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The same Prof. of Philosophy goes on to say, "We must be the first society in history in which the whole community does not, automatically as it seems to us, know how to dance." I think he overstates his case. Some communities are better at dancing than others, just as some people are better dancers. I just want ours to be one where everyone who wants to can dance.
There was a flowering of dance when the radio came in, but it died down and only a few of those ballrooms are left. New spaces appear and can be used for dancing with the right encouragement. I'm thinking of the Cotuit Center for the Arts, the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in Yarmouth, and my dream for 10 years, the Portuguese American Club UPSTAIRS in Falmouth.