The Mesmerizing Geniuses of Dance and Ballet...
Photo: Riverdance Show.
The Magical and Surreal World of Theatrical Dance and Ballet...
By Maximillien de Lafayette, Editor-in-Chief
The religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct now, but the gods and goddesses of Olympus are still vibrant in our dreams and fragile hopes. The sublime deities came to life through poetry, music and dance. They belonged to literature, fantasy, art and dance. In the firmament of human imagination, they defined their divine circle, and continued to hold it within the winds of the human mind and the grace of dancers...On the dethronement of Saturn, Jupiter with his brothers Neptune (Poseidon) and Pluto (Dis) divided dominions and depicted landscape for those who could write poetry, sing and dance. Dancing was the divine medium. Nothing has changed today. On stage, dancers mesmerized us. They transport us to a parallel world. The Muses were the daughters of Jupiter and Minemosyne (Memory). They presided over songs and dances, and through the ecstasy of dancers graceful movements prompted the memory.
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