Dance in West Rand

Inside Dance, in West Rand

• Ballet 3 entries

  Classical dance built on turnout, the five positions and a set vocabulary of steps.

• Contemporary 3 entries

  Concert dance that puts ballet's legwork together with the free torso of modern dance, and adds floor work and improvisation.

• Freestyle 1 entry

  Fast solo dance to high-energy pop, built on jazz technique and carrying kicks, spins, leaps and gymnastic tricks. Also called freestyle disco.

• Jazz 1 entry

  Theatre dance built on isolations, syncopation and a grounded, weighted line.

• Line Dance 1 entry

  Danced in rows to a counted sequence everybody knows, facing the same way and without a partner.

• Lyrical 1 entry

  Dance that follows a song's words and feeling, on ballet's line with jazz's give.

• Modern 2 entries

  Theatre dance in a balletic line, worked through set turns, leaps and travelling steps, also called Modern Theatre.

• Partner Dance 1 entry

  Dance for the social floor, danced as a couple or among couples.

  • Argentine Tango
  • Ballroom
  • Latin
  • Sokkie
  • Swing
  • Wedding Dance

• Social Dance 1 entry

  Dance you learn in order to dance it with the people around you, at a party rather than on a stage.

  • Line Dance
  • Sokkie
  • Swing

• Tap 1 entry

  Dance that makes its own rhythm audible, through metal plates at the toe and heel.