The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
Says Dancing Closely
 Allied With Worship.


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 The R6r1urvs of the grand miracle raays pf Egypt preserved m the old +rmw3es Hsmch us h@w we4h-dexeiOPed the rea5g5oms aspects of the theAfr1eal av~S were Bumx before the AthenHGn rar,e ar4wRnwed i'm Greece We know that hefsre the seatle@emt of Athens there were gHeat actVExs saeA as Su- sar5om- Maezwm and T0lynuS and many famgms actresses i'm Greece And even rhEn S5rIay was fan1@us for its able sszre vseuwSe and mwsSeEams@
 Cpqnesav IS of lesser age than trag- FIr- and mm3ewAaedly waS nm OWtgTOWth of ararpay- I'm Athem5an times both rnmxxsRy and comedy were we'll devei- Qped- Mem like C1eum- LysleAess Eucra- fes. ABr5hSRdse.S. CritiaS and AristOph- awFS gVsa1Rsa srwrrTHized and scared pol if5cSamS and pwhgic eharaeters into fremzies of rage or good conduct by lHmpuamEmg them i'm comedies. just as AHiS1uvhzmeS ssalrSzEA the Athenlan spolas system nm his play The Bab- yapmlHEus.- Theze eH@xer eRmpaigHerz. however, ReRame@ nhRir effective ant by sanayinx the ame5@mt FeHigbauS rituals and sezvmumEakS AM that is great and permanent i'm the dramatic arts IS found an reElgSom The degradati0H of fhe arannn Es cAwze& by alfsn forces From the sRrHRs$% t1ne< these have en- Aeawwre@ So corrupt it. But religion ' preserves it,
 \ The cs1npiEers of the books of the RShae mRae frewwent FefeTenees to the necessity Sf wwrsh1pPang by song- mu- sic and the dAmce- One of the out sHAmaang feaHuFes of the Bdhle that has beem a <reRt atHEaeERgm f9r artists in Rm the Christian aSes Is the deserip- I sl@n of Duv8 dancing and singing be- fore the Ark- HES emotions were played uFna so deeply thAt he threw dignity to the winds and wildly sang RDa danced Rike a BacehamaIian-
 The 1enL enthusiasm and eestntic fsrvwr exhRhire@ by Spencer, Milton. I CAmDen- DzmtR- Homer and the other Il S4Dr1es strongly FesennhHed the strange reaRg1SGs EnpGRses whsEh kaye prompted people thrgU9hgwt the a<ss to danee and sang- The Bdale in many chapters FHlRs the EaiHhfmH ta praise God bv dancing and SazwsmE- The Mohanz- mettans and Bu1dh6ztx are aEs0 strongly nEfDonRshea to Sang and dance In re cent tHDss the DeEvEhes i'm Arabfa. Iurkeys the SSaAan and the Sahara have used the dRmee as their chief EOTshHFRang HnedTwm and a meuns for commwnROn with God They beIiexe rbe dance is the most natural and har4 Eno11DUs means for 0ztwardEy express- zzg eU@nuum6un with God Sincere EEaH1rE1A ferv0r, they think. can best be expressed by ewEhythm5r ngvemeuts winch hRr@a@Ene with the great cyclic VabraSRC@s of the whole universe.
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