PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2

FOLK DANCING
TYPES/GENRES
OF
DANCE

BY: STEVE MATTHEW R. GABITAN

Although there are hundreds of dance styles, for
simplicity, we categorize different types of dance into
a few large groups:
Ballet
Modern & Contemporary Dance
Hip-hop & Street Dance
Ballroom & Social Dance
Traditional & Folk Dances
Performance Art
Dance Fusion

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 BALLET
Is one of the world’s most popular dance genres. Ballet
dancers are renowned for their grace, flexibility and
athleticism. Ballet isn’t often seen as a ‘cultural’ dance –
but it began as a European court dance, which looked
drastically different from the art form we know and love
today.

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 BALLET
This widespread dance genre originated in Italy during
the Renaissance and was introduced to the French court
by Catherine de Medici, wife of King Henry II. However,
the popularity of ballet didn’t really flourish until a
century later, when King Louis XIV of France
standardized the art form.

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 BALLET

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ModErn & CoNtEMporArY
DANcE
Today, modern and contemporary dance draw from
many other dance genres. However, modern dance was
created as a new form of physical expression – as distinct
from ballet. Modern dance pioneers include Isadora
Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. However, Martha Graham is
known as the mother of modern dance because she
codified a new dance vocabulary in New York City.

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ModErn & CoNtEMporArY
DANcE
Modern dances are very powerful channels of expression
developed by the art of rhythmic movement of the body,
they have a wide variety of styles and techniques with
which you can represent emotions and transmit them
with enormous force on the outside.

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ModErn & CoNtEMporArY
DANcE
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance dating
back to the 20th century, it can be defined an evolution
of modern dance and ballet, the latter strictly non-
classical.
This kind of dance includes different techniques such as
floorwork, fall, recovery, improvisation and even the
integration of disciplines such as yoga, pilates and
martial arts.
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ModErn & CoNtEMporArY
DANcE
Modern dance is a style deprived of the restrictions of
classical ballet that focuses on free interpretations
derived from inner emotions. Contemporary dance is a
specific genre of concert dance that concerns non-
choreographic movements influenced by compositional
philosophy.

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ModErn & CoNtEMporArY
DANcE

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Hip-hop & StrEEt DANcE
Hip-hop is a popular commercial dance style that
originated in the streets of New York City. It’s sometimes
called urban dance or street dance. However, this
powerful form of expression has also been used to create
hip-hop theatre pieces.

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Hip-hop & StrEEt DANcE
Freestyle dance can be further broken down into
more specific dance styles or techniques, such as
popping, locking, waving, robotics, vogueing, tutting,
krump and house dance. Many hip-hop artists will
combine a range of these dance technique into their
choreography.

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Hip-hop & StrEEt DANcE
Hip-hop theatre is essentially a mix between street
dance and modern or contemporary dance.
Breakdancing is an incredibly athletic hip-hop dance
style. It can be broken down into top rocks and power
moves.

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Hip-hop & StrEEt DANCE

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BAllrooM & SociAl DANCE
Ballroom dance is typically a dance style shared between
one male, who acts as the ‘lead’, and one female, who
acts as the ‘follow’. Ballroom dance tends to be very
formal and performed in competitions, whereas other
partner social dances are more casual. Ballroom dance is
sometimes referred to as dance sport, and ballroom
dance styles can be divided into two categories: smooth
dances and Latin dances.
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BAllrooM & SociAl DANCE
Social dancing is a non-competitive version of ballroom
and latin dancing. It is comprised of all the same dances,
like Foxtrot, Tango, Swing, or Cha-Cha, but designed to
be used in practical settings like wedding receptions,
nightclubs, business functions, or informal gatherings.
Social dancing is less formal that exhibition dancing and
is meant to be enjoyed while socializing.

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BAllrooM & SociAl DANCE
Smooth dances include the foxtrot, waltz and
Viennese waltz.
Latin dance include the rumba, samba and chacha (or
chachacha).
Other social partner dances include salsa, merengue,
bachata, kizomba and zouk.

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BAllrooM & SociAl DANCE

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 TrAditionAl & Folk
DAncEs
Folk dance traditions can be found around the world.
Every dance began as a folk dance, but some have
evolved into global dance styles. Traditional folk dance
forms tend to be less widespread and have been passed
down for generations in specific communities.

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TrAditionAl & Folk
DAncEs

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 REFERENCES
https://www.dancedispatches.com/dance-genres/

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