Dreaming Lens: Were you dancing? Was someone else dancing? If you were dancing, were you dancing with anyone else? Who were you dancing with? Did you know the person? What kind of dance were you doing? Was it couples dancing, or was it a group dancing? What kind of music was involved, if any?
Personal Focus: Dancing is an elaborate mating ritual. It is a socially acceptable behavior that is designed to escalate toward intimacy and sex. Even dancing alone is a sensual experience that celebrates the ability to move in space. This results in a sensual experience of one’s body, signaling a readiness for sexual expression. Dancing in a dream relates to this need for connection to the celebratory experience of bodily desire.
When dancing, each partner responds to the other in an opposing manner. This is most apparent in ballroom dancing where the actual steps taken will be done in reverse by each. The same could be said of free-form dancing, in that a vibrant dance experience often relates to how well the two dancers play off one another. In group dancing, such as ballet or modern dance troupes, the symbolic conversation expands to the idea of poetry in motion.
If you are one of the dancers, you may need to masterfully integrate the energetic qualities of the person with whom you are dancing. If you are watching others dance, then you may need to incorporate the qualities of the pair that is dancing. A modern dance club atmosphere is likely a call for abandon or a cry for freedom of expression. Partner dancing indicates a demand for the working together of the disparate elements represented by the two who are dancing. A more free-form style of dance may point to a need to let go of control whereas more precise movement may indicate that a level of discipline is required. Watching a dance performance likely connects to a need to be more expressive with your body and/or your relationship to sensuality. [1]
(2) By virtue of its sexual associations, dancing may represent a coming together - courtship - of the masculine (animus) and feminine (anima) side of one’s nature (for anima / animus, see Brothcr / Sistcr, sections
(4) -(6)).
(3) Joining a dance probably means relating cooperatively with the other person or group. What does that person or group symbolize? It may be some part of you: your hidden self, with its multitude of emotions, instinctive impulses, ideas, ideals, beliefs / prejudices, attitudes, ambitions, etc.
(4) Perhaps it is the ‘dance of life’. Participating / not participating in the dance would then mean relating harmoniously with Nature (or your unconscious) / being out of step with it. (Dancing clumsily might signify that you were ‘out of step’.)
(5) If the dance is a frenzied solo performance, it may represent some kind of‘possession’, indicating that some psychic element is threatening to take you over.
If this is the case, you need to identify the causes of any compulsive behaviour you observe in yourself; and then to come to terms with it - which will usually mean either making space in your life for some hitherto repressed part of you; or getting rid of (repressed) guilt-feelings; or both. (For repression) [2]
A type of passionate, sexual dream, like the Dance of the Veils in Arabia.
The act of courtship.
Joining a dance equates to integrating with a new group or situation. Watch to see how smoothly this dance progresses.
The dance of life. Consider if you are standing at the sidelines here, being a wallflower, or if you participate fully in what the music offers.
Ecstatic dance: In places like Africa and .Arabia, this type of dancing reflects religious zeal and acts as a vehicle for divine possession. So, ask yourself how much you wish to be controlled by faith, lead by convictions, and influenced by creeds.
Dancing without a partner: Either reveling in self-fulfillment, or wishing for someone with whom to share the dance floor of your life.
A representation of the universal feminine aspect through movement. In many ancient cultures, dance was part of fertility rites. In Asia, specifically, the art of belly dancing developed from this idea.
Each form of dance has specific implied or symbolic interpretive value.
For example, tap dancing can equate to side stepping the issues, whereas ballet reflects either a graceful demeanor in difficult situations or walking on tiptoe around people. [3]
The example shows the general meaning of dancing, feeling at one with someone or aspects of yourself. It shows unity, as seen in the cells working as a harmonious whole. It can also mean happiness; sexual mating dance; getting closer or more intimate.
