1. Purposes of Dance

2. Three Purposes of Dance:
1. Ceremonial Dance – Dancing to show praise or to commemorate important events.
Ceremonial dance is dance preformed through ritual.
Example - The Yoruba tribes in Africa who dance for the goddess Osun (or Oshun).
Example – Native American dances such as the Eagle Dance, the Bear Dance and the Rabbit Dance.
Some ceremonial dances are religious; some are performed for birthdays, weddings or other life- altering events

3. Three Purposes of Dance:
2. Recreational Dance – A dance to have fun or to socialize.
Recreational dance styles change with time, societal structures, and group interests.
Examples:
Aerobic dance;
Line dancing--(Electric Slide or Boot Scootin’ Boogie);
Ballroom Dancing– (Waltz, Foxtrot, Jitterbug, Swing, Latin, Cha-Cha, Merenque, and Salsa)

4. Three Purposes of Dance:
3. Artistic Dance – Movement that is performed to entertain an audience.
Example – Ballet, Tap, Modern, and Jazz
Any of the recreational and ceremonial dance forms can become a presentational art form.
Ballet is a very presentational and precise form of dance.
Some ballets express mood while others take on a narrative art form using movement and pantomime to tell a story with beginning, middle and end.
Ballet employs the use of costumes, music, sets and characters (but no dialogue).

5. Three Purposes of Dance:
3. Artistic Dance Cont.
Tap is a percussive art form that began as a recreational dance.
Jazz grew from the popular music with the same name.
The very free-flowing style known as Modern began as a rebellion against the restrictive forms of ballet.
Artistic dance allows dance artists to communicate emotion, ideas, information and feelings to an audience.