Interpretive dance Another form of Literacy

I also believe that dance is a form of literacy. You have to be able to understand the terms used to describe a specific move and when you actually do the move your body has to say something, especially when you are performing interpretive dance. Instead of communicating by speaking with words that express your feelings and emotions the goal with interpretive dance is actually to express your feelings and emotions with your body and the moves within the the dance routine. The goal is to properly and firmly place the right amount of emotional energy into each gesture. If the emotion his happy you might be a bit more free flowing in the dance moves that you are doing, if you trying to communicate sadness you might be a bit more limp, and if you are trying to communicate anger your moves might be more firm and staccato. If done the right way interpretive dance has the ability to make you feel each emotion the dancer is trying to express, you could even be reduced to tears, I know this from experience. Although interpretive dance does not necessarily use words it is still its own form of language, and its own form of literacy, each dance motion has substance and meaning. You have to be able to understand what a particular emotion is or perhaps visualize what it looks like and the particular actions that fit with the emotions so that you can understand the tone or purpose of this intriguing form of art.