Perform[D]ance
Dance Dancing, like music, is one of mankind’s oldest forms of communication. The history of dance is as long as the history of humankind.
In early civilizations dancing, religion, music and medicine were linked. People of many cultures have used dance to express powerful emotions, tell stories, treat illness, celebrate important events, and maintain communal bonds. The meaning and metaphors of dance have been subject to many a discussion and changes overtime. Movement Movement is fundamental to human life. Contemporary physics tells us that the universe and everything in it is in constant motion. At the most basic level - our body is movement. According to the somatic educator Thomas Hanna, "The living body is a moving body—indeed, it is a constantly moving body." The poet and philosopher Alan Watts eloquently states a similar view, "A living body is not a fixed thing but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool." Centuries earlier, the great Western philosopher Socrates understood what modern physics has proven, "The universe is motion and nothing else."
