Ecstatic dance is offered every two weeks in Zurich. The evenings are fully booked. Ecstatic dance promises freedom through movement, but does it really succeed in switching off your mind? A ...

While dancing, Narthaki enters a trance, so does her audience. “I get elevated to a different level, forget myself and perform. People have told me that they have had divine experiences while I dance, ...

“Dance and acting are different. One is about being as close to reality and convincing the camera of the emotion that you portray, the other is communicating subjects and legends of a different time.

On my first evening in the Brazilian city of Salvador de Bahia, I climb the lanes toward the city’s hilltop Pelourinho district, only vaguely aware I’m entering a place of tragic history. In 1501, ...