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• It is believed that the first people to dance were the Egyptians
• Dance in Ancient Egypt

  • Way of expressing religious service and teaching ancient myth
  • 3 major dancers were involved: King, Priest, Virgin dancers
• CRETANS used dance to perfect their military training which made excellent
• Dance in Ancient Greece

  • Not just for religious and military training but also a form of entertainment and display
  • Plato immensely gave importance to dance in education
  • Two kinds of Dance: The noble, The ignoble
• Dance in Ancient Rome


  • Gave less importance to dancing
  • Dancing became erotic and suggestive and even explicit
  • Theatrical entertainment was prohibited but still existed and was performed within the church during religious ceremony
• Dance became popular until around the year 1500
• Ballet in the Renaissance

  • Gained its popularity when Catherine de Medici married King Henry II and threw festivals where they would perform ballet dances
  • Ballet is believed to be the main core of every single dance style
  • 15th – 16th Century – the rise of ballet in Italy and France
• Masque Dance


  • From elaborate pageants and shows in the 16th century
  • Involve intricate costuming and stage designing that also incorporated singing, acting and dancing
  • France became the forerunner in dance during this period
• Tap Dance


  • Originated from African tribe dancing
  • Makes percussion sounds because of dancers most commonly wearing leather shoes with two pieces of metal that clip and clap against hard floors
• Merengue Dance


  • A Caribbean dance style that involves partners holding each other in a Tango-like position and moving their hips side to side
• Jazz and Acro


  • Involves doing smooth and flexible movements, and lots of back bending and tricks
  • Both styles are widely popular to this day
• Cotillion


  • The word cotillion was first used in 18th century France and England to describe a group dance that is considered to be a forebearer of the square dance
• 20th to 21st Century Dances is a period of Dance Fever wherein the young and old alike were not limited to express emotions through dance