霍尔(Hall)(二十世纪早期美国教育家和心理学家)认识到,舞蹈与传统社会中的所有深刻的体验有着联系。他觉得舞蹈教育应包括宗教舞蹈、爱情舞蹈和战争舞蹈……霍尔并未限制他对形式化和摹拟性舞蹈的赞许。他还为表达情绪释放身心的自由和随意的舞蹈进行论证。那些在原始生活中未被唤醒的或不允许的情感通过这种方式得到体验和表达。他觉得这种方式将为情绪提供一个安全阀,使身体健康,使舞蹈者的情感生活丰富。 Hall, an American educator and psychologist of the early twentieth century, recognized that dancing is associated with all the profound experiences in traditional societies. He felt that dance education should include religious dance, love dance and war dance ... Hall did not limit his approval of formalized and imitative dance. He also argues for the free and arbitrary dance of mind and body that expresses emotions. Emotions that have not been awakened or disallowed in primitive life are experienced and expressed in this way. He believes this approach will provide a safety valve for the emotions, to keep them healthy and to enrich the emotional life of the dancers.