The Dances of Universal Peace changed my life forever in 1987. I knew right away that I wanted to dedicate my life to sharing these dances with other people and it was as if everything I had done up to that point had prepared me for this work.

I began leading the dances in 1988 and have done so professionally since 1992. I once put an article in a dance journal "Have guitar: will travel". Little did I know what I was letting myself in for! I now give seminars, workshops and dance trainings throughout the UK and internationally.

For many years prior to finding the dances I was a serious student of yoga and eventually a teacher of that discipline. As a musician and singer, the yoga of sound and mantra were particularly appealing to me and I explored these aspects in depth.

I am also a personal and professional coach. I see myself as a bridgebuilder. When people have a gap between where they are and where they really want to be - I show them how to bridge the gap. It's all done by telephone. Contact me if you are interested.

My home is in Dorset where I live with my beloved wife Lucinda.

Before leading the dances full-time I was a professional librarian at senior management level in a polytechnic with responsibility for over 50 staff.

To date I have released three recordings - The House of Tansen, The Medicine Buddha Dharani and Dharma.

My spiritual direction since 1989 has been along the Sufi path under the guidance of my Murshid, Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz. For the last few years I have been a teacher of Sufism since 1998 and act as a spiritual guide for a number of people.

I am a Senior Mentor Teacher and a member of the Mentor Teachers' Guild.

For a number of years I have been involved in the Dance Network at international level.

1994 - 1996 - Member of the Peaceworks Board of Directors.

1996 - 1999 - Joint European Regional Networker for the dances along with Gita Onnen from Germany.

1998 - 1999 - Member of the Management Team for the UK dance network.

1999 - 2000 - Chairperson of the International Council of the International Network for the Dances and a member of the Peaceworks Board of Directors.

2002 - 2004 - Member of the MTG Sub-Committee

To contact me by email: mail@philipodonohoe.co.uk: by phone 01258 818067.