Everybody dances. If you have
{{U}}(1) {{/U}} swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk,
you have danced. If you have ever kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these
actions have figured importantly {{U}}(2) {{/U}} the history of dance.
Dance goes {{U}}(3) {{/U}} to the beginnings of civilization—{{U}}
(4) {{/U}} the tribe—where natives danced to get {{U}}(5)
{{/U}} they wanted. Primitive dance was {{U}}(6) {{/U}} all
practical, not the social dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with
{{U}}(7) {{/U}} seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial
process {{U}}(8) {{/U}} survival. Dance was believed to be the
{{U}}(9) {{/U}} direct way to repel locusts, to {{U}}(10) {{/U}}
rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and {{U}}(11)
{{/U}} guarantee victory in a forthcoming battle. Primitive
{{U}}(12) {{/U}} was generally done by many people moving in the same
manner and direction. {{U}}(13) {{/U}} all dances had leaders, solo
dances {{U}}(14) {{/U}} rare. Much use was made of {{U}}(15)
{{/U}} part of the body. And so {{U}}(16) {{/U}} were these tribal
dances that, if a native {{U}}(17) {{/U}} miss a single step, he would
be put to death {{U}}(18) {{/U}} the spot. Fortunately, the same rigid
{{U}}(19) {{/U}} that governed the lives of these people do not apply in
the {{U}}(20) {{/U}} relaxed settings of today's
discotheques.