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that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,
[1] used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual
or performance setting. Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal
communication (see body language) between humans or animals (bee dance,
patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance), motion in inanimate objects
(the leaves danced in the wind), and certain musical forms or genres. In sports,
gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are dance disciplines
while martial arts kata are often compared to dances.
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• Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural,
aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement
(such as folk dance) to virtuoso techniques such as ballet. Dance can be
participatory, social or performed for an audience. It can also be ceremonial,
competitive or erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in
themselves, such as in ballet or European folk dance, or have a gestural
vocabulary/symbolic system as in many Asian dances. Dance can embody or
express ideas, emotions or tell a story.
• Dancing has evolved many styles. Breakdancing and Krumping are related to
the hip hop culture. African dance is interpretive. Ballet, Ballroom, Waltz, and
Tango are classical styles of dance while Square and the Electric Slide are
forms of step dances.
• Every dance, no matter what style, has something in common. It not only
involves flexibility and body movement, but also physics. If the proper
physics is not taken into consideration, injuries can and are likely to occur.
• Choreography is the art of creating dances. The person who creates (i.e.,
choreographs) a dance is known as the choreographer.
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• Tango is a musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in
Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay, and spread to the rest of
the world soon after that.
• Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango. Today, there are
many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango,
Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango and vintage
tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that
originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango have
developed into mature dances in their own right.
• Different styles of Tango are:
• Tango Argentino
• Tango Oriental (uruguayo)
• Tango Canyengue
• Tango Liso
• Tango Salon
• Tango Orillero
• Tango Milonguero (Tango Apilado)
• Tango Nuevo (New Tango)
• Show Tango (also known as Fantasia)
• Ballroom Tango
• Finnish Tango
• Dances from Latin America
• Latin dance typically includes dances originating in Latin America and the
Caribbean islands such as cha cha cha, rumba, samba, salsa, mambo, danza,
merengue, tumba, bachata, cumbia, and bolero. Some dance instructors also
include tango and Argentine tango in this list, although these differ from the
rest in their style. In Argentina tango is not considered folk dance as is the
case with dances like chacarera, gato, escondido and zamba. Typical Bolivian
folk dances are morenada, kullawada, llamerada, caporales and the recently
created tinku. In Colombia one of the typical dances is the cumbia, not to be
mistaken with Argentine cumbia, a popular music genre influenced by
Caribbean reggae and ska.
• The second is a more formal usage, to describe a category of International
style ballroom dances, also called Latin American dances or International
Latin. It consists of the following five dances: rumba, samba, paso doble, cha-
cha-cha, jive.
• Cha-cha-cha dance
• Cha-cha-cha is the name of a Latin American dance of Cuban origin.[1] The
name may also be spelled chachachá.
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• Cha-cha-cha may be either danced to authentic Cuban music, or Latin Pop or
Latin Rock. The music for the international ballroom cha-cha-cha is energetic
and with a steady beat. The Cuban cha-cha-chá is more sensual and may
involve complex polyrhythms . Styles of cha-cha-cha dance may differ in the
place of the chasse in the rhythmical structure. The original Cuban and the
ballroom cha-cha-cha count "two-three-chachacha".Some other styles of
dance, such as Country/western may count "one-two-chachacha" or
"chachacha-three-four.
• Salsa is a dance for Salsa music created by Spanish-speaking people from the
Caribbean and their immigrant communities in the US. Salsa dancing mixes
African and European dance influences through the music and dance fusions.
• Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms,
line dancing (suelta), and Rueda de Casino where groups of couples exchange
partners in a circle. Salsa can be improvised or performed with a set routine.
• The name "Salsa" is the Spanish word for sauce, connoting (in American
Spanish) a spicy flavor.
• The dance steps currently being danced to salsa music come from the son, but
were influenced by many other Cuban dances such as Mambo, Cha cha cha,
Guaracha, Changüí, Palo Monte, Rumba, Abakuá, Comparsa and sometimes
even Mozambique. Solo salsa steps are called "Shines", a term taken from Tap
dancing. It also integrates swing steps. Salsa can be a heavily improvised
dance.
Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance. It originates in Cuba as a
combination of the musical traditions of Spanish colonizers and of Africans brought
to Cuba as slaves. It is secular, with no religious connections. The details of how it
developed are not fully known.
• Jazz dance is an umbrella term that can refer to several related dance styles.
All of them are connected via common roots, namely tap, ballet, jazz music,
and African-American rhythms and dance.
• Although jazz dance can be performed its traditional form, it is often
influenced by other dance styles such as acro, ballet, contemporary, lyrical,
and hip hop. In turn, many other dance styles are influenced by jazz dance.
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• Belly dance (Arabic: )رقص شرقيis a Western term for a traditional Egyptian
dance genre known as raqs sharqi ( ;رقص شرقيliterally "oriental dance") or
sometimes raqs baladi ( ;رقص بلديliterally "dance of country", and so "folk"
dance). It is also sometimes called "Middle Eastern Dance" in the United
States, "danse du ventre"[1], or by the Turkish term Çiftetelli .
• The "true origin" is unclear but may be Egypt or India.
• Today there are two forms of Oriental belly dance; the first is called raqs
baladi, a social dance performed for fun and celebration by men and women
of all ages, usually during festive occasions such as weddings and other social
gatherings. The second form, the more theatrical and the more popular in the
West today, is called raqs sharqi. Like raqs baladi, raqs sharqi is performed
by both male and female dancers.