Dance, which displays the body in public, is one of the channels of communication used to pass along important social skills from one generation to the next.
Gerald JonasBy dancing in a socially approved way with their peers, individiuals proclaim their allegiance to society as a whole.
Gerald JonasA physician who treated mental cases says that he based his diagnosis on the way his patients moved: "The body never lies" was his maxim.
Gerald JonasIn many parts of the world-including Polynesia, north Africa & the Middle East-public dancing that focused on a physically linked couple would have been unthinkable, a violation of communal propriety.
Gerald Jonas