US Official State Dances Designations

Official State Dances

This is a list of official US State Dances. State Dances are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.

Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture.

The history of dance is difficult to access because dance does not often leave behind clearly identifiable physical artifacts that last over millennia, such as stone tools, hunting implements or cave paintings. It is not possible to identify with exact precision whendance became part of human culture.

verb
3rd person present: dances

1. move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.
   "their cheeks were pressed together as they danced"
   synonyms: sway, trip, twirl, whirl, pirouette, gyrate; More
2. (of a person) move in a quick and lively way.
   "Sheila danced in gaily"
   synonyms: caper, cavort, frisk, frolic, skip, prance, gambol, jig; leap, jump, hop, bounce
   "little girls danced around me"

noun
plural noun: dances

1. a series of movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music.

Find images, descriptions,and a histories of the state dances representing the state symbols for each of the 50 states.