History of dance

B-boying is considered currently to be one of the mainstream dances of the Hip Hop genre. This intensely physical dance has a very interesting history and is a product of a subculture that was born on the streets of New York City during the early 1970s. Understanding the foundations and environment that created this dance is vital as well as its evolution into a modern dance form. B-boying and eventually B-girling can be divided into three main categories: old school, the freak and its…

Ballet has a rich history of origin that begins in France with King Henry II, in the 16th century. The kings wife, Catherine de Medici of Italy brought dance to the French courts. The first ever ballet performed was the Ballet Comique de la Reine. Ballet came about because of the rencaissaance. This time period was huge for arts, including ballet. in 17th and 18th century,but became prominent with its first school of dance being established by Louis XIV on June 28, 1669 ( Met). The idea of…

Misty Copeland, a soloist with the professional American Ballet Theatre company, once said that ballet is “one of few arts that has maintained its history…and stayed true to what it is”. Ballet is a form of dance and art that dates back to the 15th century. Though it has been modified and tweaked throughout the years, the overall technique has stayed. Ballet has had many influences since it first began. Each time period brought new and improved dancers with brighter and bolder influences to the…

Dance is a sport I am very passionate about as I have been dancing for fifteen years. In sixth grade I decided I wanted to be a part of my school’s dance team to spread school spirit and entertain crowds during the halftime of football and basketball games. I have been a member of the Marvin Ridge Dance Teams for seven years, and I have made many friendships and memories that will last forever from being a part of such a wonderful athletic team. Dance team has taught me a great deal about…

Dance is a non-threatening, non-competitive way to challenge participants to improve physical skills and artistic expression. The abundance of research shows the benefits of physical activity in general, and dance, in particular. The idea of integrating the arts, including dance, into the broader curriculum is not new but appears to be achieving a stronger foothold in public schools today. Dance is an artistic form of expression where bodily activities are used to convey any inner thoughts…

from the Tab, “There is nothing like being on a dance team. It is one of those things – you can only fully comprehend it if you’re a part of one.” (Pandey,Secrets Everyone In A Dance Team Knows,The Tab) there are so many things that many people outside of the team do not know. Some people think it is easy and that we barely do anything, others are more knowledgeable, but will never truly understand. If you are contemplating trying out for the dance team you have a few things to learn or if you…

"By the end of August 1518, nearly 400 people had experienced the madness."(Waller, n.p.) John Waller, a leading expert on the dancing plague of 1518, had this to say on the strange occurrences in a small, French town during 1518(Waller, n.p.). There is still much debate as to what caused the dancing plague to occur in 1518. Some people believe it was caused by the ingestion of ergot by the local people of Strasbourg, France(Israel, n.p). Others believe it was caused by a mass hysteria that…

streets, and anywhere that could be seen, the people of the city were involved in an uncontrollable dance. Only heart attacks and strokes would result in the ending of the dance. While this may sound unbelievable, or unintelligent, the victims could not help their ill-decided fate. When the first woman, known as Frau Troffea, began to dance, she began to “silently twist, twirl and shake,” as the History channel states. As the solo performance occurred for nearly a week, three-dozen other…

position (Dee and Reason, 18). Thus, kinesthetic empathy refers to a participation in this from an audience, empathy being the process of projecting the self on to the object in question. The following essay will compare the dance film ‘Footloose’ (Ross, 1984), specifically the ‘Angry dance’ scene and the boxing film ‘Rocky I’ (Avildsen, 1976), specifically the ‘training montage’ to analyse how they produce this form of…

brought Contra-Danze, the country dance of France and England, with them. Later known as danzon, it mixed with rhumbas of African origin. After yet another global spread of this dance, different places and countries all over the world gradually tinkered and changed the style to their liking, but kept the partner dance and tempo the same. The dance later received the name “salsa” in New York, given that it was a mixture, like the sauce “salsa”, of different styles of dance and music. Thus, salsa…