Outline of dance
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dance:
artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. A great many dances and dance styles are performed to dance music
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What type of thing is dance?
Dance (also called "dancing") can fit the following categories:
- an activity or behavior
- one of the arts – a creative endeavor or discipline.
- one of the performing arts.
- Hobby – regular activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure, typically done during one's leisure time.
- Exercise– bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
- Sport—bodily activity that displays physical exertion
- Recreation – leisure time activity
- Ritual
- one of the arts – a creative endeavor or discipline.
Some other things can be named "dance" metaphorically; see dance (disambiguation)
Types of dance
Type of dance – a particular dance or dance style. There are many varieties of dance. Dance categories are not mutually exclusive. For example,
DanceSport
. At the same time it is enjoyed as performance dance, whereby it may well be a solo dance.
- List of dances
- List of dance style categories
- List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin
- List of folk dances sorted by origin
- List of national dances
- List of DanceSport dances
Dance genres
- Acro dance
- B-boying
- Ballet
- Bollywood dance
- Ballroom dance
- Baroque dance
- Belly dance
- Bharatanatyam
- Casino (Cuban salsa)
- Cha-cha-cha
- Chicago stepping
- Circle dance
- Competitive dance
- Contemporary dance
- Contra dance
- Country-western dance
- Disco
- Erotic dancing
- Fandango
- Flamenco
- Folk dance
- Hip-hop dance
- Indian classical dance
- Jazz dance
- Jig
- Jive
- Krumping
- Lambada
- Lap dance
- Limbo
- Line dance
- Mambo
- Modern dance
- Pole dance
- Polka
- Quickstep
- Salsa
- Sequence dance
- Street dance
- Swing
- Tango
- Tap dance
- Twist
- Two-step
- Waltz
- War dance
- Zamba
Dance styles by number of interacting dancers
- Solo dance – a dance danced by an individual dancing alone.
- Partner dance – dance with just 2 dancers, dancing together. In most partner dances, one, typically a man, is the leader; the other, typically a woman, is the follower. As a rule, they maintain connection with each other. In some dances the connection is loose and called dance handhold. In other dances the connection involves body contact.
- Group dance – dance danced by a group of people simultaneously. Group dances are generally, but not always, coordinated or standardized in such a way that all the individuals in the group are dancing the same steps at the same time. Alternatively, various groups within the larger group may be dancing different, but complementary, parts of the larger dance.
Dance styles by main purpose
- Ceremonial dance –
- Competitive dance –
- Erotic dance –
- Participation dance–
- Performance dance–
- Social dance –
- Concert dance –
Geography of dance (by region)
- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- Algeria • Egypt (Ancient Egypt) • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • South Sudan •Tunisia • Western Sahara
- Botswana • Eswatini • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa
- Dependencies
- Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Antarctica
- None
- Asia
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- West Asia
- Turkey • United Arab Emirates • Yemen
- Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
- North Caucasus
- Parts of Russia(Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
- Parts of
- North Caucasus
- South Caucasus
- Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
- South Caucasus
- Europe
- •
- Norway
- Spain
- Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Scotland • Wales
- Vatican City
- North America
- Canada
- Provinces of Canada: • Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario (Toronto) • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan
- Territories of Canada: Northwest Territories • Nunavut • Yukon
- Canada
- Central America
- Nicaragua • Panama
- Caribbean
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
- Caribbean
- Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
- Australasia
- Australia
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Melanesia
- Vanuatu
- Micronesia
- (United States)
- Polynesia
- Wallis and Futuna(France)
- Australasia
- South Atlantic
History of dance
- Dance in ancient Egypt
- Dance in mythology and religion
- Dance styles throughout history
Dance technique
- Choreography
- Connection
- Dance moves
- Dance partnering
- Dance theory
- Lead and follow
- Musicality
Dance culture
- Dance and health
- Dance competition
- Dance costume
- Dance critique
- Dance education
- Dance etiquette
- Dance in film
- Dance double
- Dance film
- Dance marathon
- Dance music
- Dance party
- Dance radio
- Dance troupe
- Dance on television
- Nightclub
- Performance
- Performance surface (dance floor)
- Physically integrated dance (disability and dance)
- Women in dance
Dance science
- Dance history – (see History of dance, above)
- Dance and health
- Dance theory
- Dance technology
- Ethnochoreology (dance anthropology)
Dance organizations
Books about dance
- List of dance wikibooks
Dancers
See also
- Index of dance articles
- List of ballroom and social dance albums
- Outline of music
- Music
- Musical terminology
- International folk dance
- Quotations about dance