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[[Ballroom Dance]] -- [[Belly Dance]] --[[Swing Dance]] -- [[Jazz Dance]] -- [[Modern Dance]] -- [[Folk Dance]] -- [[Ballet Dance]] -- [[Square Dance]] -- [[Tap Dance |
[[Ballroom Dance]] -- [[Belly Dance]] -- [[Swing Dance]] -- [[Jazz Dance]] -- [[Modern Dance]] -- [[Folk Dance]] -- [[Ballet Dance]] -- [[Square Dance]] -- [[Tap Dance]] -- [[Free-Form Spontaneous Dance]], like [[Barefoot Boogie]] and [[Dance Jam]] |
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Historical dance forms: [[Medieval dance]] --[[Renaissance Dance]] -- [[Regency dance]] -- [[Vintage dance]] |
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What are our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics in Dance, please see [[Dance basic topics]]. |
What are our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics in Dance, please see [[Dance basic topics]]. |
Revision as of 03:29, 30 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 -- Free-Form Spontaneous Dance, like Barefoot Boogie and Dance Jam
Historical dance forms: Medieval dance --Renaissance Dance -- Regency dance -- Vintage dance
What are our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics in Dance, please see Dance basic topics.