The history of Dance

The history of dance represents a change of meaning of artistic purposes over time. In Classical Ballet, the narratives and environments is illusory that guided the scene. With the social changes of modern times, began to question certain virtuosity present in the ballet and began to appear different movements of modern dance. It is important to note that at that time, the social infer much in artistic achievement, making then the American Modern Dance to eventually become quite different from European modern dance, even with some elements in common. Contemporary dance has emerged as a new art form, both suffering influences of all past movements, and new technological possibilities (video, installation). That was also very influenced by new social conditions - increasing individualism, urbanization, and spread amounts of media, giving rise to new proposals for art, it also led to mergers with other artistic areas such as the theater for example.