Greece is one of the few countries in the world where folk dances are as alive today as they were in ancient times. Dance has always played an important role in the life of a Greek. It is an expression of human feelings and everyday life.
Plato agreed with his mentor Socrates that every educated man should know how to dance gracefully by which he meant the manly exercises that kept the body strong and supple and ready to do its duty on the battlefield.
The dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of the gods.
Plato
”Man must speak, then sing, then dance.
The speaking is the brain, the thinking man.
The singing is the emotion. The dancing
is the Dionysian ecstasy which carries away all.”
Isidora Duncan
