Dancing, among other physical activities is something I doubt, I could live without. Since I was a kid I've always found myself on the dance floor trying to boogie or get down in some shape or form. Whether or not I was good at dancing is a question to be remained unanswered. Nevertheless, I still dance till this day maybe not in classes or professionally but just for the fun of it.
When you see people dancing you take many different things from it. This is why many people believe it to be and art form and a form of expression. Many people use dancing to get away from it all and be carried away by their moves and the beat of the music, expressing themselves how they so choose. They also may dance for others or just dance because it is what they want to do. Never really thinking about who is watching, the "audience".
When you dance you do it because a good beat catches you and you end up trying your best to move in a way that goes along with it. In doing so you express how you interpret the music through the movements of your body. Your "audience" or others that are watching may interpret your movements in a different way. It is subject to an active audience who can take it and make it entirely different from what you originally had intended it to be. For example, teenagers’ today dance in what many believe is provocative ways on the dance floor. But it is simply two dancers moving to the beat.....really closely... The meaning of the dance movements is not in themselves but the actual viewing of the dance. Just like the meaning of a writing sample isn't in the text but in the reading of it. This is why I believe dancing to be more than just moving to the beat but a whole different way to get an idea and your feelings out and showcase them to whoever wants to watch. You cannot control who or what interprets it differently the audience has their own attitudes and beliefs and how the dance moves are construed is up to the active audience. Thusly, allowing dancing to be much more than just moving to the rhythm of the sound.
Dancing is without a doubt a very underappreciated medium in society. It is almost all agency and no structure. The only thing that can limit your dancing is possibly the music that is being played, but even then you are limitless in your choice of movements.
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