DANCE- THE
RHYTHMS OF LIFE
Any dance is likely to be a story expressed
by movements. The rhythms of life are reflected in body movements which can
express mood, feelings and emotions. All nations have been creating their
national dances for centuries. Most dances have become international. Dance is
a kind of art which combines rhythms and melodies. Each movement is the
expression of a person's spiritual condition. Music is guiding these movements
to create a life's story. Balllet has always been combination of music, art and
literature. Waltz is poetry with musical sounds and movements. The rhythms of
life can find their reflection in any dance. Tango is like a love story. Its
lyrical spirit is bound to the movements born to be sunlit dreams. Any dancer
is not only a performer but a dreamer as well. A viewer will probably
understand which story is told by a dancer with his or her movements. The
rhythms of dance are likely to be bound to the rthythms of life. All nations
have their own folk dances which have been surviving for many centuries. They
have been passing them from one generation to
the other generation. Classical and modern dances are the same rhythms
of life. The beautiful art of dance has always been on the roads of mankind.
Music gives its wings to both songs and dances. The viewer not only watches the
dance but he or she reads a romantic or a philosophical script in this dance as
well. That's true, the rhythms of life can be found in the movements of every
dance.
[ANAHIT ARUSTAMYAN]