Western dance - Colonial America, Folk, Social

Western dance

Table of Contents

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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The English colonists in America had mixed opinions about dance. There was the complete disapproval of those who saw only its inherent licentiousness, but from others came at least a tacit toleration of the obviously irrepressible urge to dance. The South, more heavily populated by colonists with aristocratic backgrounds, was generally more inclined to dance than the North, where religious fervour had motivated much of the migration from England. But what was allowed and even encouraged in Connecticut was strictly forbidden in Massachusetts. The general consensus was apparently that dancing in itself was not bad, but that no punishment could ...(100 of 11874 words)

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