| Dance is a passion or obsession that finds its | | | | famous and highly revered dancers and gurus of |
| roots in basic expression of the human state of | | | | dancing in the classical Indian ballet form have |
| mind. When euphoric, man does a gig. So good did | | | | been men. |
| it feel that he continued to dance and over time, | | | | To view dancing as a feminine pastime is to not |
| he developed it into an art form, created different | | | | have a deep understanding of this art form. |
| forms of dance, created an entire study of those | | | | Football coaches have often instructed their |
| various dance forms and even turned it into a | | | | players to have nimble feet, and to take pointers |
| sport. | | | | from ballet dancers about how they can improve |
| While some patriarchal societies look down upon | | | | their nifty moves on the field. Dancing has been |
| the form as a woman's or sissy sport, men, | | | | an integral part of society and social mores all |
| including the straight ones, have shown | | | | across the world from the modern western |
| exceptional talent when it comes to all forms of | | | | civilizations to the ancient eastern worlds. |
| dancing. From Fred Astaire, Michael Jackson, | | | | It is unclear when dance found its way into |
| Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Travolta, Gene Kelly, | | | | human culture. But perhaps we can safely say |
| Patrick Swayze - men have proved beyond a | | | | that dance has been in existence since earliest |
| doubt that if they have feet, they will dance - no | | | | human civilization. And if we are to take the |
| matter what criticism they face. | | | | argument that God created man before He |
| Many men have confessed that dancing is almost | | | | created woman, perhaps we can imagine that |
| like a drug and that when they have been in the | | | | man danced much before the woman was |
| act of it, they have not had a conscious memory | | | | introduced into his life. Which would make dance a |
| of things around them. They have almost been in | | | | manly expression of emotion, now wouldn't it? |
| a trance-like state. In India, some of the most | | | | |