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The types of dance performed in social gatherings change with social values. [3] Social dance music of the 14th century has been preserved in manuscript, though without proper choreography, for dances such as the ballo, carol, stampita, saltarello, trotto and roto. [4] The 15th century is the first period from which written records of dances exist.
Western couple dancing is a form of social dance.Many different dances are done to country-western music. These dances include: Two Step, Waltz, Cowboy or Traveling Cha Cha, [2] Polka Ten Step [3] (also known as Ten Step Polka [4]), Schottische, and other Western promenade dances, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Nightclub Two Step.
Social dance plays a significant role in our society because it brings people together in a way that nothing else does. Social dancing is just that - social. Its purpose is not for competition or for performance. It is fun and is part of culture and society. It serves "as the social center" and "the artistic release" in society. [1]
Elizabeth Aldrich (born February 26, 1947) is an American dance historian, choreographer, writer, lecturer, consultant, administrator, curator, and archivist. [1] She is internationally known for her research, performance, choreography, teaching, and lectures on Renaissance and Baroque court dance, nineteenth-century social dance, and twentieth-century ragtime dance.
20th-century western social dances (7 C, 1 P) C. Contra dance (2 C, 14 P) G. ... Pages in category "Social dance" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of ...
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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.
By 1957 the dance had reached as far east as Missouri. [13] Laure' Haile, [14] an Arthur Murray Dance Studio National Dance Director, documented the unique style of swing dancing in Los Angeles in 1951 using the name "Western Swing" to describe it. [15] [16] Arthur Murray Dance Studios developed a syllabus for West Coast Swing from her notes ...