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Question: What is lyrical dance and is it anything like ballet!?
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lyrical dance, is an expressive and a emotional dance style!.

Yes, lyrical does contain parts of ballet!.
Lyrical sometimes gets mistaken for contemporary or modern!.
Lyrical is in between contemporary and ballet!.

It can be very graceful and meaningful like ballet
and can range from whole different movements like contemporary!!

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lyrical is pretty much ballet and jazz mushed together and has a more emotional feeling!.
there is technique, control, grace, and style!.

while modern and contemporary have little to no technique in them it's mainly style and control!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When my daughter takes a Modern theatre dance exam, there is a section where they have to perform a set dance!. There are two dances to choose from!.One is usually an up tempo jazzy number and the second is a more floaty type of balletic piece!.hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When you make some thing lyrical you are making the movment more smooth and flowing

It is similar to ballet but not the same

Eg: Hip hop
when you make hip ho[p lyrical you would put more smooth movment in itWww@QuestionHome@Com