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World Peace-ification

Joseph Houseal 10 August 2024

Joseph Houseal casts a critical eye on modern interpretations and improvements of ancient dance traditions

Matsukaze: Wind in the Pines

Joseph Houseal 13 April 2024

A self-reflective exploration of love and loss, grief and impermanence in Japanese Noh theater

The Ancient Noh Stages of Sado, the Isle of Exile

Joseph Houseal 13 May 2023

Exploring the modern stewardship of an ancient Japanese cultural legacy

Codes of Conduct, Ways of Life

Joseph Houseal 13 November 2021

Secret texts of cultivated practices in movement traditions

Vajrayogini Mandala. Tibet, 18th century. Pigment, gold, and wood. This mandala is used for Vajrayogini visualization meditation according to the tradition of Naropa. Rubin Museum Collection. From Himalayan Art Resources. This is an example of the dance visualization tradition, or dance ephemeral, in reference to the visualized deity, not the painting, which is another example of dance depicted. The connection between dance depicted and dance visualized is clear

Three Aspects of Buddhist Dance

Joseph Houseal 8 August 2020

Dance actual, dance depicted, and dance ephemeral . . .

Hagoromo by Kimura Busan (1876–1942). The angel flies above Mt. Fuji before she flies to the shores at its base. Image courtesy of Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

Hagoromo

Joseph Houseal 5 January 2019

Portraying the dance of a natural, spiritual wisdom