Emotions of Dance - Blog 7

I read chapter 11 and I thought to myself , Did Hughes attend the same dance event that I went to a few weeks ago? I attended an event in Philadelphia called, Udune' Day. Udune' is an event that celebrates African cultures such Liberian, Nigeria and many more. There was African dancers who performed a dance that symbolized birth and death, but the way their facial expressions and bodies movements were so amazing because you can see the joy and pain of the love and struggles of growing up in those countries just by looking them. The way the dancers performed made the audience feel their pain and joy especially with the thumping of the drums. I am a dancer and I agree with Hughes when he wrote " dancing tells a story" because it does. I believe that no matter good or bad of a dancer of a person is they have to something to say even if they're not opening their mouths.