Professional

Performance
Dance
Prepared by: Micah Joy Look
Professional Performance dance (also known as
concert dance or theatre dance Kingdom) is
dance performed for an audience. It is frequently
performed in a theatre setting, though this is not a
requirement, and it is usually choreographed and
performed to set music.
It was first introduced in the early years of Italian
Renaissance when music, dance, arts and poetry
started to rise in popularity after the millennia of
medieval stagnation. Refined by the efforts of the
France and Russia, ballet became the premier
technical concert dance. Hailed as one of the most
revered and most complicated dance of all time,
ballet continued its rise to worldwide domination.
Professional Performance Dance

01 Ballet

02 Contemporary 03 Modern
dance dance
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Ballet
It was popularized in countries such as France and Russia in
the 15th century Renaissance and has had a profound impact
on techniques found in many other dances. It has been
globally influential and has evolved in many different
cultures. It is often performed with classical music
accompaniment and elaborate costumes, while modern ballets
are performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets
or scenery.
 Ballet
The term ballet traces its name roots in
the Italian word “balleto”, which is a
variation of another Italian word, “balle”,
which means “dance”.

Oxford Languages dictionary even traces

it up to its Latin name root, “ballare”,
meaning, “to dance”.

Ballet is a theatrical dance that features highly formalized steps

and movements. It uses body movements, music, and stage
scenery to speak emotions, a story, an atmosphere, or a theme
 Types of Ballet
1. Classical Ballet
features a full orchestra,
accompanying set design,
elaborate costumes, and story-
driven dance narratives.
2. Romantic Ballet
highlights intense drama,
emotions, and lyricism in
its performance.
3. Neoclassical Ballet
has no formal costumes, scenery, or
plot. It does away with the formality
of traditional ballet so that you can
incorporate modern choreographies,
techniques, and music.
4. Contemporary Ballet
dancers usually perform
barefooted, and dance styles
involve more leg turn-ins and
floor work.
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CONTEMPORARY
DANCE
 Contemporary dance is a highly complicated
type of modern performance dance that
originated in the mid-20th century as an
alternative to classical dance styles (such as
ballet), modern styles (free dance) and Jazz
dance. Its focus on free leg movement, strong
stress on the torso, disordered choreography,
unpredictability, multiple and simultaneous
actions, improvisation, and non-standardized
costumes, sets, and lighting has pushed this
dance into the forefront of modern art dance
scene.
 Today's
contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is very
interpretive in its choreography
and often focuses on emotions
Today's contemporary dance is an
and storytelling, can be
eclectic mix of styles, with
performed barefoot, with pointe
choreographers drawing from ballet,
shoes, naked, fully clothed, and
modern, and "post-modern"
with or without music
(structureless) forms of dance. While
some contemporary dancers create
characters, theatrical events, or stories,
others perform entirely new creations
as they improvise in their own unique
style.
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MODERN
DANCE
 MODERN DANCE

Modern dance is an influential performance

dance that originated as a reaction against the
classical ballet and its movement style.
Shaped by many factors in late 19th and early
to mid-20th century, modern dance evolved
into a popular free dance style that includes
elements of performance art, release
technique, improvisation and contact
improvisation.
 Simply, Modern Dance is a creation of movements to match a
dancer's feelings and purpose. Any moves are fine as long as you
learn to execute them well and with meaning.
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By: Micah Joy R Look