VARIOUS FORMS OF DANCE - Muskaan Goyal

Dance is a type of art that generally involves movement of the body, often rhythmic and to music.
 It is performed in many cultures as a form of emotional expression, social interaction, or exercise, in a spiritual or performance setting, and is sometimes 
used to express ideas or tell a story. Dance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans or other animals, as in bee dances and 
behaviour patterns such as a mating dances.
Definitions of what constitutes dance can depend on social and cultural norms and aesthetic, artistic and moral sensibilities. Definitions may range from functional 
movement (such as folk dance) to virtuoso techniques such as ballet. Martial arts kata are often compared to dances, and sports such as gymnastics, figure skating 
and synchronized swimming are generally thought to incorporate dance.
There are many styles and genres of dance. African dance is interpretative. Ballet, ballroom and tango are classical dance styles. Square dance and electric slide 
are forms of step dance, and breakdancing is a type of street dance. Dance can be participatory, social, or performed for an audience. It can also be ceremonial, 
competitive or erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in themselves, as in ballet or European folk dance, or have a gestural vocabulary or symbolic 
meaning as in some Asian dances.Choreography is the art of creating dances. The person who creates (i.e., choreographs) a dance is known as the choreographer.


Different dance forms are:

Traditional Jazz / African-American vernacular dance

Dancehall dance

Experimental / freestyle

Folk dance

Hip-hop dance

House dance

Hard dance

Hardcore

Pogo

Historical dance
Latin dance

Swing dance,etc.