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1 What type of thing is dance?  





2 Types of dance  



2.1  Dance genres  





2.2  Dance styles by number of interacting dancers  





2.3  Dance styles by main purpose  







3 Geography of dance (by region)  





4 History of dance  





5 Dance technique  





6 Dance culture  





7 Dance science  





8 Dance organizations  





9 Dance-related media  



9.1  Books about dance  







10 Dancers  





11 See also  





12 External links  














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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dance:

Dance – human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritualorperformance 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. A great many dances and dance styles are performed to dance music.

What type of thing is dance?[edit]

Dance (also called "dancing") can fit the following categories:

Some other things can be named "dance" metaphorically; see dance (disambiguation)

Types of dance[edit]

Type of dance – a particular dance or dance style. There are many varieties of dance. Dance categories are not mutually exclusive. For example, tango is traditionally a partner dance. While it is mostly social dance, its ballroom form may be competitive dance, as in DanceSport. At the same time it is enjoyed as performance dance, whereby it may well be a solo dance.

Dance genres[edit]

  • 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[edit]

    Dance styles by main purpose[edit]

    Geography of dance (by region)[edit]

    Africa
    West Africa
    BeninBurkina FasoCape VerdeCôte d'IvoireGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTogo
    North Africa
    AlgeriaEgypt (Ancient Egypt) • LibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSudanSouth SudanTunisiaWestern Sahara
    Central Africa
    AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadThe Democratic Republic of the CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonRepublic of the CongoRwandaSão Tomé and Príncipe
    East Africa
    BurundiComorosDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueRwandaSeychellesSomaliaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
    Southern Africa
    BotswanaEswatiniLesothoNamibiaSouth Africa
    Dependencies
    Mayotte (France)St. Helena (UK)PuntlandSomalilandSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
    Antarctica
    None
    Asia
    Central Asia
    KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan
    East Asia
    China
    Tibet
    Hong KongMacau
    JapanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaTaiwan
    North Asia
    Russia
    Southeast Asia
    BruneiBurma (Myanmar)CambodiaEast Timor (Timor-Leste)IndonesiaLaosMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam
    South Asia
    AfghanistanBangladeshBhutanIranMaldivesNepalPakistanSri Lanka
    India
    West Asia
    ArmeniaAzerbaijanBahrainCyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • GeorgiaIraqIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonOmanPalestinian territories QatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesYemen
    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)
    South Caucasus
    Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • ArmeniaAzerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
    Europe
    Akrotiri and DhekeliaÅlandAlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFaroe IslandsFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGibraltarGreeceGuernseyHungaryIcelandIrelandIsle of ManItalyJerseyKazakhstanKosovoLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMaltaMoldova (including disputed Transnistria) • MonacoMontenegroNetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSlovenia
    Norway
    Svalbard
    Spain
    Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia
    SwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraine
    United Kingdom
    EnglandNorthern IrelandScotlandWales
    Vatican City
    European Union
    North America
    Canada
    Provinces of Canada:AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland and LabradorNova ScotiaOntario (Toronto) • Prince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
    Territories of Canada: Northwest TerritoriesNunavutYukon
    GreenlandSaint Pierre and Miquelon
    United States
    Mexico
    Central America
    BelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemala • Honduras • NicaraguaPanama
    Caribbean
    AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArubaBahamasBarbadosBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsCubaDominicaDominican RepublicGrenadaHaitiJamaicaMontserratNetherlands AntillesPuerto RicoSaint BarthélemySaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesTrinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited States Virgin Islands
    Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
    Australasia
    Australia
    Dependencies/Territories of Australia
    Christmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsNorfolk Island
    New Zealand
    Melanesia
    FijiIndonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New GuineaRotumaSolomon IslandsVanuatu
    Micronesia
    Federated States of MicronesiaGuam (United States) • KiribatiMarshall IslandsNauruNorthern Mariana Islands (United States) • PalauWake Island (United States)
    Polynesia
    American Samoa (United States) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (United States) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • AdamstownSamoaTokelau (NZ) • TongaTuvaluWallis and Futuna (France)
    South America
    ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilChileColombiaEcuadorFalkland IslandsGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameUruguayVenezuela
    South Atlantic
    Ascension IslandSaint HelenaTristan da Cunha

    History of dance[edit]

    History of dance

    Dance technique[edit]

    Dance culture[edit]

    Dance science[edit]

    Dance science

    Dance organizations[edit]

    Dance-related media[edit]

    Books about dance[edit]

    Dancers[edit]

    See also[edit]

    External links[edit]

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