Abstract:
Dance is a physical, psychological, cultural, and social behavior that has been and always will
be an Integral part of human existence. Perhaps more direct and essential than verbal
communication, dance and the use of the body to convey meaning through nonverbal
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communication was evident in primitive man and is still evident today as the first behavior.
Architecture designed via space frees the building from formal considerations. It is through
the negative element, the space, that the architectonic form becomes meaningful and
defined. The spatial experience in architecture is what determines and allows for human
interactions. The characteristic of spaces set up the parameters for dynamics in social
relationships. Meaning of space can only be gauged and experienced through human
sensibilities of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and movement.
Dance and architecture are two disciplines of creativity that share a relationship of design
principles. Both disciplines define and use space as the main medium for creative
interpretation.
