Institution
Sacred Dance Guild
The international guild for dance as sacred art, running festivals since 1958
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About
The Sacred Dance Guild is a spiritually diverse, international, nonprofit organization that advocates for dance as a sacred art and promotes dance that connects people to the sacred. Founded in the late 1950s, it has run a festival program for decades, with recent editions including Festival 2026: Weaving the Webs of Sacred Dance and Festival 2025: Weaving the World of Sacred Dance.
Its programs extend beyond the festival: Sacred Dance Experience videos, Sacred Dance Journeys, global outreach, the SDG Journal, a facilitators library, local networks and affiliates, and a monthly newsletter. Membership is open to dancers, choreographers, teachers and organizations across traditions, from liturgical dance to ecstatic and contemplative movement.
The guild's decades of festivals, journals and networks make it the institutional home of sacred dance in the English-speaking world: the organization that keeps dance recognized as a spiritual practice across many faiths and none. The institution's stated mission: To advocate for dance as a sacred art.
Mission
To advocate for dance as a sacred art.
History
The Sacred Dance Guild was founded in the late 1950s and has run its festival program for decades, with Festival 2026 (Weaving the Webs of Sacred Dance) continuing a tradition of gatherings, journals and local networks.