Danced politics and Nor-tec Rifa!

Dance is a medium through which we had not yet really border culture and I find it to stand on its own from other art forms. There is truly a universality that is unique to dance and for this reason, it seems a more inclusive genre than music, theatre, performance art or film- all of which are grounded in a language and a specific voice. Dance is easily accessible to anyone. Perhaps most notably, many of these dance forms are improvisational which distinguishes them significantly from the other mediums we've looked at.  Nor-Tec must be a deep authentic expression of the true self as it is often unrehearsed and unplanned. I do wonder, in the room, how open these dance cultures are to strangers? If one does not know the "rules" of the form, how able are they to engage?