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Dance is a broad and far reaching term encompassing everything from boppin’ around to your favorite tune to top tier trained professionals. At its very root dance is the intentional movement of the body in sequence and rhythm, primarily with music, and is something we all have the capacity for. It is also something our bodies respond positively to right down to the neurological level, just type in ‘medical benefits of dance’ and you’ll have plenty to read. And like any skill or discipline it can be practiced, studied, developed, and improved to ever increasing levels of mastery. As a twenty year full time professional dancer and second degree black belt I can promise you there is a never-ending supply of things to learn.
The various styles of dance have very different underlying techniques and processes. They all start from the same root of intentional rhythmic movement but can arrive at profoundly different endpoints. Just watch a video of hip-hop then one of classic ballet then one of ballroom. They are all engaging in their perspective ways but are also completely different disciplines. The TV show So You Think You Can Dance was built on the premise of illustrating this by having accomplished dancers attempt styles other than their own.