Dance
Dance (dăns)
Dance (pronounced /dæns/; from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture.
Etymology
The term dance comes from the Old French word dancier (approximately pronounced "dahn-see-ay"). The origin of the word may be from the Frankish term dintjan which means "to tremble, shake".
Related Terms
- Choreography: The art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.
- Ballet: A type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.
- Modern Dance: A broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance, primarily arising out of Germany and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Contemporary Dance: A genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world.
- Hip Hop Dance: A style of dance that evolved as part of hip hop culture, which includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping.
- Folk Dance: A traditional dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Dance
- Wikipedia's article - Dance
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