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Dance is a rhythmic movement to music. There are an almost infinite number of dances, in hundreds of different cultures. |
Dance is a rhythmic movement to music. There are an almost infinite number of dances, in hundreds of different cultures. |
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One basic distinction among dances is between improvised, informal dance, on the one hand, which takes no formal training and is mostly a form of courting or [[Recreation]]; and, on the other, [[Ritual]] forms of dance which have been formalized and refined into specific genres. These genres include: |
One basic distinction among dances (in the modern era) is between improvised, informal dance, on the one hand, which takes no formal training and is mostly a form of courting or [[Recreation]]; and, on the other, [[Ritual]] forms of dance which have been formalized and refined into specific genres. (In earlier eras, i.e. before the 1950s, many forms of courting and recreational dance were quite formalized and refined.) |
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These genres include: |
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[[Ballroom Dance]] -- [[Belly Dance]] --[[Swing Dance]] -- [[Jazz Dance]] -- [[Modern Dance]] -- [[Folk Dance]] -- [[Ballet Dance]] -- [[Square Dance]] -- [[Tap Dance]] -- [[Renaissance Dance]] -- [[Medieval dance]] -- [[Free-Form Spontaneous Dance]] - Like [[Barefoot Boogie]] and [[Dance Jam]] |
[[Ballroom Dance]] -- [[Belly Dance]] --[[Swing Dance]] -- [[Jazz Dance]] -- [[Modern Dance]] -- [[Folk Dance]] -- [[Ballet Dance]] -- [[Square Dance]] -- [[Tap Dance]] -- [[Renaissance Dance]] -- [[Medieval dance]] -- [[Free-Form Spontaneous Dance]] - Like [[Barefoot Boogie]] and [[Dance Jam]] |
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Revision as of 07:04, 26 November 2001
Dance is a rhythmic movement to music. There are an almost infinite number of dances, in hundreds of different cultures.
One basic distinction among dances (in the modern era) is between improvised, informal dance, on the one hand, which takes no formal training and is mostly a form of courting or Recreation; and, on the other, Ritual forms of dance which have been formalized and refined into specific genres. (In earlier eras, i.e. before the 1950s, many forms of courting and recreational dance were quite formalized and refined.)
These genres include:
Ballroom Dance -- Belly Dance --Swing Dance -- Jazz Dance -- Modern Dance -- Folk Dance -- Ballet Dance -- Square Dance -- Tap Dance -- Renaissance Dance -- Medieval dance -- Free-Form Spontaneous Dance - Like Barefoot Boogie and Dance Jam
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