The Emergence Machine

Dance

abstract · Art · Level 8 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

dance emerges from body + person + expression + rhythm + movement + space + time. It requires art, behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “dance” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “dance”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
dance
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0DanceMusicBodySoundAnimalPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterMotionWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBalance DanceL9Ballroom DanceL9Dance DynamicsL9Dance JumpL9Dance PhraseL9DanceL8MotionL1BodyL6MusicL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Dance involves rhythmic body movement
  • Body L6 (requires)
    Dance uses the body as the instrument of expression
  • Music L7 (requires)
    Dance is performed to music or rhythm

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