Dancing has always been a natural human response to music. And with their specific traits, dances are important symbols of identity and culture. Composers have long stylized these dances to bring not only the idiosyncrasies of far away lands without leaving the concert hall. Some of them represent our very own land, while some represent foreign landscapes and languages. All of the composers on this album have written dances in their very own styles, and while they are very different from each other, they are effective in communicating cultures and experiences, old and new, far and near.