To Dance is Human: A Theory of Nonverbal Communication

Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of  Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance  as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and  feeling expressed through the body: it is at once organized physical  movement, language, and a system of rules appropriate in different  social situations. Hanna offers a theory of dance, drawing on work in  anthropology, semiotics, sociology, communications, folklore, political  science, religion, and psychology as well as the visual and performing  arts. A new preface provides commentary on recent developments in dance  research and an updated bibliography.