The Hindu God, Shiva, is the dancer who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make preparations for god Brahma to start the process of creation. He destroys in order to create, tearing down to build again.
"The source of all movement,
Shiva's dance,
Gives rhythm to the universe.
He dances in evil places,
In sacred,
He creates and preserves,
Destroys and releases.
We are part of this dance
This eternal rhythm,
And woe to us if,
blinded By illusions,
We detach ourselves From the dancing cosmos,
This universal harmony…"
by Ruth Peel