Acknowledging the complex interrelationship of mind, body, and spirit is a step towards empowered and enlightened healing of ourselves, our relationships, and our environment. We are physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual beings, and the interplay between all these parts of ourselves affects our quality of life moment-to-moment -- our ability to synthesize ideas and knowledge; to develop our intuition; to imagine and create; to heal.

The Conference, to be held on the East Campus at Duke University and at the historic Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, North Carolina, March 19-22, 2009, is designed to be a stimulating blend of the experiential and theoretical, including:

• Keynote address by Bradford Keeney
• Workshops in performing and visual arts, yoga and meditation
• Panels and paper presentations
• Keynote performance and workshop by South African dancer/choreographer Vincent Mantsoe
• Participatory art installation
• Bantaba – a celebratory gathering of community
• Opportunities to share meals, network, and relax
• Special pre-conference ½-day workshop with Bradford Keeney  

Across The Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing is sponsored by the Duke University Dance Program, with support from a Visiting Artist Grant from the Council for the Arts, Office of the Provost, Duke University; The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; and the Robertson Scholars Program Collaboration Fund. Co-Sponsors include InnerChange Magazine, and the following Duke Departments, Programs, and Institutes: Department of Theater Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, African and African American Studies, Department of Religion, Graduate Liberal Studies, The Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University Music Department and the Women’s Studies Program

Directions to the Ark Dance Studio are here.