Outline of dance
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dance:
Dance – human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer. 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 codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet.
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[edit] What type of thing is dance?
Dance is a type of:
- Exercise – bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
- Human behavior –
- Motion – change in position of something over time.
- Art – an art is a creative endeavor or discipline.
- Hobby – regular activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure, typically done during one's leisure time.
- Recreation – leisure time activity.
[edit] Types of dance
Dance categories are not mutually exclusive. For example, tango is traditionally a partner dance. While it is mostly social dance, its ballroom form may be competitive dance, as in DanceSport. At the same time it is enjoyed as performance dance, whereby it may well be a solo dance. Furthermore, there are tangos among round dances, participation dances can involve tango mixers, and tango-style dances may be used in ice dancing or in burlesque theatre.
[edit] Types of dance by number of interacting dancers
[edit] Types of dance by main purpose
- Ceremonial dance
- Competitive dance
- Erotic dance
- Participation dance
- Performance dance
- Social dance
- Concert dance
[edit] History of dance
[edit] Dance technique
[edit] Dance topics
- Dance etiquette
- History of dance
- Dance in mythology and religion
- Dance in film
- Dance music
- Dance and health
- Dance notation
- Dance science
[edit] Dancers
[edit] Glossaries
- Glossary of partner dance terms
- Glossary of dance moves
- Musical terminology
- Glossary of ballet terms
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- List of ballroom and social dance albums
- List of dance organizations
- List of dance style categories
- List of dance topics
- List of dance wikibooks
- General index list of dances
- List of DanceSport dances
- List of folk dances sorted by origin
- List of New York City Ballet repertory
- List of novelty and fad dances
- List of quotations about dance
- List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances sorted by origin
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- This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com
- Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. from Project Gutenberg
- United States National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame
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