"People have complex views about the dancing body: it is respected and ignored, craved and forbidden, celebrated and scorned. Historically, dance has been feared and banned by both governments and religions. It challenges convention, threatening the status quo. Who knows what will happen when the body speaks? In the media, dancing is harnessed to sexuality, co-opted by commercialism, and dressed up by fashion. Is that why we are so afraid of dancing?" (from "The Place of Dance: A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making" by Andrea Olsen, Caryn McHose)
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