We know from drawings that have been preserved in caves for over 10,000 years that early humans performed dances as a group activity. We mi
(ght) think th
(at) prehistoric peo
(ple) concentrated on
(ly) on ba
(sic) survival. How
(ever), it i
(s) clear fr
(om) the rec
(ord) that dan
(cing) was important to them. They recorded more drawings of dances than any other group activity. Dances served various purposes, including ritualistic communication with the divine, storytelling, and social cohesion.
