Ballet Ballroom Ballet is a type of performance dance that Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances that are originated during the 15th Century. The highly enjoyed both socially and competitively around the technical form of dance has developed with its world. Thus, ballroom dance is widely enjoyed on own vocabulary based on French terminology. stage, film and television. Though the dance offers Since, it has been globally influential. Traditional diversity in its technique, rhythm and costumes, classical ballets are usually performed with they all exemplify core elements of ballroom classical music and use elaborate costumes and dancing such as control. In the past, ballroom staging. Modern ballet however, are often dancing was mostly enjoyed by the privileged but performed in simple costumes (e.g. leotards and most recently, these boundaries have become tights). blurred.

Bollywood Capoeira Capoeira was developed in Brazil at the beginning Bollywood is part of the larger cinema of India, of the 16th Century and is an Afro-Brazilian martial where the term is influenced by combing art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics “Bombay” and “Hollywood”. Bollywood dance has and music. Performed by two people, it is often played a significant role in Bollywood and the called “Capoeira game”, and is not a fight. It is Indian film industry. The dance-form has a mixture known for its quick and complex manoeuvres, of numerous styles – including belly-dancing and predominantly using power and speed. The kathak. Often, there are no defined rules in techniques also leverage across a wide variety of Bollywood dances like classical dance styles. kicks and spins.

Flamenco Jazz Jazz dancing matches to the rhythms and Flamenco is a professionalised art-form based on techniques of jazz music that was particularly the various music traditions of Southern Spain in developed by the Black community in America the autonomous communities of Andalusia, during the early part of the 20th Century. It is a Extremadura and Murcia. The dance-form also form of dance that showcases a dancer’s individual includes singing, guitar playing, vocals and chorus style and originality. Every jazz dancer interprets clapping, handclapping and finger snapping. More and executes moves and steps in their own way. recently, Flamenco is becoming popular around This type of dancing is also energetic and consists other parts of the world and is taught in many non- of unique moves, footwork, big leaps and quick Hispanic countries too, namely the USA and Japan. turns. Street Tap Street dance is a dance style that evolved outside Tap dancing originated as Juba, a kind of dance dance studios such as streets, block parties, parks practiced by African slaves. It has evolved and school yards. It is also an umbrella term which considerably to become the art form we know not only describes dances in urban context that today – before, dancers wore soft shoes or clogs. are often improvisional and social in nature, but Now, the dance type is characterised by using the encompasses a range of dance styles such as hip sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of hop, funk and breakdancing. Its electric nature percussion. The sound is made by shoes that have includes terms such as popping, locking and a metal “tap” on the heel and toe. It is widely waving. performed in musical theatre.