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the one language where standing still says the most
means To move your body rhythmically, usually to music, for joy, ritual, performance, or courtship.
from From Old French 'dancier,' which gave English 'dance' after the Norman conquest reshuffled the language. Where 'dancier' itself came from is genuinely murky — possibly a Frankish (Germanic) root, but scholars don't agree. What's certain is that 'dance' elbowed aside or absorbed older native words for the same motion, and from that French stem nearly all of Europe drew its cognates: Italian 'danza,' Spanish 'danza,' German 'Tanz' — a single restless word that, fittingly, traveled everywhere.
- oldest art
- 9,000-year-old cave paintings show dancers
- brain sync
- moving together releases bonding hormones in crowds
- banned often
- the waltz was once scandalous for close contact
- survival trait
- some scientists link rhythm to ancient courtship
- no instruments
- the body was the first dance partner
tango — originated in buenos aires, argentina in the 1880s as a social dance
ballet — formalized in 15th century italian renaissance courts, codified in france
hip hop dance — emerged in 1970s new york city as part of hip hop culture
kathak — classical dance form from north india with roots in 15th-16th century mughal courts