رقص مسئلهای جهان شمول نیست و تعریفی جهان شمول ندارد.
Examples include distinctions in English between "dance" and "dancing," a Congolese language where "dance" means leisure, and a Ghanian language where it means to prophesy. In Persian, dance is inseparable from recitation, while in the Indian context "natya" is a complex art form including dance, recitation, music and symbolic narration.
The Japanese context also shows that there is no single way to categorize the different types of dance. These can be performances at Shinto altars, Kabuki theater or dances to honor the dead, with the common factor being the use of the body.
* Drid Williams suggests "anthropology of movement" but this does not solve the problem of defining dance.
Examples include distinctions in English between "dance" and "dancing," a Congolese language where "dance" means leisure, and a Ghanian language where it means to prophesy. In Persian, dance is inseparable from recitation, while in the Indian context "natya" is a complex art form including dance, recitation, music and symbolic narration.
The Japanese context also shows that there is no single way to categorize the different types of dance. These can be performances at Shinto altars, Kabuki theater or dances to honor the dead, with the common factor being the use of the body.
* Drid Williams suggests "anthropology of movement" but this does not solve the problem of defining dance.