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''Dance'' (from Old French ''dance'', further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also ''body language'') or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ''Dance'' is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication between humans or animals (Bee learning and communication#Dance language, mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (''the leaves danced in the wind''), and certain dance (music)s or musics. People who dance are called dancers and the act of dance is known as dancing. An event where dancing takes place may be called a dance. Choreography is the art of making dances. Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on Society, Culture, aesthetic artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming contain ''dance'' disciplines while Martial arts 'Kata' are often compared to dances. == History of dance == ''Main article:'' History of dance Throughout history, dance has been a part of ceremony, ritual, celebration (party)s and entertainment. It is traceable through archeology evidence from prehistory to the first examples of written and pictorial documentation in 200 BC. Many contemporary dance forms can be traced back to Historical dance, Traditional dance, Ceremonial dance, and List of dances sorted by ethnicity dances. == Dance and music == Although dance and music can be traced back to prehistoric times it is unclear which artform came ''first''. However, as rhythm and sound are the result of movement, and music can inspire movement, the relationship between the two forms has always been Symbiosis. This relationship serves as the basis for Eurhythmics devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze which was influential to the development of Modern dance and modern ballet through artists such as Marie Rambert. Many early forms of music and dance were created and performed together. This paired development has continued through the ages with dance/music forms such as: Jig, Waltz, Tango music, disco, techno and Hip-Hop. Some musical genre also have a parallel dance form such as Baroque music and Baroque dance where as others developed separately: Classical music era, Classical ballet. Although dance is often accompanied by music, it can also be presented alone (Postmodern dance) or provide its own accompaniment (tap dance). Dance presented with music may or may not be performed ''in time'' to the music depending on the style of dance. Dance performed without music is said to be ''danced to its own rhythm''. ''See also'': List of dances | :Category:Musical genres ==Choreography and notation== ''Main articles:'' Choreography, Dance notation Choreography is the ''art'' of making dances and the generic name given to predetermined sequences of dance movement. People who choreograph are called List of choreographers and may develop their own dance techniques as a part of their choreographic work. Choreography and dance techniques can be written down as dance notation which is analogous to music notation. The term choreogoraphy has a varied historical context, it is derived from the word chorea. chorea (χορεία) a Greeks Circle dance accompanied by singing, derivatives of ''chorea'' are used to describe circle dances in other counties: ''Khorovod'' (Russia), ''Hora'' (Romania, Moldova, Israel), ''Horo'' (Bulgaria). Paracelsus used the term chorea to describe the rapid, jerking physical movements of medieval Pilgrimage traveling the healing shrine of St. Vitus giving rise to the term St. Vitus' dance. Raoul Auger Feuillet and Pierre Beauchamp used an adaption of the word ''chorea'' to describe dance notation. Feuillet's ''Chor�graphie'' (1700) set out a method of dance notation and established the term ''chor�graphie'' for the writing, or notating of dances. Thus a person who wrote down dances was a ''choreographer'', but the creator of dances was still known as a dancing master (''Le ma�tre � danser'') or in later years a ballet master. Rudolf Laban extended the meaning and use of the word ''choreographie'' with his book ''Choreographie'' (1926) in which he detailed not only a new form of dance notation but also the principles and theory of a complete system of dance that would later become Laban Movement Analysis (LMA). Benesh movement notation coined the term ''choreology'' to describe the ''aesthetic and scientific study of all forms of human movement by movement notation'' (1955) whilst Laban used the term ''choreutics'' to describe LMA. The rejection of ballet vocabulary and terms by modern dance resulted in the term ''choreographer'' replacing ''Ballet Master'' and therefore choreography came to mean the art of making dances. == Dance studies == In the early 1920s dance studies (dance practice, critical theory, analysis and history) began to be considered a serious academic discipline. Today these studies are an integral part of many universities' arts and humanities programs. By the late 20th century the recognition of practical knowledge as equal to academic knowledge lead to the emergence of ''practice-based research'' and ''practice as research''. A large range of dance courses are available including: * Professional practice: performance and technical skills * Practice-based research: choreography and performance * Ethnochoreology, encompassing the dance-related aspects of Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Area Studies, Postcolonial theory, Ethnography, etc. * Dance and technology: new media and performance technologies. * Laban Movement Analysis and Somatic studies * Community Dance. * Dance therapy. A full range of Academic degrees are available from Bachelor of Arts to Doctor of Philosophy and other postdoctoral fellowships, with many dance scholars taking up their studies as ''mature students'' after a professional dance career. == Categories of dance == Dance can be divided into two main categories that each have several subcategories into which most dance styles can be placed. They are: * Concert dance / Performance dance ** 20th century concert dance ** Competitive dance * Social dance / Participation dance ** Ceremonial dance ** Traditional dance These categories are not mutually exclusive and are context-dependent; a particular dance style may belong to several categories. ''See also:'' List of dance style categories [[Image:Roanoke.JPG|thumb|left|John White's eye-witness interpretation of a Native American dance at Roanoke, Virginia, 1585, is affected by his knowledge of Elizabethan court dance]] == See also == * Wikipedia:Dance basic topics. * List of dance wikibooks * An American Ballroom Companion * Ballroom dance == Further reading == * Adshead-Lansdale, J. (Ed) (1994) ''Dance History: An Introduction''. Routledge. ISBN 041509030X * Carter, A. (1998) ''The Routledge Dance Studies Reader''. Routledge. ISBN 0415164478 * Cohen, S, J. (1992) ''Dance As a Theatre Art: Source Readings in Dance History from 1581 to the Present''. Princeton Book Co. ISBN 0871271737 * Charman, S. Kraus, R, G. Chapman, S. and Dixon-Stowall, B. (1990) ''History of the Dance in Art and Education''. Pearson Education. ISBN 0133893626 * Daly, A. (2002) ''Critical Gestures: Writings on Dance and Culture''. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819565660 * Dils, A. (2001) ''Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader''. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819564133 == External links == * [http://www.dancebooks.co.uk/ Dance books] Large selection of dance books, videos, DVDs and music. * [http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/ Dance links] * [http://www.voiceofdance.com/ voiceofdance.com] * [http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/universities.htm Universities offering dance studies] Dance Entertainment occupations bn:নৃত্য br:Da�s fa:رقص ga:Damhsa hi:नृत्य li:Dans ms:Tarian mo:Dans nah:Danza simple:Dance ta:நடனம்

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How are ballet, country dances, etc., not "ethnic" dance styles? "Ethnic" doesn't just mean "funny little foreign (person or thing)." - ;User:Montrealais : "Folk dances" could be seen as "ethnic dances" indeed. Ballet dance crosses ethnic boudaries from its very origin. : "Country dances" are formally kind of "folk dance", but the original use of the term, (as well as to a large extent, the modern one) is to oppose to grand dances of high folk, ball dances. A similar opposition is in the term "barn dances" known in the USA. :;mikkalai 17 Nov. 2003 ---- "decontextualized pedestrian movement" -- what about wheelcheir dancing? -- User:Tarquin : Added to the List of dances page. Can you write something about it? :;mikkalai 17 Nov. 2003 ---- I moved this good example: <martial arts films are essentially complex dances in which participants simulate hand to hand combat and need careful choreography to avoid injury.>> into the choreography page. Besides, martial arts themselves are akin to dancing. What we see in films is actually pantomime, i.e., artistic imitation of real-life activity. ;mikkalai 17 Nov. 2003 ---- I added the translation from the Polish page, which has surprisingly little overlap with the English version. Someone who has better than mine command of English please blend these two texts. By the way, I cannot figure out why the Table of Contents doesn't pop up on the Dance page. ;mikkalai 20 Nov. 2003 ---- I removed the rest of the pseudo-historical rambling from the article. This is not original material! This is plagiarized from Project Gutenberg's online publishing of "Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes" by J.M. Judy. The plagiarism is almost word-for-word in most cases, with little attempt to rework the information. You can find the full etext at [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext01/jmjdy10.txt Project Gutenberg: Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J.M. Judy] It was originally published by Western Methodist Book Concern in 1904. The use of this text is not only quite questionable ethically (plagiarism), scholarly (have we learned anything in the last 100 years... like, duh!?), but probably also legally (copyright infringement). Read Chapter IV. DANCING (search for "DANCING" to get there quickly), and find out why dancing ranks along with tobacco, drunkenness, gambling and theatre-going as "Questionable Amusements". Take heart, though, because this very (very, very, very) conservative Christian view believes that reading, social recreation, friendship, travel and home-making are "Worthy Substitutes". Don't take my word for it, read it yourself. Perhaps someone wants to take a "real" stab at a more scholarly "History of dance". There would certainly be plenty of material. :User:Sfdan 17:59, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC) Drawn to this article solely by the fact that the most recent editor was named "Jesus Saves," I found the following passage introducing the history of dance: ''With the savages the dancers work themselves into a perfect frenzy, into a kind of mental intoxication. But as civilization has advanced dancing has modified its form, becoming more orderly and rhythmical.'' Kinda POV, no? The biblical stuff was also fairly POV (and still is, for that matter. Now, I know nothing about dance--I do not know how to dance, nor do I know its history--but something is very wrong here. Can someone more knowledgeable take a look. User:Danny 00:39, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC) ---- i think this page needs refining, some of the information belongs in realated articles. the disambigulation should also appear here for clarity. some catergorisation of the infromation of the page would be good too User:Ohka- 01:15, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC) == large edit == an explaination: i have made a large edit to this page in short my reasons are * dance is linked in the main page and is also a first port of calll for many visitors. the page should be a flagship example of dance content * a large number of pages link to dance, * each linking page contains information of how it relates that does not need replicating here (this page should be about dance in general) * the information on the page