The social dimension of dance scenes in the surrealist movement

Abstract

Dance occupies an important place in European art, so many modernist artists were interested in including it in their artwork and highlighting its social dimensions in their artistic productions. Therefore, dance is a reflection of artistic culture and a historical source of information about peoples, and it carries in its arms the spirit and pulse of the age in addition to the prevailing customs and traditions. Dance is the movement through which a person expresses his desire to be free from anxiety and fear of demise, and in it he feels that he is stronger, richer, and more beautiful. Therefore, man gave it all the care, and dance arises and changes with the change of peoples and the change of their culture, so it is considered a reflection of artistic culture and a statue of it and a historical source of information about peoples, and it carries in its embrace the spirit and pulse of the era and the collective ideas of those who created it in addition to the prevailing customs and traditions. The research tagged (the social dimension of dance scenes in the surrealist movement) consists of four chapters, as the first chapter dealt with the research problem that was determined by the following question: What is the social dimension of dance scenes in the surrealist movement? The importance of research, the need for it, its limits, and the definition of its terminology. As for the second chapter, it was divided into two sections. The first dealt with the social dimension of dance scenes, and the second section dealt with dance scenes in the surrealist movement. The third chapter is devoted to analyzing the research sample, while the fourth chapter deals with the presentation of the results and conclusions reached by the research.