DANC 2368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Concert Dance, Tap Dance, Classical Ballet
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Professional dancing was first introduced in the early years of italian renaissance when music, dance, arts and poetry started to rise in popularity after the millennia of medieval stagnation. Refined by the efforts of the france and russia, ballet became the premier technical concert dance. Hailed as one of the most revered and most complicated dance of all time, ballet continued its rise to worldwide domination. It was originally created in 15th century renaissance italy, but it received popularization in countries such as france and russia. It is a polar opposite of social or participation dances, where participants can freely dance how and when they wish. Most popular concert dances are ballet, acrobatic dance, tap dance, modern dance, classical indian or. Persian dances and others: modern dance - modern dance is an influential performance dance that originated as a reaction against the classical ballet and its movement style.
