Western dance - Contests, Codes, Styles

Western dance

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Introduction
From antiquity through the Renaissance
- Dance in the ancient world
  - Ancient Egyptian dance
  - Dance in Classical Greece
  - Ancient Roman dance
  - Jewish dance
- Christianity and the Middle Ages
  - Ecclesiastical attitudes and practices
  - Dance ecstasies
  - Dance and social class
- The Renaissance world and the art dance
  - Court dances and spectacles
  - The birth of ballet
During the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
- The maturing of ballet
  - Technical codifications and dance scholarship
  - Varieties of the ballet
  - Early virtuosos of the dance
- The reign of the minuet
  - The French dance suite
  - Form of the minuet
- English social dance
- Dance in colonial America
  - Attitudes
  - External and internal influences
- The rise of the waltz
  - The Romantic movement in dance
  - Spread of the waltz
  - Offspring and rivals
- Foundations of modern ballet
  - Noverre and his contemporaries
  - The Romantic ballet
- Theatre and ballroom dance
The 20th century
- Diaghilev and his achievements
  - The Ballets Russes
  - The continuing tradition
  - The Soviet ballet
- Modern dance
- New rhythms, new forms
  - Latin-American and jazz dances
  - Dance contests and codes
  - Effect on folk dancing
  - Experiments
- The dance since 1945
  - Social dance
  - Dance in the theatre

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