ph.D. PhDr. Jarmila Procházková, Ph.D. Doc. Mgr. Daniela Stavělová, CSc. PhDr. Jiří Woitsch, Ph.D. (Chair) Translations: David Mraček, Ph.D. Proofreading: Zita Skořepová, Ph.D. © Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2018 ISBN 978-80-88081-22-7 (Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Praha) 4 Table of contents: Preface . 7 Part 1 Politicizing Folklore On the Legal and Political Framework of the Folk Dance Revival Movement in Hungary in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century Lázsló Felföldi . 21 The Power of Tradition(?): Folk Revival Groups as Bearers of Folk Culture Martina Pavlicová.
    [Show full text]
  • Danças Circulares Sagradas
    LÚCIA HELENA HEBLING ALMEIDA DANÇAS CIRCULARES SAGRADAS: Imagem corporal, qualidade de vida e religiosidade segundo uma abordagem Junguiana CAMPINAS 2005 i ii LÚCIA HELENA HEBLING ALMEIDA DANÇAS CIRCULARES SAGRADAS: Imagem corporal, qualidade de vida e religiosidade segundo uma abordagem junguiana Tese de Doutorado apresentada à Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, para obtenção do título de Doutor em Ciências Médicas, área de concentração Ciências Biomédicas ORIENTADOR: Prof. Dr. Joel Sales Giglio CAMPINAS 2005 iii Banca examinadora da tese de Doutorado Orientador: Prof. Dr. Joel Sales Giglio Membros: 1. Profa. Dra. Cátia Mary Volp 2. Prof. Dr. José Jorge de Morais Zacharias 3. Prof. Dr. Sérgio Luiz Saboya Arruda 4. Profa. Dra. Elisabeth Bauch Zimmermann 5. Prof. Dr. Joel Sales Giglio Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. v DEDICATÓRIA Ao Enzo Luiz Hebling Almeida Picca, meu sobrinho e afilhado que, na sua “perspicácia” de quatro anos e cinco meses, em 23.01.05, me presenteia com este desenho e diz: “Este é o tio Vicente Mário cantando e dançando com a madrinha, e a madrinha beijando o tio Vicente”. Para que a arte - em especial o desenho, a música, a dança de que tanto gosta - e o seu coração de criança - ingênuo e bom - possam, em parte, permanecer na sua vida. A Míriam Hebling Almeida, minha irmã e mãe do Enzo Luiz, cujo apoio nas traduções dos textos de inglês foi fundamental para o desenvolvimento deste trabalho. vii AGRADECIMENTOS Ao Prof. Dr. Joel Sales Giglio, meu orientador, que sempre com seu bom humor me abriu caminhos, teceu comentários preciosos e desculpou minhas distrações e ações impensadas.
    [Show full text]
  • April2015.Pdf
    Founding editor, Mrs Nan Walker, MBE Kinross Newsletter Founded in 1977 by Kinross Community Council ISSN 1757-4781 Published by Kinross Newsletter Limited, Company No. SC374361 Issue No 428 www.kinrossnewsletter.org www.facebook.com/kinrossnewsletter April 2015 DEADLINE CONTENTS for the May Issue 5.00 pm, Friday From the Editor ..................................................................2 17 April 2015 Letters ................................................................................2 News and Articles ...............................................................4 for publication on Police Box ........................................................................14 Saturday 2 May 2015 Community Councils ........................................................15 Contributions for inclusion in the Club & Community Group News .....................................22 Newsletter Sport .................................................................................36 The Newsletter welcomes items from community News from the Rurals .......................................................44 organisations and individuals for publication. This Out & About. ....................................................................45 is free of charge (we only charge for business Gardens Open. ..................................................................48 advertising – see below right). All items may be Congratulations & Thanks ................................................49 subject to editing and we reserve the right not to publish
    [Show full text]
  • CID Virtual Library of the Dance at ​
