History of Dance: an Interactive Arts Approach by Gayle Kassing (195-260)

Summary:

     This second to last section of the book also covers dance from the 20th century, including dance at court, dance from court to theater, romantic to classical ballet, and dance in the United States. It also focuses on 20th-century American dance; highlighting influences on American ballet and modern dance as it emerged, matured, and evolved during that century. This chapter also focuses on major dancers, and as well as, choreographers.

Quote:

    "How people danced are linked to society and the historical period" (Kassing, 255)

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      This statement is indeed definitely true. We have different kinds of dance every year, or so. They're all different styles. For example, in 2007 we had a dance called "crank dat". 2008 we changed to "stanky leg". In 2009, the popular one was "your a jerk". 2010, the new dance was "Dougie" And last but not least 2011, "catdaddy". Every year or every generation, the dance styles/dance moves changes, and becomes more and more popular, until a new one comes out.