Where did dancing first start?

Answer 1

Humans have danced since man started coming together in tribes, perhaps before that. Dancing has forever been an expression of both joy and ritual celebration.

Bologna History

The Lighter Side of History

(Which means some to no historical facts and a whole lot of bologna)

The origin of dancing is directly related to the discovery of fire. It so happened that after man first discovered fire, many would sit around this fire and chant their chants in praise of fire while banging on logs and rocks. Many logs and sticks were continually placed into the fire to keep it going as humanity had not yet figured out to make fire. These burning logs and sticks created many burning embers and even hot coal like lumps of simmering fire. One day, while the tribe happily banged on logs and rocks while chanting their praise of fire, the crackling and popping fire expelled one of these hot lumps of "coal" out onto the ground where a man was leaving the chanting circle to go relieve his bladder of the fermented rotten fruit juice that made fire chanting so pleasurable. As he was looking for a private tree by which to relieve himself, he accidentally stepped on this ejected lump of "coal" and instantly began hopping up and down, contorting in agony as he staggered in a drunken circle about the fire. Coincidentally, this motion of body coincided with the beat of the chant. This became the first known dance and from that time out, humanity endeavored to stock up on fermented and rotten fruit juice so they might happily dance to the chants in praise of fire.