    CID permanent program No. 4 CID Virtual Library of the Dance at www.CID-portal.org/virtual-library/ ​ Books and magazines authored or edited by members of the International Dance Council CID at UNESCO. The list is posted at the CID Portal and circulated world-wide. This results in : 1. Prestige, as the public realizes the enormous intellectual production of CID ​ ​ Members: more than 650 books and over 40 magazines. 2. More sales, since no publisher can have the wide contacts CID has within the ​ ​ dance world. 3. Lower cost, as readers can order books directly to publishers or to authors. ​ ​ 4. Feedback, since authors can receive comments from their readers. ​ ​ 5. Better acquaintance between CID members, once they know the research ​ ​ interests and publication achievements of each other. Books authored or edited by Members of CID ​ www.CID-portal.org/virtual-library/ Updated: 06 May 2019 ​ ​ - A - Aelita Kondratova (ed.): Proceedings of the 36th World Congress on Dance Research, Saint ​ Petersburg, 2013. Saint Petersburg, 2015. ​ Aelita Kondratova(ed.): Proceedings of the 39th World Congress on Dance Research. Saint ​ ​ Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Section CID, 2015, 184 p. Aelita Kondratova (ed.): Proceedings of the 47th World Congress on Dance Research. Saint ​ ​ Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Section CID, 2016, 222 p. Aja Jung (ed.): Decadance. Ten years of Belgrade Dance Festival. Beograd, 2013, 143 p. ​ ​ Alba G.A. Naccari: Pedagogia della corporeità. Educazione, attività motoria e sport nel tempo. ​ ​ Perugia, Italy, Morlacchi, 2003, 297 p. Alba G.A. Naccari: Le vie della danza. Pedagogia narrativa, danze etniche e danzamovimentoterapia. ​ ​ Perugia, Italy, Morlacchi, 2004, 295 p.
    [Show full text]
  • An Investigation Into Circle Dance As a Medium to Promote Occupational Well-Being Ana Lucia Borges Da Costa
    AN INVESTIGATION INTO CIRCLE DANCE AS A MEDIUM TO PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL WELL-BEING ANA LUCIA BORGES DA COSTA A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Bolton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy November 2014 Table of Contents Table of figures .............................................................................................. 7 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................... 9 Dedication ...................................................................................................... 10 PhD Thesis Abstract ................................................................................... 11 Prologue ......................................................................................................... 13 Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 15 1.1 Contextualising circle dance ......................................................16 1.2 Motivation for conducting the investigation ..........................19 1.3 The rationale for the investigation ............................................19 1.4 Research questions .......................................................................22 1.5 Structure of the thesis ..................................................................23 Chapter 2 Occupational therapy, circle dance and well- being .... 26 2.1 The conceptual foundation of occupational therapy ..............27 1.1.1 Defining occupational therapy
    [Show full text]
  • Bringing Sacred Circle Dance to Multiple Communities
    1 Neskaya: My Talk for Joining Hands, April, 2018 Reaching Out/Reaching In: Bringing Sacred Circle Dance to Multiple Communities Evelyn (“Evi”) Torton Beck I am going to begin my presentation with an invocation, with a poem whose vision resonates with what our dancing embodies. The Merger Poem And then all that has divided us will merge And then compassion will be wedded to power And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind And then both men and women will be gentle And then both women and men will be strong And then no person will be subject to another's will And then all will be rich and free and varied And then the greed of some will give way to the needs of many And then all will share equally in the Earth's abundance And then all will care for the sick and the weak and the old And then all will nourish the young And then all will cherish life's creatures And then everywhere will be called Eden once again -- Judy Chicago This poem is a weaving together of the motifs we call forth in our dancing, and it speaks to where I am today. In spite of the many years I have spent in the world of research and theory building, my true compass has always moved toward the healing power of art: the way written and spoken words can work in you, the way music penetrates the soul, how color and form take one’s breath away, how dance can become a prayer.
