The early Greeks developed order and form within dance that was called choral dance. It was a more communal form where the lines of dancers would move circularly or straight within ranks. These dances would be performed at events such as Athenian festivals and were accompanied by procession, sacrifices and games. The Greeks would also dance at religious ceremonies; they would perform fertility dances to ensure fertile fields as well as fertile women. They would dance in preparation for war and to celebrate victories, weddings, funerals and to cure depression and illness. There was dances for each god and goddess that had to do with the purpose of the dance. The dancers were usually segregated by sex and the technique was believed to be very
