Dance is a lifeline.
Dance does not lie (there’s nowhere to hide). No matter
where I am or what I’m doing, that moment becomes a dance at the instant of
acknowledgement.
Robin Gilmore is the author of “What Every Dancer Needs to Know About the Body,” a workbook of Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique.
What is porn?
Francesca Jandacek is NOT an exotic dancer, OKAY??!!
Human beings dance for several reasons. The word “dance” may be defined as any rhythmic, repetitive, or expressive movement performed for its own sake, rather than for a utilitarian purpose such as transportation or food-gathering. One category of dancing, dance performed to attract a mate, is common to animals and humans alike. Even birds and fish in some cases dance before mating. Among humans, there are forms of social or recreational dancing which in general may be said to fall into the category of mating displays.
Dance as a form of artistic expression and dance as a component of religious ritual are solely characteristic of human culture. However, the complexity of human nature requires one to recognize that any given body of dance compositions may be used in different categories, at various times or on various occasions. Dance performed as an element of religious ritual can sometimes develop into the most inspired artistic expression. Similarly, dance of any kind can be used as a mating display. Dance theoretician Judith Hanna states in her Dance, Sex and Gender, “Even when a dancer intends only to explicate movement forms, the dancer’s body is said to disappear into the movement; even when the shape of the body is obscured by costume, signs and symbols of sexuality may be read into the dance and erotic or lustful feeling aroused.”
Christel Stevens is a metro DC cave-dweller, specializes in Indian classical dance, works as an arts bureaucrat in Prince George’s County, and currently performs with the Silk Road Dance Company.
Dance is when you move to a song like no one is watching. It’s a response to
sound that is good for you and you express it so. The response is innocent
to linguistics, it’s so old it came before verbs, nouns or prefixes.
It means tuning in to a frequency of sound with your body as your
metal.
Dance is a verb, only it doesn’t know it, and expresses it so.
Marcella Pinilla is a scientist and journalist currently based in Buenos Aires.
My body’s ephemeral interpretation of how I perceive…..a reaction to everything real or imaginary…..that moment before the first domino falls…..the buzz after your paradigm shifts…..the pillow you share….
And, what isn’t dance?
P.J. Acayan believes that bios are for writers and med students, and that one should not be defined by one’s past, but rather have the present shaped by what one has learned from it (dumbass.)