Villages worldwide still connect this way. She brought that connection to all the students at CBES, trying to share her love of dance, and offer a brief look at cultures worldwide by sharing traditional and ceremonial costumes. Students were able to try on kimonos from Japan, hamboks from Korea. Students learned that in many Asian countries, all shirts are worn left front over right, because right over left means the body is dead, and dressed for burial. And the students learned to dance.
Bodies like to move naturally.
Dancing helps establish a connection that helps us through life. And once you get the hang of things, it also makes you happy. You can clap, jump, bounce and have a good time. Children at CBES learned dances from every continent, from Bulgaria to New Zealand, the Netherlands to Taiwan, Astonia to Spain, Liberia to the United States. Many would assume that U.S. folk dancing is confined to square dancing, but that s a relatively new folk dance in the United States, Heidi explained.