Dancing Through Life in Chains

Dance can be a source of energy, a representation of feelings, or just a source of happiness, but dancing has a higher purpose for slaves. Dance plays various purposes, from communication to self expression, and creates a sense of community among individuals. Dance helps oppressed individuals come together to face adversity. The history of slave dance is intertwined with religion and society culture and depends heavily on their African tradition. Dance is a rhythm in which the body keeps moving in a specific area, but for slaves, dancing tends to look more than it does.

Meanwhile, participatory dance is mainly for participants, regardless of whether it is a group dance such as folk dance, ballroom dance, line, circle, chain, square dance, or general dance in Western ballroom dance is. A common purpose of bystanders such as social exchanges and exercise. There is no story in this kind of dance. Group dance, ballet group, social partner dance, couple dance are all very different. Even if you dance alone, you can do it only for the satisfaction of the dancer. Participating dancers usually use the same actions and steps, but in electronic carnival culture of electronic dance music, for example, many people may participate in free dancing and not coordinate with people around them. On the other hand, there are strict rules for certain dances depending on the culture. For example, men, women, children may participate or not participate.

Folk dance is being developed by people who reflect the lives of people in specific countries and regions. Not all folk dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances and dances of ritual origin are not considered folk dances. Ritual dances are often called "religious dance" for that purpose. When it is necessary to emphasize the roots of cultural dance, the terms "nation" and "tradition" are used. In this sense, almost all ethnic dances are ethnic dances. If several dances like Polka cross the border or even cross the boundary between "folk dance" and "dance dance", ethnic differences tend to be very large and are not enough to mention .

As early as the 17th century, rural folk performing performances ("country dance") were collected and made public through publicly released publications. In many cases, country dance features "long distance" format where a pair of faces walks or skips by the action towards the caller. John Playford, a British music publisher and bookmaker of the 17th century edited and presented dances in 900 countries through seven versions of British dance master. The first work was published in 1651. His work lasted from 1778 until the final version until 1778 after his son Henry died. Since the first edition, this work is called "dancing master"