As I mentioned earlier, the word “dance” is a general term that can mean a multitude of different things—as opposed to “dance” as the art form. Most of the time dancers try to avoid the term, choosing instead to refer to the art form in the same manner that jazz musicians sometimes refer to Jazz dance. For a variety of reasons, jazz musicians sometimes refer to jazz dance as “Jazz”. (As you’ll see below, we tend to refer to dance as “dance” as a generalization rather than to be specific about the art form.) In fact, at least in the United States, many other European nations, and parts of Asia and Latin America, music has had no formal standing as an art form until very recently. Instead it is generally regarded as a cultural, theatrical, folk, or even a “glorified” sport. As music goes, so does dance in many cultures.
As for etiquette, it’s important to remember that the word “dance” is a general term that can apply to many different aspects of social dances:
In most countries, dance etiquette is not particularly distinct from the social etiquette of the social circle. It includes things such as “polite” and “respectful” ways to dance with other people. One of the most common ways to behave when dancing with someone else is by looking their way—even if you don’t know them or see them from far away. For example, you may not wave before you touch, or wave and smile before you touch. You may not make a “wave” before making a move.
However, the way you move and speak when engaging with others is often very important. It’s particularly important, for example, in a dancing competition when you are competing in one of the formalized competition dances. In these dances, the competition is usually for ranking or ranking by position: the person who scores the highest on the floor is the winner, the person who scores the lowest on the floor is the loser. For this reason, it’s important to keep the appropriate politeness and appropriate expression during competitions. For example, if you’re at a dance competition and you’re not sure of what to do, you may want to move forward, wave and say hello to other competitors, or say hi to the owner of the dance when you see him/her. This will help your chances of being recognized as one of the contestants. If your dance partner does this, you’ll have to keep
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