Description
Dance covers the modern forms of dance music developed since the advent of Disco in the early 1970s, including disco itself, Electronic Dance Music and Dance-Pop.
Of course, people used to dance to other forms of music, such as Rock & Roll, Swing and Traditional Folk Music. Here, we cover the modern forms often described as ‘club music’.
History
- Decade of Origin:: 1970s
Categorisation
Dance is mostly an umbrella term used to cover Disco and genres since the advent of Disco, thus in a sense its “previous” genre can be regarded as Disco, whilst Disco is a child genre of Dance itself
Exemplar
Most Dance songs can be categorised more specifically into their sub-genres
Child genres
Fusion genres
Alternative Dance Dance-Pop Electronic Dance Music Miami Bass