Category:Historical dance

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Historical dance (or early dance) in this category covers a wide variety of dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Historical dances are danced as performance, for pleasure, as historical reenactment, or for musicological or historical research purposes.

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Dances from the early 20th century can be recreated precisely, being within living memory and after the advent of film and video recording. Earlier dance types must be reconstructed from less reliable evidence such as surviving notations and instruction manuals.

Subcategories

This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

► Dancing in the Castelo de São Jorge‎ (15 F)
► Nonsuch History and Dance Company‎ (2 F)
► Saltatriculi‎ (22 F)

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► Concheros‎ (4 C, 7 F)
► Medieval dance‎ (5 C, 21 F)
► Baroque dance‎ (12 C, 9 F)
► Regency dance‎ (8 F)

B

► Ballet‎ (18 C, 1 P)
► Balls (dance)‎ (19 C, 37 F)

G

► Galop‎ (46 F)

H

► Historical images of hula‎ (2 C, 36 F)

L

► La comtesse d'Escarbagnas‎ (3 F)

N

► Nautch‎ (1 C, 72 F)

Q

► Quadrille‎ (5 C, 39 F)

R

► Renaissance dance‎ (12 C, 9 F)

T

► Tarantella‎ (3 C, 17 F)

W

► Waltz‎ (7 C, 61 F)

Media in category "Historical dance"

The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total.

A Georgian group dancing the "minuet" (4540423553).jpg 750 × 537; 148 KB
A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding LCCN2007675864 (cropped).jpg 6,824 × 5,346; 5.58 MB
A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding LCCN2007675864.jpg 7,162 × 5,752; 6.01 MB
A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding LCCN2007675864.tif 7,162 × 5,752; 117.88 MB
Aliens production 2.JPG 2,000 × 3,008; 2.38 MB
Der Barbiertanz (Volksbrauch in Pommern) Text.png 477 × 537; 464 KB
Der Barbiertanz (Volksbrauch in Pommern).png 957 × 621; 1.05 MB
Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0096 1.jpg 1,377 × 1,388; 213 KB
Fotothek df ps 0003457 Festarchitektur ^ Tanz ^ Schautanz - Kunsttanz ^ sonstige.jpg 622 × 820; 238 KB
LaurenceBoudetGarril-EricBurté-ChampionnatdeFrance-2013.jpg 1,183 × 1,810; 838 KB
LisaMIOZZO-LucasMAOUI.jpg 720 × 960; 50 KB
Prvni zamecky ples.jpg 600 × 800; 87 KB
Shall we dance? (4660577673).jpg 3,579 × 2,592; 3.94 MB
War and peace dance.jpg 5,479 × 3,653; 14.12 MB

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