I dance, therefore I am

"I dance, therefore I am":  a playful twist on the famous philosophical statement "I think, therefore I am" by René Descartes. While Descartes emphasized the mind as the foundation of existence, the dance version highlights the body and movement as a source of self-awareness and being.

Through dance, we experience our physical presence in the world and connect with our inner selves. It celebrates the joy of movement, the expression of emotions through the body, and the feeling of being alive that comes from rhythmic motion.

This alternative perspective encourages us to think beyond intellectual contemplation and embrace the embodied experience as a valid way of knowing and being. Existence is not solely confined to the realm of thought, but extends to the realm of sensation, movement, and creative

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