All about Dance and its genres.
                     All about Dance 
and its genres
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Dance
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 Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully 
selected human body movements, which has aesthetic 
and symbolic values. Dance has been performed since 
the ancient times around the world.
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Types of dance
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 The division of dance into various types may be based 
on function, which may be social, religious, ceremonial 
or it can be between tribal, ethnic and folk dance which 
can be amateur or professional.
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Dance approach
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 Concert dance includes a narrative dramatic structure 
in which choreography is aimed at mimicking the 
character in the plot. Social dance is set closely to the 
rhythmic pattern of music.
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Genres
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 Dance is classified into different styles or genres based 
on the movement style, structure and performance 
context. Some of the popular dance genres are listed.
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Ballet
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 Known as the ‘building block’ of dance, Ballet is 
characterized by fluid and precise movements in turned 
out positions. It is a gracious and meticulous dance art 
form of the French, which is popular worldwide.
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Jazz
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 Jazz dance is a popular dance style which was once 
considered to be performed on all kinds of music. Now, 
jazz dance is performed on hip-hop music combining 
hip-hop and jazz dance elements.
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Contemporary
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 This dance genre began as a combination of ballet 
and jazz. With rapid progress of dance styles, 
Contemporary dance now includes elements of jazz, 
hip hop, lyrical, ballet and modern dance styles.
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Cultural
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 Cultures around the world have performed folk and tribal 
dances unique to their people for various purposes. 
Cultural dance has been preserved to celebrate traditions, 
which are beautiful.
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Hip-hop
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 Hip-hop dance refers to street-style dance, often performed 
with hip-hop music and has evolved as a part of hip-hop 
culture. The dance is freestyle and improvisational in nature, 
with dancers often engaging in competitions called ‘battles’
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