What does dancing represent in the novel, Tyll?

Dancing represents the energy of spontaneity and the anarchy of freedom. When Tyll and Nele dance, their movements are not choreographed. In moments of wildness, they allow their bodies to respond to the rhythms of music in a dervish of feverish motion. That anarchy is a hot burst of energy in a world otherwise controlled, contained, directed, a life of unending routine and predictability. Indeed, for Nele dancing catapults her into a realm she cannot entirely explain. “Dizziness rises in her, but she fights against it and keeps her gaze directed into empty space, it’s getting better already” (126). Later Tyll will interrupt a minuet, a lavish court dance in which the rich and powerful dance politely to programmed steps. He will shatter it with a dazzling display of knife juggling.