Ceremonial dance

Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic. It is related to and overlaps with sacred dance and ecstatic dance.

Definition

History

Description

List of ceremonial dances

• Festival dance
• Dance in ancient cultures
  • Dance in ancient Egypt
  • Ancient Greece
  • Ancient Rome
  • Indian classical dance
• Ritual dance, Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance
  • Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
  • Some Basque dances
  • Căluşari
  • Circle dance
  • Corroborree
  • Dances of Universal Peace
  • Kagura
  • Long Sword dance
  • Morris dance
  • Rapper dance
  • Religious dance
  • Ritual dances of China
  • Ritual dances of India
  • Sema, or Whirling dervish dance
  • Sinulog
  • Sublî
  • War dance
  • Weapon dance

External links

• Classical Indian dance at Curlie -- over 250 links to Classical Indian Dance resources

1. List of dance styles
2. Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
3. Erotic dance
4. Stomp dance
5. Kagura
6. Kachina
7. Haka
8. Balinese dance
9. Dance
10. Ceremony
11. Concert dance
12. Bear Dance
13. Miko
14. Apache Crown Dance
15. Ceremonial dress
16. Khamba Thoibi Jagoi
17. Maya dance
18. List of Indian folk dances
19. Yupʼik dance
20. Tawaif