The video "The Power of Dance" was a film which explored various forms of dance around the world and how each one related to its respective culture. The video used a multitude of different styles of dance in different geographical locations to pinpoint how dance is a universal language, and the body is used to convey a variety of ideas and emotions. The primary theme behind the film was that dance is a global phenomenon. Dance crosses race, color, culture, social, economic, and class lines.
Dance is found in a whole host of situations, including, but certainly not limited to, religion, theatre, social settings, and film. Dance is used to tell stories, express emotion, and as a form of religious ceremony, expressing praise, gratitude, sorrow, and offered as a gift. It is in this sense that dance is a form of "communication without boundaries."
Life itself is a form dance. Jacques D'Ambrose, of the New York City Ballet theatre, likens the heartbeat to a dance. The heartbeat, he says in the first rhythm of dance, with its primary tempo a basic upbeat. It is this upbeat that sustains us all.
Child dancer Ryan McCormick makes this point especially clear. As part of a New York children's dance troupe, he applauds the merits of dance as being a tool to integrate children of different racial and economic backgrounds, by teaching teamwork and cooperation. Dancing is some of the children's only way to express themselves and release daily stressors, a therapeutic part of dance, according to dancer and choreographer Gregg Burns.
America is a melting pot, using dance from all over the world, including Russia, where the origins of ballet can be found. Russian dancer Bolshoi sees dance as an expression of aristocratic behavior, exuding effortless strength and grace. Ballet, in this light, is "…unearthly; (the) art of the air." Irek Makhamedov describes dance, ballet in particular, as an international language in which the physical and emotional are inseparable..... dancing goes hand-in-hand with words like: Rejoicing, Gladness, and being merry and joyful
Dance is found in a whole host of situations, including, but certainly not limited to, religion, theatre, social settings, and film. Dance is used to tell stories, express emotion, and as a form of religious ceremony, expressing praise, gratitude, sorrow, and offered as a gift. It is in this sense that dance is a form of "communication without boundaries."
Life itself is a form dance. Jacques D'Ambrose, of the New York City Ballet theatre, likens the heartbeat to a dance. The heartbeat, he says in the first rhythm of dance, with its primary tempo a basic upbeat. It is this upbeat that sustains us all.
Child dancer Ryan McCormick makes this point especially clear. As part of a New York children's dance troupe, he applauds the merits of dance as being a tool to integrate children of different racial and economic backgrounds, by teaching teamwork and cooperation. Dancing is some of the children's only way to express themselves and release daily stressors, a therapeutic part of dance, according to dancer and choreographer Gregg Burns.
America is a melting pot, using dance from all over the world, including Russia, where the origins of ballet can be found. Russian dancer Bolshoi sees dance as an expression of aristocratic behavior, exuding effortless strength and grace. Ballet, in this light, is "…unearthly; (the) art of the air." Irek Makhamedov describes dance, ballet in particular, as an international language in which the physical and emotional are inseparable..... dancing goes hand-in-hand with words like: Rejoicing, Gladness, and being merry and joyful
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Bibical Scriptures for Dance
1 Chronicles 16:29-30
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
The Hebrew word for “Fear” in this particular verse, is Chuwl, which means to twirl, to spin, and to DANCE. This word is used in over half of the verses pertaining to dance and is THE ROOT WORD for Dancing;
Psalm 96:9
"O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth."
Exodus 5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may dance (hold a feast) unto me in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 12:12
And ye shall dance (rejoice) before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt dance (rejoice), thou, and thine household,
Deuteronomy 16:15
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely dance (rejoice).
Deuteronomy 24:5
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall dance (cheer up) [with] his wife which he hath taken.
Deuteronomy 33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Dance (Rejoice), Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields dance (rejoice), and all that is therein.
Job 21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and dance (rejoice) at the sound of the organ.
Psalm 42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept dancing (holyday.)
Psalm 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall dance (be glad.)
Psalm 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we dance (rejoice) in him.
Psalm 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may dance (rejoice) in thee?
Psalm 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may dance (rejoice) and be glad all our days.
Psalm 92:4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will dance (triumph) in the works of thy hands.
Psalm 96:11 Let the heavens dance (rejoice), and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
Psalm 106:4-5 O visit me with thy Yahshua (Salvation);
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may dance (rejoice) in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may dance (rejoice) in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
Psalm 118:24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will dance (rejoice) and be glad in it.
Proverbs 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and dance (rejoice) with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it dance (glad).
Isaiah 9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they dance (joy) before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Isaiah 24:8 The dancing of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Isaiah 24:11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the dancing of the land is gone.
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and dancing (gladness), and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 51:3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; dancing (joy) and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah 51:11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain dancing (gladness) and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Isaiah 56:7 Even them (the sons of the stranger) will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them dance (joyful) in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 62:5 For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom dances over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: dance for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into dancing (joy), and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her dancing to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and dance (rejoice) in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Zephaniah 3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and dance (rejoice) with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 2:10 Sing and dance (rejoice), O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will dance over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Zechariah 8:19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah dancing (joy) and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
Zechariah 10:6-7 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and dance (be glad); their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and dance (be glad); their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
Zechariah 14:16-19
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to dance [at] (keep) the feast of tabernacles.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to dance [at] the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to dance [at] the feast of tabernacles.
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