Dancing

a form of exercise or amusement in which one or more persons make a series of graceful movements in measured steps in accord with music. The art of dancing dates back to the early Egyptians, who ascribe that invention to their god Thoth. Among the ancient Jews, Miriam danced to a sound of trumpets, itself an act of worship, and David danced in proce ion before the Ark of God. Religious proce ions went with song and dance to the temples; the Cretan chorus moving in measured pace sang hymns to the Greek god Apollo, and one of the Muses Cnerpuicues) was the especial patrone of the art.