    [Show full text]
  • Barn Dances, Ceilidhs, and Country Dancing in England 1945-2020: an Examination of Non-Specialist English Social Folk Dance
    Barn Dances, Ceilidhs, and Country Dancing in England 1945-2020: An Examination of Non-Specialist English Social Folk Dance Chloe Elizabeth Middleton-Metcalfe MA, BA (Hons) A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of PhD Department of Dance University of Roehampton 2021 1 Barn Dances, Ceilidhs, and Country Dancing in England 1945-2020 CEMM Abstract This thesis is a genre-centred investigation of one dance form which is known by a variety of names including: barn dance, ceilidh, country dance, and (English) folk dance. A hitherto academically neglected dance genre, this thesis takes a mixed diachronic and synchronic approach to explain and contextualise the developments of English social folk dance from the mid-twentieth century. In so doing it contributes to an under-studied area of research: the experiences of occasional, or novice adult dancers. In order to answer the central question of ‘why do people hold English social folk dances?’ this thesis examines the genre’s recent history. The approach of Douglas Kennedy, head of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) from 1924-1961 is examined. Consideration is given to the influence of other dance genres (in particular square dance and old time) on the formation of an English folk repertoire. The neo-traditionalist approach of the ceilidh movement in the 1970s and the quest for an English sound and dancing style is examined. Folk dance in English schools is charted, providing a counter- story to modern educational dance centred histories. The second half of this thesis utilises ethnographic fieldwork from thirty dance events (2017-2018), supplemented with interviews and questionnaire data.
    [Show full text]
  • Universidade De Passo Fundo
    UNIVERSIDADE DE PASSO FUNDO Rodrigo José Madalóz TRANSformAÇÕES PESSOAIS: NO EMBALO DAS DANÇAS CIRCULARES SAGRADAS O REENCONTRO COM A NATUREZA DO SER Passo Fundo 2016 Rodrigo José Madalóz TRANSformAÇÕES PESSOAIS: NO EMBALO DAS DANÇAS CIRCULARES SAGRADAS O REENCONTRO COM A NATUREZA DO SER Tese apresentada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Doutorado em Educação, da Universidade de Passo Fundo, na linha de pesquisa Processos Educativos e Linguagem, sob a orientação da Profa. Dra. Graciela Ormezzano para fins de obtenção do título de Doutor em Educação. Passo Fundo 2016 Dedico a ti, Neiva Teresinha da Rosa Deon, que nos deixou com um gosto de “quero mais!”. AGRADECIMENTOS Muitos seres de luz estiveram comigo nesta caminhada e é a eles que rendo minha gratidão, pelos momentos de acolhida, reflexão, crescimento e aprendizagens. O doutoramento é uma etapa de desapegos, de instabilidades e de movimentos. De 2012 até então, o universo conspirou a meu favor, colocando-me numa posição de (des) construção diária de minha identidade como ser humano, profissional, companheiro, colega, amigo e filho. Estive longe e perto ao mesmo tempo, (in) sensível aos chamados e apelos pela presença do corpo e da alma. Ao mesmo tempo em que meu ser é tomado por um sentimento de gratidão, desculpo-me, porque apesar de ter tentado não me ausentar, “perdi” momentos que talvez não se repetirão, mas relutei e persegui meus objetivos; se eles foram os mais corretos ou não, não sei, mas lá no fundo sabia que o tempo da colheita viria. Minha gratidão aos professores, mestres, doutores, funcionários e colegas das diferentes linhas de pesquisa do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação – Doutorado em Educação da Universidade de Passo Fundo, turma 2012/2, pelo tempo, pelas trocas, pelo incentivo, pela parceria, pelas palavras, pela presença constante, pelo profissionalismo, enfim, pela forma respeitosa, competente e ética que conduzem este Programa.
