- Ceremonial dance
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Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic.
This compares to other major dance categories based on purpose:
- - Competitive dance - Erotic dance - Participation dance - Performance dance - Social dance
- Celebration dance
- Festival dance
- Dance in ancient cultures
- Ritual dance, Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance
- Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
- Some Basque dances
- Căluşari
- Circle dance
- Corroborree
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Long Sword dance
- Morris dance
- Rapper dance
- Religious dance
- Ritual dances of India
- Sema, or Whirling dervish dance
- War dance
- Weapon dance
Please insert dances in alphabetical order.
External links
- Classical Indian dance at the Open Directory Project -- over 250 links to Classical Indian Dance resources
Dance Types Solo · Partner · Group
Ceremonial · Competitive · Concert · Participation · SocialGenres Acro · Bachata · Ballet · Ballroom · Baroque · Belly · Bhangra · Bharatanatyam · Breaking · Chicago Style Stepping · Country-western · Cumbia · Disco · Erotic · Folk · Forró · Hip-hop · Jazz · Kabuki · Kathak · Kathakali · Krumping · Kuchipudi · Lap · Line · Manipuri · Merengue · Modern · Mohiniyattam · Odissi · Persian · Salsa · Sattriya · Scottish Highland · Sequence · Street · Swing · Tango · Tap · Waltz · War
Technique Choreography · Connection · Dance theory · Lead and follow · Moves (glossary) · Musicality · Spotting · Turnout
See also Categories:- Ritual dances
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