was of mixed quaility and poorly organised - difficult to read * there was a lack of refernces and external links i have looked at various Wikipedia:Featured articles whilst putting this together and used my discression as to how i think it can be apllied to this page. i'm sure that some poeople may disagree with this edit, but i hope that the majority will find it a positive porgression. User:Ohka- 21:25, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) ==Working on reworking this page== So, with the Dance WikiProject getting underway, this page should become 1- the portal to the entire project, and 2-a GOOD article. My goal would be to work towards featured article status, so with that in mind, I'm going to work on outlining what should be in the article, and trying to analyze each section to see how they are, here. That is, as soon as I have time. :-) User:Lyellin 08:53, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC) --- Alright, so I see nine different sections currently listed on the page, and my goal right now is to list them, figuring out what needs to be done for each, along with how long each should be, if a change needs to be made. # Lead Section - Should probably be reworked with a goal towards the lead section "ideal". # History of Dance - Perhaps a bit longer? 2-3 paragraphs, with link # Dance and Music - Maybe rework first paragraph, gloss over # Choreography and Notation - Try to improve flow with rest of article # Dance Studies - Clearer descriptions of the various types, maybe a bit of extension # Categories of Dance - I think this needs to be expanded/explained much better # See Also - make it fit better with article? Move into above sections? # Further Reading - No real changes # External links - No real changes Also, all the redlinks need to be gone through and articles begun to be made for those links. User:Lyellin 15:10, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC) : * good list - will work towards this too, i'm not so hot on spelling etc due to my dsylexia but i will try to add what info i think is needed so it can be further worked on and then get making the redlinks blue. i think the page also needs a dancesport / dance as sport section - perhaps this belongs in a explaintion of catergories.. User:Ohka- 20:42, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC) :: don't worry about spelling/etc. That I am more than willing to do- and is probably more a strength for me than dance knowledge. Good pairing ;) User:Lyellin 10:58, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC) == What Makes Dance == The folowing piece removed. :''Dance is not only made up of technique, but also of passion. Passion is the main part in dance, if u don't have passion for dancing, you won't be able to dance and express yourself in such a way as if u did have passion. It will make you want to dance, you will be able to feel and express words with your body. In dancing our body is our instrument, such as a paintbrush is for a painter. We use and express our whole body to tell a story. People come out to see a story told, not a bunch of people dancing around with no feel for the music or anything around them. So if you want to dance, you have to love it.'' Indeed, something like this must be added here. But unfortunately "as is", this piece is appliable to performance dance only. User:Mikkalai 04:33, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) == BAILES AMERICANOS FOLKLORICOS\ == == BAILES AMERICANOS FOLKLORICOS ==

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Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication between humans or animals (Bee learning and communication#Dance language, mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (''the leaves danced in the wind''), and certain dance (music)s or musics. People who dance are called dancers and the act of dance is known as dancing. An event where dancing takes place may be called a dance. Choreography is the art of making dances. Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on Society, Culture, aesthetic artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming contain ''dance'' disciplines while Martial arts 'Kata' are often compared to dances. Performing arts Entertainment Culture Plastic arts

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== Ballroom dance/Social dance == I removed the articles from :Category:Ballroom Dance and put them in :Category:Ballroom dance (one of them used to be hidden in the otherwise empty :Category:Partner dance). We don't need both and the latter has the proper wiki-style capitalization. I don't understand the distinction being made here between ballroom and :Category:Social dance. Is this useful? Is social dance a subset of ballroom dance or is ballroom a subset of social? There seems to be a lot of overlap. (And there are a ton of articles that could go in a more specific category.) What I'm getting out is that the sub-categories here seem to overlap greatly, which diminishes their usefulness. User:Aranel_(\"User:Aranel/Sarah\")">User:Aranel|User:Aranel (\"User:Aranel/Sarah\") 20:09, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::The social dance article considers ballroom to be a subcategory. Of course, within ballroom, there's a distinction between competitive and social dances. And, in fact, the ballroom dance article has a section on "social ballroom." Since the social dance article is significantly more general, placing itself among several broad categories of dance, I'd probably go with that interpretation. It's more useful, since some social dances aren't ballroom, but all ballroom dances can be social. ::The list of dance style categories might be quite useful for finding stuff to put in categories. ::On the subject of what to put in each category... well, some of it is surely a matter of opinion, but if we all do our best, I imagine we'll get something livable eventually. ::I hope that answers your question. I haven't really figured out categories, yet. -User:Salli 00:27, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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