Dance

Dance is an art and is a form of movement, motions, and steps. Dance is also a way of communicating, and has been around since the beginning of time. Dance comes in many different forms and categories. Such as the Waltz, the Tango, Country Western Dancing, Irish Dance, Jazz, Modern, Ballet, Breakdancing, Rumba, Salsa, Swing, Merengue, and many more. Ballet is a specific dance form and technique. Works of dance choreographed using this technique are called ballets, and may include dance, music, acting and mime. Ballet was first developed in the Renaissance in Italy and France, and later in Russia as a concert dance form. Classical ballet is the most formal of the different ballet styles.

Choreography is the composition and arrangement of dances; the general art principles of design, like harmony, unity, variety, repetition, proportion, contrast, sequence, transition, balance and climax, must be used to create an aesthetic choreography.

The scope of dance heritage is broad. Our heritage is the dance legacy that must be passed from generation to generation through educational dance.

Professional dancers are both, athletes and artists.

External links

• The Dance Art Museum of the Americas