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Adance party (also referred to as adance) is a social gathering wheredancing is the primary activity. Some dance parties are held in a casual setting and open to the public, such as arave, or those held innightclubs.
Other types of dance parties may be a formal or semi-formal private event which often require guests to donformal wear and have an invitation or membership within the community hosting the event, such asschool dances andcotillions.
Guests of formal dances often attend in pairs, as consorts or "dates" for one another. The term "stag" refers to going without a consort to a dance organized for couples.[1] Dances commonly take place during the evening, although some are held earlier during the daytime; such events are known astea dances.
Casual dances are dances that do not have a formal dress requirement; these may include school and community events, raves, evening entertainments provided for guests aboard acruise ship, and events organized for certain holidays, such asHalloween andMardi Gras.
A school dance is a dance sponsored by a school, and may becasual orformal. Casual school dances were originally limited to Western countries, although schools in other countries[where?] are beginning to adopt such events.[as of?] There are some schools, such asArlington High School inArlington, Massachusetts, that prohibit school-hosted dances, citing sex andalcohol problems.[2]
One of the most significant school dances isprom, a relatively formal event normally reserved forJunior grade andSenior grade students. Some schools host a winter formal, a similar event, for the lower grades. In the 1950s, informal school dances in the United States were often calledsock hops. The traditionalSadie Hawkins dance may be formal or semi-formal.
Alive band dance is an event where the means of serving the dancefloor involves the use of alive band. Before the rise ofdiscothèques andDJ-based dancefloors with recorded music (prior to the 1950s), live bands were the ubiquitous means ofserving the dancefloor.[3] Along with that,slow-dancing was the primary method of dancing at the time. However; the rise ofRock and Roll music initially made it hard for people to dance when it was popularized in the early 1950s, however people quickly adapted to it and started dancing at higher speeds almost coinciding the rise of DJ-based dancefloors. Live bands have quickly been displaced by DJ-based dancefloors as the DJ stands took up less space than bandstands and that it played recorded music.[citation needed]
Dance parties are usually held at night, and may be hosted in private homes,bars,[4]gymnasiums, nightclubs,community centers,ballrooms, or other large open spaces suitable for use as adance floor by many people simultaneously.
The music at dance parties is usually played through aPA system or a more powerfulsound system, and is often supplied by aDJ who selects and plays pre-recorded songs fromvinyl records,compact discs or with alaptop; however, some dance parties feature live instrumentalists or musicians playing their music live on an instrument, or with a laptop. Raves and other large,[quantify] modern dance parties usevisual andlighting effects, such asstrobe lighting andsmoke machines.
In the Jewish community,Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations often involve dances.[5]
Dances are common forQuinceañeras,[6]sweet sixteen parties anddébutante celebrations. Some of thesecoming of age events involve afather-daughter dance.
Nurai, a nightclub inBeirut hosted a party event on the 28th August 2017 and by August 30, 2017 it broke theGuinness World Record for hosting a 56-hour long party to show that "it is the best party city in the world!"[7][8]
In Australia, dance parties are popular amongstteenagers, to the point that many dance parties are held specifically for teenagers innightclubs or other locations which allowunderage guests, who are usually unable to attend such places due tolocal laws.[9]
Some dance events may put an emphasis on certain genres of dance. For example, an event may featureswing orsquare dancing rather than dancing in general. Amasked ball is a type ofcostume party that features dancing. Dance parties at which people mainly danceTango are calledMilongas.
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