Lichter Tanz (Light Dance): A Rededication

Sister Antonia, who introduced the Ritual Dance for T’ai Chi Chih at last year’s conference, conducted the rededication ceremony for the second year, as attendees formed circles within circles and lit candles in the moonlight, passing the flame from those teachers who have been teaching T’ai Chi Chih the longest (the inner circle) outward to two larger circles to those teachers who have been teaching the shortest amount of time.

After all candles were lit, with right hand upon the next person’s shoulder, conference participants danced in a circular pattern, while rededicating themselves to their individual T’ai Chi Chih goals and the mission of the T’ai Chi Chih community at large.

We dance around in a ring and suppose,
but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

Submitted by Ilse Meyer, Hayward, CA