| It is natural to want to dance and move | | | | garments of grey and drop our heads to |
| whenever we hear music. With the drum | | | | respond in heavy deliberate movements to |
| beat of a military march, we want to | | | | show what the music intends.For the |
| march in time; the smooth circles of a | | | | professional dancer, it is music which |
| waltz have the power to make us feel | | | | dictates the mood and demands that a |
| like twirling forever; and a lullaby | | | | dancer surrenders his body to that |
| makes us lilt our bodies into sleep. | | | | music, not just for his own pleasure, |
| Dance is a natural expression and is a | | | | but for the sake of a wider purpose. |
| natural response to music that is heard | | | | Then the dancer surrenders to music as |
| externally or sometimes but rarely, it | | | | if it were the conductor, as he seeks to |
| is in resonance with the sounds of inner | | | | make his body its complete or final |
| joy, to which only the individual is | | | | instrument .The dancer can only |
| privy.Most people wish to dance, or | | | | surrender to the music if he wishes his |
| enjoy dancing. It is a feature in the | | | | body to serve to express its influence. |
| life of most people throughout the world | | | | To dance to a rhythm without conscious |
| who reveal the differences in their | | | | thought is a pure reaction - it is not |
| culture through the different types of | | | | an art.Dancers are agents of the music - |
| music and the different styles of dance | | | | there to express something of the spirit |
| movement they develop in their | | | | of his inspiration of the composer. If |
| traditional art. There is a different | | | | we like the music we are asked to dance |
| between the dance of a country barn | | | | to, there is an easy relationship and |
| dance or western line-up with a country | | | | harmony between the music, the source of |
| band and the rap dancing with its | | | | it and our bodies. It is all in tune |
| accompanying intonation and sounds; | | | | and the dancer can add the ingredient of |
| between the tap dancers metallic beat to | | | | his own intelligence and pour his |
| a popular tune and the ballet dancers | | | | feeling through his body language. If |
| soft pointed feet describing the | | | | we are not attracted to the music then |
| patterns of a classical piece; the | | | | the dancer is a mere puppet. In the |
| passionate guitar and strong heel beats | | | | future, to use a dancer without him |
| of a Spanish flamenco and the smooth | | | | having conscious desire to express the |
| swirls of an Austrian circular waltz to | | | | music will be seen as dancer abuse! It |
| the strains of a violin.Music provides | | | | is not a true and fine example of the |
| the powerful influence which we seek to | | | | art form at all unless music and dancer |
| express in movement and dance. In | | | | are as one.If we hear discordant sound |
| addition, if our own emotions are moved, | | | | and it is the fashion to move to it, one |
| we can convey how we feel by injecting | | | | must be very skilled or insensitive or |
| our emotions into our physical | | | | perhaps both in wishing to express chaos |
| movements. If music uplifts us, we may | | | | and discord. Life's real discordant |
| dance but wish we could fly and the best | | | | notes are only too well known in the |
| we can do is to raise our arms and | | | | reality of living without having to bold |
| elevate our bodies from the floor as | | | | type it all. Modern times are difficult |
| best we can. If the music on the other | | | | with little rhythm, melody or harmony in |
| hand is sombre, we would rather dress in | | | | any popular music. |