Forms of dance
Classical, folk, social, ballroom, street, ritual, court, dance-drama, concert, martial, mask and historical dance.
Classical dancesCodified forms with long training, a theory and a set repertoire.27Folk dancesDances of a village, a region or a people, passed on by doing.327Social dancesDanced for company and pleasure, at a party, a hall or a club.174Ballroom and LatinThe partner dances of the ballroom and of competition.26Street and club dancesBorn outside the studio: breaking, popping, house, voguing and their kin.20Ritual and sacred dancesDanced as worship, offering, healing or rite of passage.118Court dancesMade for palaces and their ceremonies, exact and slow to change.23Dance-dramasStories told through dance, with character, costume and music.40Ballet and concert danceMade for the stage and an audience: ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap.24War and martial dancesDances of weapons, challenge and combat training.26Mask and costume dancesThe dancer becomes a spirit, an animal or a character behind a mask or inside a costume.4Historical dancesOnce in fashion, now danced by revivalists: minuet, pavane, galliard, quadrille.3