Tag: 02.25.01

Dance may not be today’s dominant art form, but, says an Israeli archaeologist, it was 9,000 to 5,000 years ago. He “thinks he has pieced together a significant body of evidence for dancing, if not at its beginning, at least at a decisive and poorly understood transitional stage of human culture.” The New York Times 02/27/01 (one-time registration required for access)

Dance, as a specific art form, tends to be rather difficult to catalogue. How can anyone set down on paper the mere motions of a body, let alone the passion and theory behind the dance? This conundrum has always caused legal problems for dance companies wanting to put on productions of famously choreographed works, and dancers say U.S. intellectual property law is getting in the way of their art. Boston Globe