Jan. 4, 2007
The Art of Dance...
Dancing is moving in a rhythmical manner, to music, that expresses emotion or tells a story. It is thought that the impulse to dance has been around since the beginning of our existence and that it was the first means of communication between people. Children will often dance around in happiness before they are able to speak their feelings. Dance is an art. It is slightly traced from the moment it was harnessed into a rhythm as in the clapping hands or stomping feet. Although it has been only in recent years that man has been able to preserve the actions of the dancers.
There is evidence of men dancing throughout history in drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Aside from those, we can only guess how the dancers moved before the 15th century. In the 15th century, there began to be descriptions of dances written down of how they danced. Scholars have attempted to reconstruct the dances of the 13th and 14th centuries but, because there are no detailed descriptions, they are vague and inaccurate at most. It is possible to give a broad outline of the origin and function of the components and development in life.
It is quite unknown how archaic men and women masqueraded, but it is deduced that the rhythm was simple. Only spurred on by stamping of feet on the ground. Just as the rhythm was simple, the footwork was not very hard or intricate. These earliest dances are thought to have been expressions of courtship or just happiness. Dance soon came to affect the whole tribe y relaying results desired of a hunting or fishing expedition.
There is evidence of men dancing throughout history in drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Aside from those, we can only guess how the dancers moved before the 15th century. In the 15th century, there began to be descriptions of dances written down of how they danced. Scholars have attempted to reconstruct the dances of the 13th and 14th centuries but, because there are no detailed descriptions, they are vague and inaccurate at most. It is possible to give a broad outline of the origin and function of the components and development in life.
It is quite unknown how archaic men and women masqueraded, but it is deduced that the rhythm was simple. Only spurred on by stamping of feet on the ground. Just as the rhythm was simple, the footwork was not very hard or intricate. These earliest dances are thought to have been expressions of courtship or just happiness. Dance soon came to affect the whole tribe y relaying results desired of a hunting or fishing expedition.