Talk:History of dance

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[edit] Which dances in which eras

It would be a great addition to this page to see what were the dances danced in those eras and maybe, people that danced it or composer that did some composition for those dances. I'm asking because I am really not an expert to try to do that kind of work myself. Thank you for an already nice information given. 24.201.116.26

[edit] Asian dance history

This article needs coverage of the history of Asian dance forms in addition to the current western coverage. I will request from wikipedians who are familiar in this area to contribute. Arunram 17:27, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC) jjfyrbf hgdbbd sgebehnfurnmfurmndjrnejfhdjfgyetghg tebjkdyrwrwjkrhesurtwbrfm.ncvckfh

[edit] And yet ballet's not everything...

Unfortunately this article doesn't make clear that there's more to dancing than just ballet and contemporary dancing. I miss - for example - African, Asian and Indian traditional dancing; especially Asian dancing theatre is a wide chapter. And then: No single word about social dancing? - Thetawave

So true... I mean, there are paintings dating back centuries depicting what might have been belly dancing (raqs sharki) which outstrips ballet, certainly, in age. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.65.225 (talk) 21:35, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pre-history?!

This page presents nothing between pre-history and the 1700s. What about medieval dance and renaissance dance, both of which have Wikipedia pages? Not to mention the Historical Dance Wikipedia page... Greg 05:19, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I agree

I agree with him/her?!

[edit] Huh, I'm Lost!?!

I think thay there should be links for childeren to look at attached to this page. I am a 10 year old and use wikipedia often and I can understand the language used because I am over my age in vocab and spelling. Other childeren may not be so fortunate!!!Plus medieval dance would be really cool to study!!

Jessica Bird Age 10

[edit] History of school dance phenomena

I was interested in learning about the history of parties and festivals, specifically with regard to when the modern western practices of slow dancing and grinding developed. I want to know what there was before.

Perhaps Victorian separation of the sexes and taboos against dancing kept slow dancing and grinding out of existence. Also, perhaps the music genres of ballads (associated with slow dancing) and rap and reggaeton (associated with grinding) weren't in existence or prevalent. But it seems improbable to me that slow dancing and grinding are entirely new phenomena in the world. Message me if you know how to help answer my questions.

Whoistheroach 16:13, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I was also interested in this type of thing. I was just watching a Russian movie from the 70s that showed college age kids at a party dancing much the same way as Americans in that era did. And since most historical movies show more formal dancing at parties and formals, I wonder what this non-formal type of dancing means in society. I want to read something about it not just formulate my own ideas based on speculation. So I think that it would be good to have more information in this article about such things. -- Suso (talk) 23:16, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Integrated/mixed ability dance

See my question here here

Cheers

Matt (talk) 02:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)