Spiritual Ecology of my Bharata Natyam Dance

A Peacebuilder’s Reflections on her guru’s Pedagogies of Crossing

Abstract

This article is part II of articulation on SADI’s call, of an over two decades long reflexive journey of the author’s dance practice, body and spiritual path. Thus, it aligns with SADI’s turn to making visible subordinated knowledge that remained unarticulated and marginalized at the confluence of multiple operations of power. It not only highlights a pioneer dance scholarship project for Pakistan (Aslam, 2012) a seedling, but the ongoing process of mindful dispersal of this seed of interfaith harmony, peace-building via deeper connection to the lands in its new home of Nusantara.