Creative Dance (?)

I have just finished reading our text on creative dance and as I did so I realized that when I did my survey of my fine arts experience I had over looked, or perhaps mercifully forgotten, my sojourn into the world of dance.

If we ignore my ill founded dancing at weddings and family reunions, too numerous to mention, and that unfortunate disco period, there remain two momentous experiences in actual dance that might be of note.

I can recall being a Penny Whistle flute during a Christmas concert of some antiquity. I cannot say for sure if this truly was an example of creative dance, as I recall myself as an eight year old trying desperately to remember the sequence of steps with my main goal of avoiding the other flutes. For those of you with children, or who will have children in the future, you can or will be able to appreciate the joy of attending school functions to watch awkward dancers and off key singers doing their best.

A better example would be my career as a Norwegian Folk Dancer when I was in university. Our group danced at numerous events. My favourite dance was the "Oxen Dance", a symbolic representation of two healthy males fighting over the attentions of a female. I guess if there is a good reason in this world to fight, it is to fight over the charms of a woman. Details on the "Oxen Dance", for those of you really interested in it, can be found at http://www.svenskhyllningsfest.org/folk_games.htm.