    [Show full text]
  • Dissertacao Newton Fernandes De Ávila.Pdf (2.047Mb)
    1 UNIVERSIDADE DE CAXIAS DO SUL NEWTON FERNANDES DE ÁVILA DANÇA CIRCULAR E HOSPITALIDADE: UM CORPO QUE SE EXPRESSA E ACOLHE COM AMOROSIDADE CAXIAS DO SUL 2017 2 UNIVERSIDADE DE CAXIAS DO SUL PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM TURISMO E HOSPITALIDADE – MESTRADO NEWTON FERNANDES DE ÁVILA DANÇA CIRCULAR E HOSPITALIDADE: UM CORPO QUE SE EXPRESSA E ACOLHE COM AMOROSIDADE Dissertação de Mestrado em Turismo e Hospitalidade para obtenção do título de Mestre em Turismo e Hospitalidade. Linha de pesquisa: Turismo, Cultura e Educação. Orientadora: Profª. Drª. Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista Coorientadora: Profª. Drª. Susana de Araújo Gastal CAXIAS DO SUL 2017 3 Á958d Ávila, Newton Fernandes de Dança circular e hospitalidade: um corpo que se expressa e acolhe com amorosidade / Newton Fernandes de Ávila. – 2017. 120 f.: il. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Turismo e Hospitalidade, 2017. Orientação: Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista. Coorientação: Susana de Araújo Gastal. 1. Dança circular; Hospitalidade; Acolhimento; Amorosidade. I. Baptista, Maria Luiza Cardinale, orient. II. Gastal, Susana de Araújo, coorient. III. Título. 4 NEWTON FERNANDES DE ÁVILA DANÇA CIRCULAR E HOSPITALIDADE: UM CORPO QUE SE EXPRESSA E ACOLHE COM AMOROSIDADE Dissertação de Mestrado submetida à Banca Examinadora designada pelo Colegiado do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Turismo e Hospitalidade – Mestrado, da Universidade de Caxias do Sul, como parte dos requisitos necessários para a obtenção do título de Mestre em Turismo e Hospitalidade, Área de Concentração: Hospitalidade. Aprovado em: _____/_____/_____ Banca Examinadora _________________________________________________ Profª. Drª. Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista (Orientadora) Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS) _________________________________________________ Profa.
    [Show full text]
  • Walzerträume – Walzerseligkeit Von Steffi Zachmeier ( Seite 1 Veröffentlicht Im Programmheft Tff Rudolstadt 2011, S
    Walzerträume – Walzerseligkeit von Steffi Zachmeier (www.zachmeier.de) Seite 1 veröffentlicht im Programmheft tff Rudolstadt 2011, S. 143-149 Walzerträume – Walzerseligkeit Von Steffi Zachmeier Was dem Tango die Verruchtheit, dem Rock'n Roll der Groove und was dem Pogo der Nonkonformismus, das entsprechende Stichwort für den diesjährigen Tanzschwerpunkt ist „Walzerseligkeit“. „Es ist eine unfassbare Macht, die der Walzer ausübt. Sobald die ersten Takte anheben, klären sich die Mienen, die Augen leuchten auf und alle durchrieselt es“,1 so beschreibt es ein Teilnehmer beim Wiener Kongress. Es muss wohl nicht darauf hingewiesen werden, „daß das Tanzen und die Tanzgeschichte Abbilder der jeweiligen Gesellschaftsordnungen sind und daher auch Teil des sozialen und politischen Handelns“.2 Insofern hat natürlich auch die Ablösung der formalisierten und reglementierten Menuett-Figuren und -Schritte durch die individualisierte Walzer- Bewegung ihre Entsprechung in der Politik und der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung im nachrevolutionären Europa: Der Kongress tanzte bei der Neuordnung Europas in Wien, und zwar Walzer - nächtelang. So wie nach ihm alle Schichten und gesellschaftlichen Gruppen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Was aber war und ist das Faszinierende an diesem Tanz, dessen Herkunft aus seinen Vorgängern, den alpenländischen Ländlern, Schleifern, Allemanden und Deutschen, Wellern, Drehern und Langaus wohl nie ganz geklärt werden wird, obgleich der Begriff „Walzen“ für eine Dreh-Bewegung im Gegensatz zum „Hopsen“ schon länger bekannt war. Auch heute ist es noch so: Sobald bei Tanz-Gelegenheiten ein Walzer erklingt, beginnen die Augen der Tanzenden zu leuchten, die Tanzfläche füllt sich. Wie bei fast jeder neuen Tanzmode gab es aber auch beim Walzer neben glühender Begeisterung auch scharfe Kritik und – wie später der Tango und die Modetänze des 20sten Jahrhunderts – war auch der Walzer den Kritikern zu erotisch: Beim Walzer ist es vor allem die im Vergleich zu den vorher in gehobenen Kreisen und am Hof üblichen Tänzen die enge Paarhaltung, die einer Umarmung gleicht.
