dance, the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance.
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Genre-specific dance terminology (grades 6 up): Words used to describe movement within specific dance forms like ballet, contemporary, culturally specific dance, funk, hip-hop, jazz, modern, tap, and others (for example, in Polynesian dance [Hula]: auwana, kahiko, halau, kaholo; in ballet: glissade, pas de bourree, pas .
Dance is a language that bears some similarities to verbal language.
For example, both have vocabulary (locomotion and gestures in dance) and grammar (rules for different dance traditions in putting the vocabulary together and justifying how one movement can follow another).
And both languages have semantics (meaning)..
Phrases make up a dance the same way that words are put together to form a sentence.
Rehearsal:
Dance is also a way of communicating, and has been around since the beginning of time.
Dance comes in many different forms and categories.
Such as the Waltz, Polka, Quadrille, Mazurka, Tango, Country Western Dancing, Irish Dance, Jazz, Charleston, Modern, Ballet, Breakdancing, Rumba, Salsa, Swing, Merengue, and many more.
However, its meaning changes depending on the style of dance.
For instance, in ballroom dancing balance refers to the excellence of the dancer’s skill in maintaining posture and form in both movement and stillness; meanwhile in ballet balancé is a pattern where the dancer’s weight is moved back and forth between their feet.
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Members of the dance community have their own unique language when it comes to describing certain aspects of the sport.
This glossary of terms includes ,some of the most commonly used words and phrases within popular forms of dance, such as:
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