Levinson, A.Ya. (English spelling) LevinsonAYa

Japanese: Levinson,A.Ya.(英語表記)LevinsonAYa
Levinson, A.Ya. (English spelling) LevinsonAYa

...Dance is the source of all arts that are expressed through the body. It is almost impossible to give a definition of dance in one word, but dance scholar Andrei Ya. Levinson says that "dance is a continuous movement of the body moving in a pre-calculated space according to precise rhythm and conscious dynamics," which is quite appropriate. Dance was extremely important in the religion of primitive peoples.

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Japanese:

…そうして舞踊は,肉体によって表現されるいっさいの芸術の源流をなしている。舞踊の定義を一言にして述べることは,ほとんど不可能であるが,舞踊学者レビンソンAndrei Ya. Levinsonは,〈舞踊とは,あらかじめ計算された空間にあって,正確なリズムと意識された力学とに従って,肉体が移動する連続的な動き〉といっており,これはかなり妥当なものといえよう。 舞踊は原始民族にあっては,宗教上きわめて重要なものであった。…

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