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Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing.This compares to other major categories based on purpose:
- Ceremonial dance - Competitive dance - Erotic dance - Participation dance - Performance dance
Many social dances are partner dances. In fact, quite often when spoken about social dances, ballroom or other partner dances are kept in mind. However it is natural to include in this category such groups of dances as circle dances, line dances, novelty dances, or simply club dancing in solo.
- Ballroom dance
- Club dance
- Country/western dance
- Ethnic dance
- Folk danceThe following dance categories are closely related to each other: Folk dance Folk dance is a term used to encompass a large number of dances that tend to share the following attributes: They were originally danced in about the 19th century or earlier (or
- Square danceSquare dance is a folk dance for four couples that was first described in 17th century England, but which has become associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country. The various square dance steps are based on
- Street dance
- TangoBuenos Aires Tango is a social dance form that originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The musical styles that evolved together with the dance are also known as tango''. Early tango was known as tango criollo or simply tango''. Today, there are many ta
There may be aspects of any of the above dance forms that are either competitive or performance-oriented in nature.
See also
- Dance basic topics
- List of dance style categoriesThis is a list of dance style categories. Entries marked » are a blend of Concert and Social dance, where all participants are performers or audience at different times during the event. These categories are not mutually exclusive and are context dependan
- List of dancesThis is the main list of dances . It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. There may also be listed dances which could either be considered a specific dance or a family of related dances, depending on your perspective. For example ballet, b
- An American Ballroom CompanionAn American Ballroom Companion is an online collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress related to the period of cca. 1490 1920. Along with social dance instruction manuals, this online presentation also includes a signi
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