Dance, Music, and Performance
"The Joy of Life"

Introduction

In the nineteenth century some of the greatest innovations come from artists who strove to discover if art could work on the same level as music. I have decided to research the relationship between art, dance, and music. The interpretation of dance and music in art continually developed during the twentieth century. Firstly dance as a subject matter, drawn narratively and may have a symbolic meaning. This then moved on to dance interpreted emotionally. Thirdly music and dance can be interpreted abstractly. Endell's hypothesis (Fig.1) shows this idea of art working abstractly. Arshile Gorky describes abstraction as "allowing man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes" and this works on the same level as a composer hearing the music in his mind before writing it down.

Some of the earliest drawings made by man are of people dancing (fig. 2). Dance is intimately associated with music and......

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Title: History Of Dance In Art
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