TIMELINE
HISTORY OF
DANCE
By: Ron Aisen Howard Trofeo Camama
BSIT 1B
FIRST
DANCING
3,300 BCE
First Dancing
• It is believed that the first people to dance were the Egyptians.
Archaeologists discovered paintings of dancing figures in rock shelters and
caves.
■ Unlike some early human activities such as the production of stone tools,
hunting, cave painting, etc., dance does not leave behind physical
artifacts. Thus, it is impossible to say with any certainty when dance
became part of human culture. However, dance has certainly been an important
part of ceremony, rituals, celebrations and entertainment since the birth of
the earliest human civilizations. Archaeology delivers traces of dance
from prehistoric times such as Egyptian tomb paintings depicting dancing
figures from circa 3300 BC and the Bhimbetka rock-shelter paintings in India
.
BALLET
1400
Ballet Dancing
• Ballet started in Italy around the year 1400 but didn’t really become popular until
around the year of 1500. Ballet gained its popularity when a lady of the arts,
Catherine de Medici, married King Henry 11 and threw festivals where they
would preform ballet dances. Ballet is believed to be the main core of every
single dance style.
MASQUE
1600
Masque Dancing
• Masque dancing started from elaborate pageants and shows in the 16th
century. Masque dancing involved intricate costuming and stage
designing that also incorporated singing and acting as well as
dancing. It was often used as a court entertainment.
• Masquerade dancers are a feature of religious societies in many
areas. Four main types of masquerader are identified by the roles
they play: those who embody deities or nature spirits and to whom
sacrifice is made to assure the fertility of land and people, those
who embody the ancestral spirits, those who placate the spirits
through their dance, and those who perform principally as
entertainers.
CLASSICA
L DANCE
1795
Classical Dancing
• This style of dance evolved from courtroom dancing. An era
influencing Persian dance was the Qajar Dynasty which
lasted from 1795 to 1925. Dancers would preform artistic
and lively dances for the Shah. The music is usually played
by a small band.
• Ballet, particularly classical ballet
• Indian classical dance
• Traditional forms of dancing in other cultures, such as
Japanese traditional dance or Chinese traditional dance
TAP
DANCE
1800s
Tap Dancing
• Tap dancing originated from African tribe dancing. It is believed
that tap dancing started in the mid-1800s. Tap dancing makes
percussion sounds because of dancers most commonly wearing leather
shoes with two pieces of metal and clip and clap against hard floors.
Tap is still very popular to this day.
■ Tap dance, style of dance in which a dancer wearing shoes fitted with
heel and toe taps sounds out audible beats by rhythmically striking
the floor or any other hard surface.
MERENGUE
DANCE
1890
MERENGUE DANCING
• Merengue was first a music style that originated in the
Dominican Republic before it became a dance style. The
style originated from laborers working in sugar beet
fields. It is a Caribbean dance style that involves
partners holding each other in a tango-like position and
moving their hips side to side.
■ Ideally suited to the small, crowded dance floors, it is a
dance that is easy to learn and essentially a "fun" dance.
JAZZ AND
ARCO
DANCE
1900
JAZZ AND ARCO DANCING
• Jazz dance originated from Africa and puts an emphasis on rhythm
and timing. Some older styles of jazz movements include the
shimmy, the Lindy hop, and the Charleston. Acro dance is short for
acrobatics. It originated in circuses such as Cirque De Soleil. It
involves doing smooth and flexible movements, and lots of
backbending and tricks. Both these styles are widely popular to
this day.
• It is a genre of dance which incorporates elements of gymnastics,
jazz, balancing and contortion. Students learn Acrobatic tricks
such as handstands, cartwheels and aerials, chest stands, elbow
stands and walkovers. Trick movements are usually executed slowly
to emphasise gracefulness, body lines and picturesque extension.
CONTEMPORAR
Y DANCE
1950
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
• Contemporary dance is a style that combines jazz, ballet, and
modern dance. Its said that the first ever contemporary
choreographer was Merce Cunningham. Contemporary can be many
different styles, but most of the time it is melancholy and or
intense. It involves a lot of technique usage. It is very
popular among the competitive dance scene today.
■ Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines
elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz,
lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to
connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements.
HIP HOP
DANCE
1970
HIPHOP DANCE
• Hip hop dance made an entrance in the 1970s. It originated from
African tribe dances, but did not become popular until way after
the time it was started. Hip hop involves sharp movements. There
are many styles of hip hop that include breaking, popping, locking,
and more.
■ Hip-hop dance is a unique and exciting style of street dance that
is most commonly performed to hip-hop music. Hip-hop dance is a
vibrant form of dance that combines a variety of freestyle
movements to create a cultural piece of art. Through its three main
styles of popping, locking, and breaking, hip-hop dance has evolved
into one of the most popular and influential styles of dance.
DANCE
NOWADAYS
2018
DANCE NOWADAYS
• Today's dance style has taken a turn towards more hip hop
dances. Because of hip hop has not been around nearly as
long as most dance styles, it's still the most popular
style to this day. Small and popular dances that involve
hip hop and that most everyone can achieve include the whip
and nae nae, Gangnam Style (its a little old), shooting,
and more. Ballet, jazz, and contemporary are very popular
in dance studios, especially competitive dance studios.
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