Dionysios Dancer's Dance Concert Report

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How to describe energy in the world? Some may not have words, but experience. Experience through such things as dance that evoke and create energetic environments through movements, music, and others. Though this is not always the case, it was at the Dionysios Dancer’s charitable performance of the Pentozali at the Greek Orthodox Church located in Salt Lake City, Utah. In which I was surprisingly entertained and intrigued by the culture and experience within the dancing.
During the dance Pentozali, I observed the male dancers of Dionysios begin in a straight line joined by arms on shoulders. This is how the dance started and I began to recognize that this shows a unity among members during dancing. One of the distinct characteristics of the

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