Question

After learning about the Art. What can dance tell us about our culture? 300 words.

Answer 1

Dance is a performing art in which a performer express different conditions, feelings and emotions through body posture and face expression. Dance can be categories in different forms like Salsa, Classical Indian Dance, folk dance etc.

Every dance form related to particular culture, traditions and rituals, every culture have specific dance form and performance techniques. We can understand cultural beauty by understanding of dance form and performance. Dance is not only a performance but also a traditional approach which shows the dressing sense, movements and many other characteristics. For example, let’s talk about Indian classical dance like Bharat Natyam, this dance form belongs to southern part of India and dedicated to God Shiva, dancers perform solo and wear traditionally cloths with particular way in which women wear saree with different type of ornaments, by the dance we can experiences rituals, traditions and cultural views of southern India as well as Indian history of religion, dressing, makeups and rituals.

Western culture and eastern culture have different dance forms which shows dressing sense, emotional behaviour, expressions and cultural scenario of related regions. By dressing sense of dancers we can understand contemporary developments, technologies and beauty of society because clothes defines many things like agriculture condition, technologies, traditions and prejudices. Make up used by dancers describes social structure, gender discrimination, faiths and rituals. Expressions during performance describe cultural phenomena, physical fitness and position of male and female in contemporary society.

Salsa is a popular dance form of Caribbean culture, we can understand relations between male and female as well as individual and society. The dressing during performance defines cultural views and social conditions of related country. Music also defines emotions, faiths and taboos.

Finally we can say that, dance form is a symbol of culture, traditions and rituals of related regions and we can identify and understand culture by the help of this performance art.