BECKET — What a strange relationship Shakers have with the body. Officially called the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, they’re known more familiarly by a moniker that refers ...

"Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free. Tis a gift to come down where you ought to be." This is a soothing folk song that I grew up hearing. I began to understand what it really meant when I ...

The Milwaukee Ballet opens its season Oct. 20 with two one-act programs that are as different as night and day. "Angels in the Architecture" is about the Shaker religion, while "Scheherazade" is ...

Dance instructor Sandy Zarotney-Keldsen leads a session on Isadora Duncan technique outside Canterbury Shaker Village on Tuesday. Credit: ELODIE REED / Monitor staff Sign up for the Concord Monitor's ...

Touring the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, one enjoys the magnificent scenery and recreation. There are the beautiful meadows, mountains, rivers, lakes, and bed and breakfasts, as well as hotels ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The choreographer continues his research into African American worship and the Black Shakers in “Power” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. By Gia ...

The Venice Film Festival hosted a world premiere on Monday afternoon for Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, delivering something close to a religious experience. The audience responded to the ...

With "The Testament of Ann Lee", a movie about the founder of the 18th-century Shaker religious movement screening at the Venice Film Festival, director Mona Fastvold sought to honour a figure "on the ...

The narrative. Paradise lost -- The Delaware prophet and Pontiac -- Tenskwatawa the Shawano prophet -- Tecumtha and Tippecanoe -- Kanakuk and minor prophets -- The Smohalla religion of the Columbia ...