Language is used to express oneself and communicate feelings to other human beings. Therefore, dance is definitely a language. Dance is used to communicate emotions in a much more raw and basic level, but that doesn’t make it any less of a language. When a dancer dances with emotion, whether it be hip-hop or ballet, he or she is essentially communicating those emotions through movement. Just because there are no words doesn’t mean things aren’t being said. Messages can be passed in more ways than one.
Even when we talk, we use hand movements and elaborate gestures to explain what we are trying to say in a more detailed way. Dance takes this to a whole other level by removing words and basing everything on gestures that must stem from emotion. This is even more true in interpretative dance. When a dancer successfully manages to touch the audience and explain their emotions without saying a single word at all, that is when dance is successful.
Dance has been a medium of communication for thousands of years now. Along with being a form of entertainment, it also serves this purpose. I think dance is one of the most diverse and beautiful languages that everyone can speak, in their own way, and yet still communicate with the rest of the world.
