To Dance is Human

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Dance?
3. Psyche and Soma: Some Bases of the Human Phenomenon of Dance
4. Dance Movement and the Communication of Sociocultural Patterns
5. Dance in Religion: Practicality and Transcendentalism
6. Dance Rites in Political Thought and Action
Case A. Dance of Anáhuac: For God or Man in Prehistory?
Case B. Ubakala Dance-Plays: Mediators of Paradox
7. Warrior Dances: Transformations through Time
8. The Urban Ecosystem of Dance
9. Directions for the Future
Appendices
1. Dance Movement Data Categories
2. Ubakala Dance-Play Profiles
3. Dance Representations Classificatory Framework
Notes
References
Index