Working Outline

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Etymology / Origin: Middle English word “daunsen”
1.2 Part of Speech: Noun
General Type: Art Term
1.3 Dancing is not merely to move merrily with measured steps to music,
but rather, it is an art term manifesting the harmonious interaction of
the mind and the body creating a magnificent interplay of emotions.
2.0 Synonyms: Similar to
2.1 Passion and Pleasure
2.2 Freedom and Expression
3.0 Negation: Different from
3.1 Empty
3.2 Robotic
4.0 Borderline Comparisons: May seem like
4.1 Talking
4.2 Free Writing
5.0 Two or more examples that will further clarify the meaning of the term
5.1 Dancing as an array of emotions
5.2 Dancing as a harmonious interaction of the mind and body
6.0 Conclusion

Passion Within, a Heated Yearning

 Do you know the feeling when something has taken over your body? It’s like

something heated up rules over, slowly stealing away the soul. The music eats up the

mind and heart. With a colourful drum beat, feet tapping on the floor begin,

accompanied by wrist circling and heads popping. Deep down the soul is a heated

passion tested on fire every time the music plays. Characterized by nimble and merry

movements, this art of dancing plays a terrific role on people’s lives all over the world.

Dancing emerged from a Middle English word daunsen which means “to draw, pull or

make a gesture.” Dancing is not merely to move merrily with rhythmic gestures to

music, but rather, it is an art term manifesting the harmonious interaction of the mind

and the body, creating a magnificent interplay of emotions.

Dancing, when looked up in the dictionary, is something done in accompaniment

to music. However, dancing isn’t confined in the walls of mere hand and body

movements. Dancing is definitely more than that. Hips popping in the invisible beat is

dancing. A sensational swing under the enigmatic moonlight at the beach is dancing.

With the uncontrolled desire, the body is enslaved to the music. However, dancing

does not always mean movements equal music. It is any mode of expression one has

personally invented and articulated.

On the contrary, dancing is not staying up late on hot summer nights in boredom.

Dancing is not confined on fairy tales where the princess catches her prince in a royal

ball, nor an eye catcher at Red Light District. It is never a tragic Romeo and Juliet love

story, nor a sad attempt of the Grinch to steal Christmas. Dancing is life. It is the same

as a vast garden, with flowers sprouting at spring after the cold winter days. People

dance to release stress, have fun and show off their inner strengths and skills. There
are people who suck at academics but is a definite big time winner at dancing.

Furthermore, though executed in a synchronized and orderly manner, dancing does

not signify robotic motion. It is made up of exquisite and articulated gestures, all taken

up from the creative mind of the dancer.

Dancing is the same as conversing with people. Every body part exhibits a

message directed to the audience. When we talk, we use words to relay our emotions.

Free writing works in the same manner. We use words that may appeal to the reader,

creating a vague show of images in their minds and letting their imagination work.

However, dancing is calligraphy; it is a beautiful old text that is to be decoded by the

eye of the watcher. There are deeper meanings behind what is seen by the naked eye.

For years, no standards are set on dancing. With this, the dance floor is a wide

river of flowing emotions. It is more than the thought of a shimmering disco ball or the

vibrant masks in a masquerade ball. Heightened emotions float all over. Dancers pick

up easily what other dancers are trying to show and instantly, bridges of

communication are formed among the people. Dancing is seen as an art of the body

and a medium of expression of one’s self. For stage performers, dancing is their life, all

that they have to live for. For a couple, dancing may be a materialized pleasure. In the

same way, it may be used to show interest on someone. On the other hand, dancing to

the extremes may signify hardness and power. In short, dancing is simply the outlet of

life. What the body interprets is what the mind thinks about and what the heart longs

for.

All of us are gifted with the ability to dance. No commandments are carved in

stone tablets telling how or why to dance. All other things lie on the self. Dancing is
magnificent and entirely unique. Dancing is like twirling freely at the highest deck of the

Titanic. It is characterized by Rose through saying, “Jack. I’m flying.” It is as cute and

fun as the ducks simultaneously swaying their hips and penguins flapping their feet.

Dancing is as colourful and animated as reading a kid’s story book. Dancing is what

prom nights are made of. For the world, music and dancing are aspects of the life that

made Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson legends. All of these are mirrors of how we

view dancing at present. So in the end, when the soul yearns for music and passion, let

it crawl to the senses through the art called dance.