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Dance Today
 
 
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Dance
(fromFrench 
danser 
, perhaps fromFrankish) is asportandart formthat generally refers tomovementof the body, usually rhythmicand to music,[1]used as a form of expression, social interactionor presented in aspiritualor   performancesetting.
 Dance
is also used todescribe methods of non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or animals(  bee dance, patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance),motionin inanimate objects (
theleaves danced in thewind 
), and certainmusical formsor genres. Insports,gymnastics,figure skatingand synchronized swimmingare
dance
disciplineswhilemartial arts 
kata
are often compared todances.
 
 
•Definitions of what constitutes dance aredependent onsocial,cultural,aesthetic, artisticandmoralconstraints and range from functional movement (such asfolk dance) tovirtuosotechniques such as ballet. Dance can be participatory,socialor  performedfor  anaudience. It can also beceremonial, competitiveor erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in themselves,such as in balletor Europeanfolk dance, or  have agestural vocabulary/symbolicsystem as in many Asian dances. Dance canembody or express ideas,emotionsor tell astory.
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