# Dance Studies

- By: Debra Worth
- Publisher: Folsom Lake College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Dance/Dance_Studies%3A_Choreographing_Dance_and_Life_(Worth))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Dance/Dance_Studies%3A_Choreographing_Dance_and_Life_(Worth)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-286044/pdf

What is dance? Dance is more than movement. “Dance is a transient mode of expression, performed in a given form and style by the human body moving in space. Dance occurs through purposefully selected and controlled rhythmic movements; the resulting phenomenon is recognized as dance by both the performer and the observing members of a given group” (Keali’inohomoku, 1983). This book will survey many dance forms from around the world. But why study dance at all?