Happy
Spring Break!! You know that break that UM should just call “Late-Winter Break”
since I needed a jacket and long pants most of the week… Anyway, even though
pretty much everyone has been saying the same stuff, here we go.
Early in
the “Dark Ages,” the church frowned on dancing. Kind of a lot… In fact, it made
the top 7 sins list!!!!! :D Good Job, Dancing!!!!! So, clearly, dancing had
rough start to the medieval season, but came back with a vengeance to win the
hearts of the people. It became such a popular hit after losing the title of
one of the “Seven Deadly Sins” because dancing left no one out. Anyone could do
it because it takes about as much skill to foolishly move your body around to
music as it takes to eat a box of chicken from Ye Olde Foosackly’s. The
greatness of dancing quickly showed when the church adopted it into their “mass”
services.
Dancing’s
significance was important to more than just the church. Peasants didn’t mind
making fools of themselves as long as their friends were with them at the
social gatherings like parties for weddings, the changing of seasons or the
birth of babies. Nobles saw these types of dances as unrefined, crazy junk that
they were too good for, so they made their own upscale versions of dances that
included much fancier footwork and crazy twists and spins. I mean we should all
do our best to impress other dignified people, right?
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