Dance Styles
Cultural Dance
Dance Characteristics
History of Dance
100
a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story
What is an interpretive dance?
100
a sinuous Hawaiian native dance with intricate arm movements that tell a story in pantomime, usually danced to rhythmic drumming and accompanied by chanting.
What is the hula?
100
can communicate stimulation, hostility, and enjoyment in dance.
What is space/touch?
100
the basics of every type of dance.
What is ballet?
200
dancers use their feet like drums to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats.
What is tap dancing?
200
is a popular Indian dance form that developed in the Indian cinema.
What is bollywood?
200
shows level interest and level of enjoyment and can create sexual attraction in dance.
What is eye contact?
200
a traditional dance performed at many weddings symbolizing the bride being handed off to the groom.
What is a father daughter dance?
300
includes various moves such as breaking, popping, locking and krumping.
What is hip-hop?
300
Afro-Congan dance performed by a group in a single line.
What is the conga?
300
composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
What is music?
300
believed to have originated in New York in 1970.
What is the Disco?
400
a unique form of dance characterized by sharp, rolling movements of the hips and abdomen.
What is belly dancing?
400
dance of the West Indies where dancers pass under horizontal pole.
What is the limbo?
400
can potentially provide additional information about thoughts and feelings during the dance.
What is body language?
400
was originated by the hip hop dance style among African American and Puerto Rican youths in the South Bronx of New York City throughout the early 1970s.
What is Break Dancing?
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