List of basic dance topics

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Dance generally refers to human movement (the motion of human beings) 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.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to dance:

Dance Portal

1 Essence of dance
2 Dance categories
- 2.1 Dance categories by number of interacting dancers
- 2.2 Dance categories by main purpose
3 History of dance
4 Dance technique
5 Dance topics
6 Dancers
7 Glossaries
8 Dance-related lists
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] Essence of dance

Main article: Dance

[edit] Dance categories

The categories below are not mutually exclusive. For example, tango is doubtless a partner dance. While it is mostly social dance, its ballroom form may be competitive dance, especially within DanceSport. At the same time it is enjoyed as performance dance, whereby it may well be a solo dance. There are tangos among round dances, and certainly participation dances can involve tango mixers. One might remember that at times it was a forbidden erotic dance. Finally, some try to trace its roots to African ceremonial dances. Not to say that tango dance reaches beyond these categories: into ice dancing, burlesque and more.