If the dance is awkward: lack of harmony connected with what is depicted. Animals dancing: harmony with unconscious drives and sexuality. Skeletons or dark ‘things’ dancing: developing a relationship with what we fear—meeting it; dancing with death. In life we always dance with death, meaning we have an intimate relationship with it, but might not be ready to recognise who our panner is. [4]
It is a socially acceptable behavior that is designed to escalate toward intimacy and sex. Even dancing alone is a sensual experience that celebrates the ability to move in space. This results in a sensual experience of one’s body, signaling a readiness for sexual expression. In group dancing, such as ballet or modern dance troupes, the symbolic conversation expands to the idea of poetry in motion. [5]
If you are not in a good mood, and don’t feel very joyful, this dream may be compensatory in nature. It may be trying to balance negativity and stress that you feel in daily life. Superstition based dream interpretation says that dreaming of dancing predicts happy times ahead. Depending on the content of this dream, it may have some sexual connotations. [7]
See also: ARTS AND CRAFTS. [8]
Happiness, joy, or other emotion.
Dancing with a partner can represent a relationship, bond, or interaction (such as a conversation or time spent together), getting along well, or being in agreement with each other.
See also: Stage or Screen, Creativity, Performing, Audition [9]
For young dreamers, many pleasures.
For adults and the very old, bright vistas in store. Modern interpretations add sexual desires to any dance dream.
It is sometimes masked as exhibitionism. [10]
It is a fortunate dream also for married people, for they may look forward to much pleasure and pride in their children. [13]
2. Joy;
3. Rejoice;
4. Idolatry;
5. Prophesy;
Ps. 30:11; 149:3; 1 Sam. 18:6, 7; Ex. 32:19; 2 Sam. 6:14, 16; Luke 15:21-25; Matt. 11:16-17; 14:6; Judges 11:34; Lam. 5:15. [14]
To dream of dancing yourself means sudden good fortune. [15]
alone: sadness at not attracting a particular person’s attention.
being a dancer: wil endure long periods of work for intense moments of pure passion.
led by a: accept the situation; the problem doesn’t desist when you dance around it.
children, little: a spontaneous outburst from a contented home.
fancy dances: big prosperity if you keep your balance.
great grace, with: need to connect with a carefree, uninhibited spirit to solve dilemmas.
hulahula, the: a string of tantalizing love adventures.
jazz, to: wil borrow carfare home for safety.
jig, man dancing a, with a woman: he is in love with her, her purpose is more basic.
married woman: are light-hearted and gay and love your work.
others: must control your passion for being too easily benevolent.
woman, with a man: a life of simple pleasures wil come soon.
young girl: wil win favor from elder for inheritance.
of: freedom of movement from earthly limits.
others: performing steps you should do for success in business.
polka, the: a good, heart-felt, kind, instinctual exercise.
quadrille, the: off with the old love and in with the new.
with sweetheart: gracefulness in creative expression.
with your wife: unity is the only solution to boredom.
rings around your partner: are pushing too hard to have your way.
school, attending a: entanglement into an already complex love affair.
sick people, before: need to keep emotional distance.
steel rope, on a: seek conditions that prevent unity while saying you want it.
tango, a: wil be too occupied with nightclubs and places of amusement.
dancing a: intense passion dissipates into intense regret.
teacher, woman dreaming of a: rivals wil step up at every lul in the music.
man: have difficulty choosing between love offered.
watching friends: joy of transiting from one phase of life to another.
others: reflects your emotions toward them.
whirling in ecstasy: contact with the divine harmonic. [20]
If one sees himself dancing for someone else in a dream, it means that he will share his problems with him. Dancing alone in one’s house in a dream signifies joy and satisfaction.
If a sick person sees himself dancing in a dream, it denotes his anxiety. Ifone is pulled to a dancing circle in a dream, it means that he will be saved from tribulation or be declared innocent from false allegations.
If a child is seen dancing in a dream, then it means that he may lose his speech or become dumb, because when a child dances, he mostly moves his hands to express himself.
If a prisoner sees himself dancing in a dream, it means that he will be set free. Dancing on top of a table, a raised stage or on top of a hill in a dream means a scare. Dancing inside one’s house, surrounded with one’s family members with no outsiders in a dream means joy and celebration.
If a sick person sees himself dancing in a dream, it means longevity. Seeing a woman dancing alone in a dream means a scandal.
If a traveller sees himself dancing on the road in a dream, it means adversities.
If a poor person sees himself dancing in a dream, it means richness.