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Conference Presentations by Christina Panera
Structure and Symbolic Depiction of Predynastic Boats
The Depiction of Soul in Ancient Greek Pottery
Papers by Christina Panera
Journal of Daoist Studies
Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly enga... more Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly engaging bodily awareness through one's mind, senses and emotions, allowing them to consciously achieve a higher state of consciousness, interpreted as religious experience. Adopting a diachronic perspective, this study aims to foster a better understanding of the experiential, sensual and performative dimensions of dance in Confucian and Daoist philosophies. The ritualistic choreography of Confucianism and the flowing improvisation of Daoism indicate the ability of dance to literally and metaphorically express an individual's ideal "meeting point," endeavouring to fulfil the Chinese ideal of the heavenly "being." Religious or other non-dance studies in academia have neglected the value of dance, as words take "pride of place over kinetic images" (Hanna 1988), especially in Chinese research, where reflection on historical language is hard to avoid. However, ritual dance performances have always had a strong diachronic presence in Confucian and Daoist institutions. Both these traditions can be defined as either philosophies or religions, if indeed such a distinction can be made in China (Fung
Journal of Daoist Studies Volume 16, 2023
Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly enga... more Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly engaging bodily awareness through one's mind, senses and emotions, allowing them to consciously achieve a higher state of consciousness, interpreted as religious experience. Adopting a diachronic perspective, this study aims to foster a better understanding of the experiential, sensual and performative dimensions of dance in Confucian and Daoist philosophies. The ritualistic choreography of Confucianism and the flowing improvisation of Daoism indicate the ability of dance to literally and metaphorically express an individual's ideal "meeting point," endeavouring to fulfil the Chinese ideal of the heavenly "being." Religious or other non-dance studies in academia have neglected the value of dance, as words take "pride of place over kinetic images" (Hanna 1988), especially in Chinese research, where reflection on historical language is hard to avoid. However, ritual dance performances have always had a strong diachronic presence in Confucian and Daoist institutions. Both these traditions can be defined as either philosophies or religions, if indeed such a distinction can be made in China (Fung
Are artists or scientists better able to communicate what we mean by 'Religious Experience'?
Talks by Christina Panera
Structure and Symbolic Depiction of Predynastic Boats
The Depiction of Soul in Ancient Greek Pottery
Journal of Daoist Studies
Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly enga... more Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly engaging bodily awareness through one's mind, senses and emotions, allowing them to consciously achieve a higher state of consciousness, interpreted as religious experience. Adopting a diachronic perspective, this study aims to foster a better understanding of the experiential, sensual and performative dimensions of dance in Confucian and Daoist philosophies. The ritualistic choreography of Confucianism and the flowing improvisation of Daoism indicate the ability of dance to literally and metaphorically express an individual's ideal "meeting point," endeavouring to fulfil the Chinese ideal of the heavenly "being." Religious or other non-dance studies in academia have neglected the value of dance, as words take "pride of place over kinetic images" (Hanna 1988), especially in Chinese research, where reflection on historical language is hard to avoid. However, ritual dance performances have always had a strong diachronic presence in Confucian and Daoist institutions. Both these traditions can be defined as either philosophies or religions, if indeed such a distinction can be made in China (Fung
Journal of Daoist Studies Volume 16, 2023
Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly enga... more Dance serves an important role in many religious movements, as it facilitates a particularly engaging bodily awareness through one's mind, senses and emotions, allowing them to consciously achieve a higher state of consciousness, interpreted as religious experience. Adopting a diachronic perspective, this study aims to foster a better understanding of the experiential, sensual and performative dimensions of dance in Confucian and Daoist philosophies. The ritualistic choreography of Confucianism and the flowing improvisation of Daoism indicate the ability of dance to literally and metaphorically express an individual's ideal "meeting point," endeavouring to fulfil the Chinese ideal of the heavenly "being." Religious or other non-dance studies in academia have neglected the value of dance, as words take "pride of place over kinetic images" (Hanna 1988), especially in Chinese research, where reflection on historical language is hard to avoid. However, ritual dance performances have always had a strong diachronic presence in Confucian and Daoist institutions. Both these traditions can be defined as either philosophies or religions, if indeed such a distinction can be made in China (Fung
Are artists or scientists better able to communicate what we mean by 'Religious Experience'?