Mythos in the Western Healing Tradition
with Jeanne Bresciani

Wednesday, September 23
6:00PM Virtual Program
Free for Members
Hosted by Suzanne Roff

Protection, prevention, and healing are never so relevant as they are today.  In the inspiring Zoom-cast, Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan International Institute, will share her knowledge on healing agencies and instincts available, yet overlooked.  Her research stems from Native American, Medieval European and Ancient Greek legacies.

This visual presentation is a journey punctuated by three breathful, subtle movement interludes for brief, participatory interaction, seated or standing, so that a modicum of wisdom from these traditions will directly address body, mind and spirit as recognizable inherent forces.

From a cultural historian’s point of view, you will have the opportunity to learn and bear witness to the mythic, imaginal and natural backdrop of illness and the concomitant healing capacity deeply within the human ken. Going backward from the energies of the earth and sky inheritance on the North American continent; to the powerful ‘viriditas’(greening) underlying the music and rapture of Hildegard von Bingen; to Hippocrates’ clear, directed advice on food, habit and the regenerative sphere of dreams,  we shall foster the trifold prescriptions of mind, body and spirit to heal.

This 90-minute seminar shall be concluded with a brief Q & A session.

Please email Rosemary, at rosemary@idii.org to register for this event

Jeanne Bresciani, M.A., Kress Fellow in Art History, M.A. (Williams College Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute), Fulbright Scholar in Dance (New York University), I.M.A. in Archetypal Psychology/Laban Studies, Ph.D. (New York University), is the main protégée of Maria Theresa Duncan, adopted daughter of Isadora Duncan and serves as Artistic Director for the Isadora Duncan International Institute (idii.org). Hailed by the press as “the divine in motion” for her lifelong dedication to the body of myth, Bresciani is former Faculty at NYU and Founding Chair of the Committee for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games allied with Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies. She has presented at Lincoln Center, The British Museum, The Olympic Games and archaeological sites, palaces, stages and universities globally. Her influence includes the development of the first accredited Duncan training programs in the US, Asia and Europe and the revivification of great Western festivals including the Delphic Games of Greece; and in Italy within the ongoing development of Carnevale di Venezia and the Serenissima Circle, a philanthropic group of like-minded individuals devoted to the preservation of the cultural treasury found within the incomparable city.  Jeanne is in frequent artistic and scholarly residency internationally and is recipient of The “Tenth Muse” Golden Award 2016 granted by the Universal Delphic Union and the Honorable Panos J. Kaltsis.