FIGURE 2.

Illustration of non-exhaustive list of dance styles and usages. Dance can be (A) something you watch as a spectator, (B,C) an artform and sport that connects you with your culture (e.g., Persian, Indian dance), (D) a fight dance (e.g., Capoeira, Haka), (E) something you do as a group (e.g., folkdances, other group and traditional dances), (F) a type of fitness activity (e.g., Zumba), (G) something you do with a partner (e.g., Argentine Tango, Swing dance, Ball room and Latin dances, Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, etc.), (H) something you do on your own, as self-intimation, a fitness enhancer, to come to terms with emotions or situations, mood management, (I) as a form of free expression of your feelings, (J) an activity that connects you with a specific sub-culture (e.g., Hip hop, lyrical, Cabaret, tap dance), etc., (K) a therapy with a dance movement therapist, (L) a performative art form that you do in front of an audience, (M) something to do free style in a club dancing context, (N) something you do for intimacy and seduction in a couple dance, (O) as an erotic dance forms (e.g., some types of pole dancing, Belly dancing—please note that these can be practiced both for professional purposes and for purposes of self-intimation with no seductive or erotic intentions of the dancer). © JF Christensen.