ESTONIA: Historical dances


Svetlana Dychenko 2010-05-01


Dancing as a social entertainment is based on the European high society ballroom culture that started to take shape from the 12th century onwards.

Ritual dances gradually lost their meaning and dance was to provide enjoyment both to the performers and spectators. Social dance influenced and changed pleasant dance gradually, although the impact have been two-ways.
It is difficult to point out uniquely national dance heritage, because of the extreme international mobility of dance traditions.



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