In the earliest cultures any tie between the dancers is slight. In a higher level the choral dancers almost always touch one another and thus force themselves into the same stride and the same movement. The closer the contact, the stronger is the social character of the choral.

The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community.

A choral dance: an attempt to impose upon a chance gathering of a few dozen guests a communal feeling.

Rhythmic motion has become the carrier and creator of almost every ecstatic mood of any significance in human life.

Only the tango has continued to enjoy undiminished favor for more than twenty years in spite of polishing and refinement. To be sure, it is no pure Negro dance and owes its best qualities to the unusual dance talents of the Spaniards.

The peoples influenced by the animal dance have a variety of movements and dance with enthusiasm; those who do not know the animal dance have few movements and show little zest for dancing.

The dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul.