Have you ever truly thought about dance? How has it affected the world or how it has evolved into a worldwide language? Well if your answer was no then you might want to think again because our world is beginning to bring back their history and is turning into a world of dance. Dances history is extremely important to today’s world because it affects the way you think of the arts and your way of life.
Dance has been a tradition since the beginning, however, people are now also starting to make changes to those traditions. Every culture has different traditions, whether it is eating with chopsticks, wearing a veil at all times, or putting up a Christmas tree around the holidays. However there is also dance traditions such as keeping your …show more content…
Every type of dance from salsa dancing to hula dancing has beautiful meanings. Dance is an amazing way of life because it can cheer someone up in a heartbeat and it can just be fun for yourself. Dance is a great way to celebrate as well, and along with these amazing worldwide types of dance comes differences such as clothes and shoes and beautiful costumes that at times can cost over $800.00, but this is usually for the professionals (Centralian Advocate). “There is a lot to ballet, not just ballet buns and fancy shoes.” (Tracing Ballet's Cultural History Over 400 Years). This applies to all types of dance, not just ballet and it is true. Dance is very complex and you have to have a good memory to remember the moves, what all the moves are called, and the dances you practice. Even though most people can dance or learn how to dance it is not just something most people can do right away,“ Some dances are simple and repetitive but others are quite complex with little or no repetition.” This basically means that even though everyone can dance, it is very complex and takes practice” (Greenspan, Karen). Although while you dance you wear certain costumes and shoes, that is not what it is all about. The costumes just give an effect and make you believe the story that the dancer is …show more content…
“There is so much to dance, it's not just dance it is music.” (Zabel, Liz) This was well said because it is true and most people think that they can’t do a certain dance type because they ‘aren't good enough’ or they aren't from that specific place so they can’t do that type of dance. Dance is something that the world shares and has been shared since the beginning. All types of dance can be shared, for example you don’t have to be from an English-speaking country of Irish ancestry to enjoy step dancing it is something that anyone can do no matter what you look like or where you are from. This is a great way for people to get to know other cultures too! There are thousands of celebrations that happen all around the world daily that revolve around dance because dance is something that you do not to punish yourself, but to do something that you love and
Dance has been a tradition since the beginning, however, people are now also starting to make changes to those traditions. Every culture has different traditions, whether it is eating with chopsticks, wearing a veil at all times, or putting up a Christmas tree around the holidays. However there is also dance traditions such as keeping your …show more content…
Every type of dance from salsa dancing to hula dancing has beautiful meanings. Dance is an amazing way of life because it can cheer someone up in a heartbeat and it can just be fun for yourself. Dance is a great way to celebrate as well, and along with these amazing worldwide types of dance comes differences such as clothes and shoes and beautiful costumes that at times can cost over $800.00, but this is usually for the professionals (Centralian Advocate). “There is a lot to ballet, not just ballet buns and fancy shoes.” (Tracing Ballet's Cultural History Over 400 Years). This applies to all types of dance, not just ballet and it is true. Dance is very complex and you have to have a good memory to remember the moves, what all the moves are called, and the dances you practice. Even though most people can dance or learn how to dance it is not just something most people can do right away,“ Some dances are simple and repetitive but others are quite complex with little or no repetition.” This basically means that even though everyone can dance, it is very complex and takes practice” (Greenspan, Karen). Although while you dance you wear certain costumes and shoes, that is not what it is all about. The costumes just give an effect and make you believe the story that the dancer is …show more content…
“There is so much to dance, it's not just dance it is music.” (Zabel, Liz) This was well said because it is true and most people think that they can’t do a certain dance type because they ‘aren't good enough’ or they aren't from that specific place so they can’t do that type of dance. Dance is something that the world shares and has been shared since the beginning. All types of dance can be shared, for example you don’t have to be from an English-speaking country of Irish ancestry to enjoy step dancing it is something that anyone can do no matter what you look like or where you are from. This is a great way for people to get to know other cultures too! There are thousands of celebrations that happen all around the world daily that revolve around dance because dance is something that you do not to punish yourself, but to do something that you love and