The Native American Ghost Dance movement arose in the late 1800’s and featured large circle dances as well as teachings that became a part of American Indian belief systems. The movement was ...

Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of ...

Christian salvation narratives often focus exclusively on Jesus' relationship with humanity, but Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk and the Ghost Dance tradition proclaim a broader vision of salvation: ...

During the pandemic, the one thing that has brought us all quality entertainment as a distraction from our collective boredom is TikTok, especially TikTok dance challenges. The new dance challenge ...

A fusion of traditional Native American music, modern jazz and chamber music. The Ghost Dance was a messianic movement that swept through the Plains region in the late 19th century. This particular ...

[James Mooney, an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, was sent to investigate the Ghost Dance movement in 1891. He obtained a copy of Wovoka's message from a Cheyenne named Black Short ...

Host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Louis S. Warren about his book Gods Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America, which describes the pan-Indian religious movement that swept ...

The definition of a ghost light? It’s a safety precaution in theaters, often a single bulb, left on after hours, so unsuspecting staff won’t cross the darkened stage and trip over a prop or fall into ...

The border of reality can be interpreted in many ways; borders between dreams and real life, borders between life and death. These ideas have been examined in films such as Ghost (1990), Spiral (1998) ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This original theatrical production is directed by Pierson Blaetzand ...