Throughout recorded history there have been various forms of expression which can outwardly indicate a distinct effort of a particular civilization for the benefit of all mankind. The result of that effort lives throughout history in various forms of objective art. Its strength is characterized by the fact that it withstands the test of time. Forms of art that were used to express the outstanding aspect of a particular civilization may be seen in terms of architecture, sculpture, music, theater, painting and sacred temple movements or dances.

Today’s program may be seen as an allegory of those successful endeavors passed from one civilization to the next in the form of movement. It may represent the inner realization of both the potential of the mass of certain civilizations and the individuals within the particular culture. The movements you are about to witness with today’s show are taken from various civilizations, some of which are quite old. For example, the movement called „30 Gestures” may be approximately 4,000 years old and comes from ancient Egypt. In ancient times these movements may have been used in ceremonies acknowledging, with gratitude, the gift of life and its potential.

The ancient sacred dance is not only a medium for an aesthetic experience, but a book, as it were, or script, containing a definite piece of knowledge. But it is a book which not everyone can read. A detailed study of sacred dances and special movements and postures over many years has proved their importance in the work of the harmonious development of man; the parallel development of all his powers. Exercises and sacred gymnastics are used in this system of self-development as one of the means for educating the student’s moral force, for developing his will, patience, capacity for thought, concentration and attention, hearing, sight, sense of touch and so on.