Bodies in Movement Take-Home Pack

BALLERINAS AND TRIBAL DANCERS PROJECT

Dance has a timeless appeal. It is also considered the most powerful kind of prayer. You dance and you stir up the Universe! Ancient and indigenous people knew it very well. Dance is also a fascinating activity closely connected to the rhythms and melodies of the music. We now know that music is related to math: steps and beats have their inner logic and vibration. Both dance and music express human emotion in a way that goes beyond language differences.

Many artists throughout the centuries paid tribute to the beauty of dance. Did you notice? There are no ugly dances. There are striking, quirky, acrobatic, sad, joyous, energetic dance moves. All of them are beautiful. Ancient artists knew it very well. French impressionist Edgar Degas knew it well, too. Many modern artists strive to draw and paint the glory of dance.

Tribal dance is a…