NEOPLATONIC AND PYTHAGOREAN NOTIONS OF WORLD HARMONY AND UNITY AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON RENAISSANCE DANCE THEORY.

The article discusses the concept of harmony of the spheres and its tradition from Plato to the Renaissance period with assessment on its relevance to the history of dance. The metaphor of the Celestial Dance and its importance is explored. On the other hand, writers belonging to the later Pythagorean school were instrumental in developing the concept of celestial unity and harmony into Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.