Dances Style

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. Dancing is entertaining. Its passion for some people as well as profession for some. Whether you can or you can’t but you dance! everybody does.

There are 10 different dances that they are talking about. Below you will find a simple explanation of the top 10 popular styles of dance.

I may have missed out some one, so please share you favorite in comment section.

10. Gangnam Style

The word “Gangnam Style” is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide since then.

9. Tap Dance

Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by a tapping sound that is created from metal plates that are attached to both the ball and heel of the dancer’s shoe. Special shoes are made for dancing the tap. Tap dance has roots in African American and probably most notably Irish stepdancing. It is believed to have begun in the mid-1800s during the rise of minstrel shows.

8. Hip-hop Dance

Hip-hop dance refers to “Street Dance” styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.

7. Yangko Dance

The Yangko dance is a traditional folk dance of the Han Chinese. It originated from China and happens to be a popular part of their culture. It involves swaying of the body to certain rhythms. The dance has a one thousand year history in China and is usually performed in the Lantern Festival. Yangko has changed since its inception and the one that we see now happens to come from the late 1940s.

6. Belly Dance

Belly dance is a Western-coined name for a “traditional West Asian” dance, especially Raqs Sharqi. It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West. The term “Belly dance” is a misnomer as every part of the body is involved in the dance. The most featured body part being the hips. It basically originated from Middle East. Belly dance was popularized in the West during the Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. 

5. Kathak

Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathakars or storytellers. From the 16th century onwards it absorbed certain features of Persian dance and central Asian dance . The classical dances can be compared to the ballet dances. These dances are very complicated and usually have a meaning to them.

4. Break Dance or B-boying

Break Dance or B-boying or B-girling is a form of street dancing style popularize by Michale Jackson. The dance consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes. A practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, or breaker. These terms are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners. 

3. Ballet

This is a performance dance and it originated in Italy during the fifteenth century. The dance developed in France and Russia and evolved from performance dance to concert dance. It is a very complicated form of dancing. The dance is usually choreographed with vocal or orchestral music. The ballet went from romantic, to expressionist and neoclassical ballet. 

2. Salsa

Salsa is a syncretic dance genre from Cuba. It is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms. Salsa is usually danced to the salsa music although most people perform the steps with Latin American music as well. This dance style is very popular throughout the Latin America and over time it spread through North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

1. Line Dance
A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time.