How Does History Affect Dance

History’s Effect on Dance History has had a huge effect on the way that dance is today. “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” Theodore Roosevelt is correct, the more you know about the history the more ready you will be. That is why knowing about the history of dance is important. History has changed dance through the years to get to where it is now. The early 1900’s, mid 1900’s, and the late 1900’s had some of the biggest impact on the changes in dance. The early 1900’s is where it becomes really clear that history effects dance. According to Stanford’s article on Social Dances. Ragtime music was really popular. It also states that “animal dances” were really popular. Like the Grizzly Bear, Turkey
African originated dances started to become popular as well. I believe they started doing these dances because African American segregation starting ending during this time and they were becoming accepted (Jazz Dance p.1). War was going on, happiness started to disappear. But African American discrimination started to go away. Happy events didn’t happen as much so they tried to use music and dance to distract themselves from everything around them. During the late 1900’s history effected dance. The government was having issues and was renovating to try and mold the government to what it is now. On the other hand, dirty dancing started becoming popular. Animal dances started coming back. Early hip hop and line dancing was invented during this time period. To connect these two, the government was having issues causing peoples dance to become new and different. It was something new that people had never seen before. It started opening doors for what dance is like today. In conclusion, in the early 1900’s, mid 1900’s, and late 1900’s history effect’s dance. This makes us more able to be prepared for any and every situation because history teaches us things. Even how to