dance genres
Types of choreography
Dance genres are categories of dance distinguished by style, technique, music, or cultural origin.
Ballet, hip-hop, salsa, and contemporary are genres; so are ballroom, tap, and folk dance.
The term appears in discussions of dance education, competition, and history: She's trained in multiple dance genres.
Genre boundaries blur as styles influence each other and new fusions emerge.
- ballroom dancingFormal partnered dance styles
- bachataDominican romantic music genre
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- hip hopRhythmic spoken-word genre
- bhangraPunjabi folk music and dance
kathak · ballet · cha-cha-cha · flamenco · ceilidh · Irish step · samba · lindy hop · rumba · breakdancing · salsa · krumping · voguing · jazz hands · tango · waltz · capoeira · popping
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, ballroom
dance genresdance performances
Staged choreographed entertainment
dance numbers · signature moves · dance steps · set pieces · dance moves
dance genresfree dance
Unchoreographed bodily expression