Types of Dances

Vocabulary flashcards covering various types of dance genres, their origins, definitions, and artistic characteristics from lecture notes.

Ballet

A highly techinical form of performance dance that orginate in the Italion Rensanance and has evolved into a sophisticate art form.

Hip-Hop

A dynamic and expressive form at street dance that originated in the 1970s.

Modern Dancing

A theoriciel dance genre that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, against ballet.

Gumboot dance

A traditional SA dance that origanoted in the gold mines during the late 19th century.

Tap dancing

A form of dance that uses the sounds at the tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.

Ballroom Dancing

Dance derived from the word ball, which in turn orginated from the Latin word ballare, which means 'to dance'.

Swing Dance

A lively and energetic style of partner dance with acrobatic elements, creating a captivating blend at grace and atheticsm.

Sustainable art

Art that tries to reduce while keeping the meaning and beauty.