Dance comes from Sanskrit "tanha" meaning "Joy of life"

"All dance comes from life, and in particular from our need to express ourselves and make sense of our existence. By its very nature it is one of the most powerful means of auto-intoxication we have, developing energy in the body and releasing it. Dance satisfies many other needs besides that of celebration, for it helps us discharge the energies of everyday life. Before the invention of the language the main vehicle of self-expression was the body and still there are some things which cannot be communicated through speech; they can only be expressed through the language of the body". Wendy Buenaventura