« Danced Spiritual Life of Teresa of Avila & Contemporary Witnesses »
November 22, 2025
for the Dance & Christianity group of the Dance & Spirituality permanent program
of the International Dance Council, an official partner of UNESCO.
Communication and filmed excerpts from a collection I’ve been gathering since 2012.
In French, with written translations in English and Spanish.

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Crédits • Créditos • Credits

Thérèse d’Avila dansant • Teresa de Jesús bailando • Teresa of Avila dancing
©Sophie Lespinasse-Milan

Photographies • Fotografías • Photographs
de gauche à droite, de haut en bas • de la izequierda a la derecha, de arriba abajo • from left to right, top down
1. Clarisses de Cormontreuil… • Hermanas Clarisas de Cormontreuil… • Poor Clare sisters of Cormontreuil… & Michel Laloux.
2. Pèlerins-danseurs • Peregrinos-bailarines • Pilgrim-dancers
3. Marie-Josèphe Gachet
4. Groupe Danser Dieu • Grupo Bailar Dios • Dancing God Group ©Dominique Burton
5, 12, 13, 14. Sophie Lespinasse-Milan
6. Franck Waille & Sophie Lespinasse-Milan
7, 8. Nathalie Guillemé
9. Michel Laloux & Sophie Lespinasse-Milan
10, 15. Michel Laloux
11. Mireille Nègre ©Marie-Paule Nègre

Sophie Lespinasse-Milan
remercie fraternellement chaque contributeur de cet événement, en particulier le Carmel de Puzol.
expresa su agradecimiento fraternal a todos los que contribuyeron a este evento, especialmente al Carmelo de Puzol. 
extends her fraternal thanks to everyone who contributed to this event, especially to the Carmel of Puzol.