It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.

The symbolism in any kind of dance allows for recall, reenactment, and reexperience of events for purposes of resisting, reducing, transforming, and escaping stress.

Saying the lion is kind of the beasts says something about lions and also something about kings.

It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.

The 1980's witnessed a new dance genre in New York City and Los Angeles. Slam Dancing was perhaps a way for adolescent males to deal with the stressors of maturation, aggressive personal feelings, and violence in the society at large. Through dancing, the youths expressed raw power and rage while achieving euphoria, enhanced self-concept, and a healthy fatigue.

Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and probably that many dance languages.