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Before children learn to talk, and without having seen anyone dance, they express happiness though simple rhythmic movements or what we later recognize As simple dances. And it`s not only humansthat dance – animals and insects dance as well. There are birds that actually have group dances: circling, bowing, advancing, and retreating in unison some dance groups I`ve seen could learn rhythmfrom the birds! Bees dance as part of their mating rituals; it`s a kind of flirting. Nevertheless, it is only human beings who have adapted dance to therapeutic purposes. Dance as therapy goes back along time.

Primitive peoples first danced by themselves instinctively and found, after a while, that repeated rhythmic movements produced a good feeling. Associations were formed between dance andthis positive effect on the mind and emotions. This was the birth of dance therapy.

Dance has always seemed to have a magic healing power. It was used for a wide variety of purposes and on differentoccasions: religious ceremonies, war dances, war dances, hunting dances, rain dances, planting and harvesting dances, marriage and funeral dances. Sadly, today, many advanced industrial
Societies,such as the U.S., have lost many of the functions connected to these older dances. They have been replaced, for example, with rave dancing which, at its best, involves shaking your body at a rave ornightclub. I won`t even mentions its worst even in these cases, however, the ritualistic and therapeutic effect of dance can still be seen: the low lights, loud insistent rhythms, and group activity,often building up into a kind of mass hysteria or ecstasy.

But the primitive use of dance as therapy has recently seen a huge revival. Never before has there been such interest in courses offeringdance therapy. There are nearly two million websites for dance therapy on the internet, and dance therapy groups around the word combine pleasure with health and well- being. People who may be put...