    [Show full text]
  • Article on Circle Dancing
    CIRCLE dance Dancing in a circle is an ancient tradition common to many cultures for marking special occasions, strengthening community and encouraging togetherness WORDS: CAROLINE SHERWOOD n 1976 Bernhard Wosien, a she counts dancing with him among her German ballet master, arrived at happiest memories, as well as dancing the Findhorn community in what has become known as the Israeli IScotland bringing with him folk Blessing Dance around the crib of the dances he had collected while three-day-old son of good friends of hers. travelling through Europe. “He “The circle is a powerful symbol, intuitively knew which dances contained echoing our planet, the sun, moon or the energies that would be needed in our cosmos,” says Frances Fawkes, South present world, and would help heal the West co-ordinator for the Circle Dance rift between humanity and the earth,” Network. “Dancing in a circle means says June Watts in her book Circle there is no hierarchy, there is Dancing: Celebrating the Sacred in acceptance, there are no wrong steps Dance. only variations and you do not need a A former member of the Royal partner. Many traditional dances Shakespeare Company, June Watts is one embody an ancient world view of stillness. It is a resource that helps me of the world’s leading Circle Dance sustainability, community and reverence cope with my life. It is also fun and good teachers. Once a Somerset resident, she for the earth.” Dances acknowledge the exercise!” now lives in the high Alpujarras of changing seasons and celebrate births, Many dances originated in Eastern southern Spain to which sanctuary she weddings, greetings and partings, and Europe.
    [Show full text]
  • CID Permanent Program No
    CID permanent program No. 4 CID Virtual Library of the Dance at www.CID-portal.org/virtual-library/ Books and magazines authored or edited by members of the International Dance Council CID at UNESCO. The list is posted at the CID Portal and circulated world-wide. This results in : 1. Prestige, as the public realizes the enormous intellectual production of CID Members: more than 650 books and over 40 magazines. 2. More sales, since no publisher can have the wide contacts CID has within the dance world. 3. Lower cost, as readers can order books directly to publishers or to authors. 4. Feedback, since authors can receive comments from their readers. 5. Better acquaintance between CID members, once they know the research interests and publication achievements of each other. Books authored or edited by Members of CID www.CID-portal.org/virtual-library/ Updated: 13 January 2020 - A - Abigador, Susana Noemi: When the body speaks. Methodology and exercises for corporal expression. Athens, Gialos, 2011, 161 p. Adamsone, Liene: Spititual dance. The Adamsone method. Canada, 2009, 88 p. [ACR] Agati, Maria Luisa: La minuscola "bouletée", Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica, Città del Vaticano 1992 (Littera Antiqua 9, 1-2). Agati, Maria Luisa: Giovanni Onorio da Maglie copista greco (1534-1563), Suppl. XX al “Bollettino dei Classici”, Roma 2001 (Accademia Naz. dei Lincei), pp. 350 + 22 tavole. Agati, Maria Luisa: Il libro manoscritto. Introduzione alla Codicologia, Roma 2003 (L’Erma di Bretschneider, Studia Archaeologica 124), pp. 504, 100 ill. b/n + 16 tavole a colori. Agati, Maria Luisa: Catalogo dei manoscritti greci della biblioteca di Roma dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, Suppl.
    [Show full text]