“Whoever knows the power of the dance, dwells in God.” – Rumi
In this amazing video, Irish band Jiggy celebrates the global togetherness of dance. By combing their fiddle tune “Silent Place” with dance videos from around the world, they create a tremendous celebration of sound and movement. On their 2020 album “Hypernova” Jiggy continues to create a truly global sound with its blend of traditional Irish music combined with folk rhythms and modern grooves from all over the world.
“Silent Place” may inspire you to dance along, or just tap your toes. Richard Rohr speaks about dance being the flow of God. “God is not the dancer but the dance itself! God is much more a dynamic verb than a static noun. God is constant flow. You don’t even need to understand it intellectually or theologically to participate in the flow of God. You are already there. Within your heart, body, and mind is an implanted flow toward life, goodness, love, communion, and connection.
In her evocative poem “Earth Your Dwelling Place” May Swenson captures the image of the earth as a carpeted, sunlit, breezy dance floor in which all of us join in a spontaneous, joyous, cosmic dance with the Divine.
Beneath heaven’s vault
remember always walking
through halls of cloud
down aisles of sunlight
or through high hedges
of the green rain
walk in the world
highheeled with swirl of cape
hand at the swordhilt
of your pride
Keep a tall throat
Remain aghast at life
Enter each day
as upon a stage
lighted and waiting
for your step
Crave upward as flame
have keenness in the nostril
Give your eyes
to agony or rapture
Train your hands
as birds to be
brooding or nimble
Move your body
as the horses
sweeping on slender hooves
over crag and prairie
with fleeing manes
and aloofness of their limbs
Take earth for your own large room
and the floor of the earth
carpeted with sunlight
and hung round with silver wind
for your dancing place
-May Swenson