Posted
on April 29, 2014
Dancing
– it's an art form seen in every human culture.
Turn
on music with a good beat in a room full of toddlers, and you can see
dance (of sorts) being reinvented all over again!
Many
non-human animals, even, can dance. And it's not just animals that
have been carefully trained, either. Scientists have determined that bonobos, sea
lions, cockatoos, and other animals can make motion in synch with a
beat—and without any training to do so, they will adjust their
motions to keep up with the beat if the beat gets faster or slower! 
April
29 has been International Dance Day ever since 1982, when the
International Dance Council announced the new holiday. I have a
feeling that the holiday's creators would be pleased with the
popularity of dancing and of dance shows, these days, especially “So
You Think You Can Dance” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
How
do you celebrate a day like today?
- Dance (of course!) – either put on some music and just move and groove to the beat, or get together with some friends and hold a dance party.
- Learn to dance – there are amazing numbers of YouTube videos you can use to learn country, ballroom, or jazz dancing, or hundreds of other sorts of dance!
- Watch a dance movie.
Or
enjoy dance through videos. Again, there are soooooo many to choose
from; the difficulty won't be finding dances to watch, it will be
choosing which of the thousands you want to watch...
Check
out a variety of dance forms.
Armenian folk dancing
There is an amazing amount of great
breakdancing to be found on YouTube!
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