Spiritual corporeality: towards embodied gnosis through a dancing language

Abstract

The artistic-epistemic aim of this investigation is to unveil new perspectives on relations between the sensible and the intuitively intelligible. Corporeal theory and discursive practice are woven together into a dancing language. This dancing language conducts movement and thought from a state of being suspended between the physically sensible and the intuitively intelligible towards a place where they come together. Corporeal theory refers to embodied as well as verbal reflections on dance experience as seen from my perspective. The discursive practice engages thought in dialogue with perspectives from physics and psychology on the one hand and metaphysics and revelation on the other.

The dialogue between corporeal theory and discursive practice and its resulting dancing language supports the main argument: that the dancing body can act as a creative interface between the physical and the metaphysical. The gap between a wordless corporeal and a verbal, interrogating discourse is bridged by three key concepts: spiritual corporeality, altered states of knowing and embodied gnosis. Meaning unfolds by uniting dichotomies between gravity and levity, between physis and psyche, between matter and spirit. The aim is to better understand the nature and potential meaning of deep incorporation of consciousness and its evolving expression.