Response to 'To Dance Is a Radical Act'

           I thought the To Dance Is a Radical Act article was interesting. And it made me think about dance in ways that I have not before. I liked how the article was broken into different sections and then showed how it applied to dance being a radical act. However parts of this article were a little confusing because it looked at dance focusing more on a scholarly and psychological way. When usually I think of dance more as entertainment and performances, but not how it applies in everyday life.
          This article says that "the practice of dancing is vital to our survival as humans on earth". Dance is very important to dancers and a lot of people in the world but I do not think it is a major importance for survival. However I do agree that dance effects humans thoughts and feelings, and culture. In the Mind over Body section, it talks about how the mind controls the body and the actions it performs. This is true for dancers, because while we are dancing we have the ability to control our movements and what our body does. In the Write it Down section, the article talks about the importance of writing and words in our society. It also talks about how everything that is important can't always be written down. This section made me think of dance in a new way because you aren't really able to write down a dance, you have to see it performed. In the Sit Whenever Possible section it talks about how in our society we are trained to sit a lot and when you're dancing the movement is freeing, and good for you. Also it talks about how everyone should find the dancer inside of them, and to let dance bring you joy. I also never thought about how do people dance who have limited movement. Or people who are injured, sick, or paralyzed. The article responds to that question that "dance is creative movement." This made me think of dance in a new way. Because dance can be any movement that a person does it doesn't necessarily have to be a full choreographed routine.