The Dance

What is dance?
Dance, patterned and rhythmic bodily movements,
usually performed to music, that serve as a form of
communication or expression. Human beings express
themselves naturally through movement. Dance is the
transformation of ordinary functional and expressive
movement into extraordinary movement for
extraordinary purposes; even a common movement
such as walking is performed in dance in a patterned
way, perhaps in circles or to a special rhythm, and it
occurs in a special context.
What is dance?
Dance may involve a fixed vocabulary of movements
that have no meaning in themselves, as in much of
ballet and European folk dance, or pantomime and
symbolic gestures may be used, as in many Asian
dance forms. Peoples of different cultures dance
differently and for varying purposes; their varied
forms of dance can reveal much about their way of
life.
Dancing
Dancing was an important part of ancient Greek
Drama. Indian, Chinese, and Japanese dancing
developed out of religious worship.

In modern society, the two kinds of dancing are social

dancing- disco dancing and ballroom dancing, and
stage dancing – the ballet, and modern dance
routines. The modern dance is similar to ballet, but it
is freer in style. It is often used in stage musicals and
variety performances.
It can be traced that dance as an art started from the
moment it was harnessed to a rhythm, probably the
stamping of the feet and clapping of the hands. It is
an art ever present in the performers’ bodies until
they die. It was only recently that the movement of
dances were recorded and used in films and in
television shows.
Dancing is the rhythmical movement of the body,
usually with music, to express an idea or emotion, to
narrate a story or simply to enjoy and take pleasure in
the movement itself. Dance may have been the very
first means of communication. Even among the elite
sectors of society, children would delightfully dance
before they even know how to express their feelings
in words. This is the instinctive dancing of toddlers.
Kinds of Dances
The art of dancing stretches form the simplest forms
of pure dance expression performed by an individual
for his own satisfaction through the complexities and
subtleties of Eastern dance to the most sophisticated,
modern and large-scale production in which dance is
the dominant factor.
Natural or untutored Dance
By natural impulse,
dance can be enjoyed
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rigid disciplines of
formal dance training.
A trained body,
however, is a more
articulate instrument
that an untrained one.
Solo or Group Dance
The solo dance, Group dances are
performed by a single categorized as folk
dancer, is for a dance, ballroom
specific purpose: to dancing and ballet.
demonstrate a
particular technique or
style of dancing.
Group Dance

Solo dance
presentation!
Ethnic Dance
Dance that is
indigenous to a certain
race or country.

Ethnic Dance presentation.

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Court Dance
Social accomplishments
polished from materials
usually found among
folk dances and used for
court entertainment.

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example of a court
dance.
Ballroom Dance
Social or popular
dance performed by
couples.

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Theatrical Dance
Classical dance like
ballet, performed
by highly trained
and physically, the
most eloquent form
of dance.
Example
of a Theatrical
Dance
Modern Dance
Group dancing as in Example of a
discotheque. Modern Dance
presentation
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