The Meditating Philosopher | Dancing & Philosophy :: John Vervaeke, Tom Cheetham, and Lots of Dancing @TheMeditatingPhilosopher | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
Dance is universally found in all cultures and religions. This is a few clips from a recent Q&A of John's and a course called "Musicology 4" by Tom Cheetham, plus some great examples of the power of dance and festivals celebrating the human spirit.

Tap your toes, move your hips, or nod your head, but don't just sit there like a corpse. :)

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Here's Tom Cheetham's homepage where you can find courses he runs frequently, as well as lots of other great stuff:

tomcheetham.com

And the Q&A from John Vervaeke: (to come)

Higher quality video of the carnival at the end: aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-party-rio-s-carnaval-is-a-choreographed-celebration-of-life

Movie clips are from Pulp Fiction and The Hidden Castle.

Books:

Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich

The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body by Steven Mithen

How the Brain Got Language: The Mirror System Hypothesis by Michael Arbib

Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values by K. LaMothe
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Participate in life through embodied movement; alone in a shower or together under the infinite stars of the universe, dancing makes the world become more beautiful, good, and alive!