What is dance?

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 Dance is a rhythmic and expressive movement of the
body in successive movement usually accompanied
by music. It has been said to be the mother of the
arts, for its oldest of the which actually reflects man’s
age old need to communicate different emotions
such as joy, grief, excitement and others. Dance
simply started as man’s own life for almost all
occasions, in whatever aspects, as birth, death,
healing of the sick, asking for forgiveness, war,
marriage- were celebrated by dancing.
 Reasons why do people
dance
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 It has been used in worships.
 It plays a role in courtship.
 It serves a form of acquaintance for an man a woman
 It is an expression of the joy one feels.
 As in old times, it brings magical power to people.
 It brings victory or somehow restores health to life.
 It serves to entertain others.
 It gives beauty and inspiration to others.
 Significant features of
dance as an form
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Two kinds of movement:
 Movement within the body which include the hands
and arms.
 Movement from one space to another..
 Features of dance
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 Music- it closely related to dance for it plays a
significant role in it.
 Movement – it refers top action of dances with the
use of their bodies to create organize patterns.
 Theme – it pertains to the content or main ingredient
of the dance.
 Technique – it refers to the skill in executing the
movement.
 Design - it refers to the arrangement movement
according to pattern in time.