What is Dance?

Dance is a type of art that generally involves movement of the body, often rhythmic and to music. It is performed in many cultures as a form of emotional expression, social interaction, or exercise, in a spiritual or performance setting, and is sometimes used to express ideas or tell a story. Dance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans

Dance defined:

Genre

(Gen·re)a category of artistic composition, as in music, literature, or dance, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Classical Ballet Contemporary

Ballet

BALLET

Ballet:Ballet is an artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures.

Classical ballet, which originated in 15th century Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century, is characterized by light, graceful, fluid movements and the use of pointe shoes.

CONTEMPORARY BALLET is a genre of dance that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance. It employs classical ballet technique and in many cases classical pointe technique as well, but it allows a greater range of movement and may deviate from the strict body lines and forms found in traditional, classical ballet.

Ballet shoes:

Pointe shoeFemale/Ballerina

Ballet slipperMale or Female

JAZZ

Wide range of dance styles characterized by the use of improvisation and influenced by rhythms and techniques of jazz music.

--An American Art Form

MODERN DanceA style of theatrical dance developed in the 20th century that rejects the limitations of classical ballet and favors movement deriving from the expression of inner feeling. Modern dance is often performed with bare feet.

Mix of dance styles

Ballet-based movement influenced by Modern Dance

Developed during the middle portion of the twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominating performance genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world,

CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Cultural/Folk Dance

Folk/Cultural Dance often originates as ritual dance and is characteristic of the common people of a country .

It is a dance form that is transmitted from generation to generation with increasing secularization.

Folk/Cultural Dance:

Break Dance Hip Hop

URBAN Dance

Urban Dance or Street dance is a fusion of various dance forms mixing together various elements from many different dances from Old Skool hip hop, popping, locking, and break dancing, to elements of jazz, contemporary, and commercial dance making it into a very fast, physical, funky and exciting form of dance

Urban Dance

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