Dance Styles
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As for dances done for social pleasure they are in the main of momentary significance and some of them still require a lot of energy and effort. Rarely are there dances which can be done for social pleasure and also have significance and some higher purpose. We need to appreciate that the best and most significant form of dance is not that of the professionals. In the main you have to be fairly knowledge about the professional dances and hence the best and most significant and useful dances are communal dances. They soar and transcend far above professional performances
Folk dance is a participation dance, displaying the characteristics and temperament of the people who create it. It is usually a dance of anonymous origin that has been passed from generation to generation. Most Indian dances have grown from popular dances into art forms.
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The classical range is also immersed in cultural and dramatic works, in carefully contrived settings.These take time trouble and expense to arrange and organise. You cannot just start dancing. The onlookers, the audience also have to have a certain degree of knowledge and understanding for them to appreciate and enjoy the performance. Accomplishment is therefore required for those watching. This naturally restricts the audience for a classical dance performance. SImilar constraints apply to classical music and other such arts. It is not something of the people, by the people and for the people.
There is not a lot that can be written on dance, as it a thing to be seen and experienced or performed. However much can be written on the benefits of dance and why people should dance.
There are innumerable benefits in dance and dancing. Dance can make us fitter and healthier, mentally and physically. Dance can also increase our social interaction and bonding with like minded people. Dance is something that can be done by all ages from infants to the elderly.
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Even the infirm can enjoy dance to some extent. Dance can be done as part of a group or even alone. Dance can happen in a variety of places and settings, and for different purposes and reasons.
Apart from wars, dancing was the chief factor making for social solidarity in primitive life and there is every reason to suppose that is still the case today. The value of dance as a method of individual and national education was recognised as civilisation became increasingly self-conscious. In the Laws Plato remarked that a good education includes knowing how to dance and sing well.
Dance is one of the most environmentally friendly activities, as it hardly uses up any of the precious resources of our world. The energy used up in dance comes from food we would usually consume. Dance does not need lavish places or buildings for it to happen and a simple music player with speakers and and a small piece of ground or field is all that is needed. Great dancing can take place using no more than instruments which were available a few thousand years ago. Dance has fairly minimal requirements in terms of equipment and resources.
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Dance has fairly minimal requirements in terms of equipment and resources.
In this day and age more people are leading physically inactive lives and rates of obesity are on the increase and there is an urgent need to improve the physical health of people. Dance can have a profound effect on health and well being. In comparison to other repetitive forms of healthy exercise, it is far more pleasant to engage in dance. It is therefore important that the benefits of dance are available to as many people as possible.
For the individual depending on the nature of the chosen dances, there can be personal and mental growth and a more fulfilled life. There is a chance to form and sustain friendships and relationships, whether platonic or romantic. Dance being a fusion of many forms of art, including music, literature and the visual arts, helps individuals to grow intellectually as well. Dance also exposes people to more music and studies have identified that good forms of music can improve our mental well being. Dance helps to improve rhythmic and creative expression and enriches our imagination and innovation.
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Dance has an impressive number of styles and forms and themes and there is something to suit most people.
A community which blends and bonds better in dance will also be more enriching and caring. Dance can assist in reaching a better understanding of our culture, as well as the culture of other people and such appreciation helps to strengthen the spirit of harmony in a multicultural, multiracial and multi religious society.
It seems obvious, that there is little reason to avoid dance, and every reason to dance more.
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