Sauer, Uta Dorothea. "The Social Relevance of Noble Dance: Gaining Power: The Historical, Anthropological and Psychological Arguments."

Sauer, Uta Dorothea. "The Social Relevance of Noble Dance: Gaining Power: The Historical, Anthropological and Psychological Arguments." In Perception and Reception of Early Dance [Proceedings of the Early Dance Circle Conference held on 18-20 May 2018], edited by Barbara Segal and Sharon Butler, 113-118. Cambridge: Early Dance Circle, 2020.

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Abstract:
Dance is one of the oldest cultural assets of the world and represents one of the first forms of communication. Between 1400 and 1900, it had a special meaning, because dance was considered a social and personality formative. In particular, the choreographies, the measures and the control of affects were understood as instruments for socialization and moralizing.

In this paper the connections of noble dance and absolute perfection in the mathematical as well as aesthetic sense, the question of the measure and the role of the dance practice on any forms of affect control shall be discussed. This debate will be based on theorems of the Early Modern Period and recent considerations from the systematic field of research as such.