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HISTORY OF DANCE

By Aricedeno
  • 3300 BCE

    FIRST DISCOVERY OF DANCE

    FIRST DISCOVERY OF DANCE
    This is when people realized moving their bodies rhythmically created a movement.
  • 1500

    FIRST DISCOVERY OF BALLET

    FIRST DISCOVERY OF BALLET
    The history of ballet begins around 1500 in Italy.

  • Masque Dancing

    Masque Dancing
    This form of dancing became a way for people to express themselves in a fun and active way.

  • Classical Persian Dancing

    Classical Persian Dancing
    Classical Persian dance is a style of concert dance that evolved from courtroom dance.

  • Tap Dancing

    Tap Dancing
    Tap dancing became a major edition to the dance world due to the different types of sounds the shoes could make.

  • Merengue Dancing

    Merengue Dancing
    Merengue is a style of Dominican music and dance.

  • Jazz & Acro

    Jazz & Acro
    In the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the decidedly unclassical dance moves unleashed such fads as the Charleston, Jitterbug, Cakewalk, Black Bottom, Swing, and Lindy Hop. This study of dance affected the health of Katherine Dunham. She incorporated dances she observed via the Caribbean and Africa to study tribal dance into ballet- and modern-focused pieces she created for her own companies. This bettered her heath by allowing a new study to move her body in different ways.

  • Contemporary Dance

    Contemporary Dance
    This style is personally one of my favorites and contributes a lot to the current dance world.

  • Hip Pop Dance

    Hip Pop Dance
    Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture.

  • DANCE TODAY

    DANCE TODAY
    Dance today is all about moving your body freely and doing what feels good to you. Depending on what industry you are in, technique follows a dancer everywhere.