Early European 1770-1850 settlers came with their local dance traditions.
Even though dance traditions may be limited to one cultural group, they all develop.
"John Henry," in fact, falls within a specifically American dance tradition that has been neglected of late.
An academic study also compares the two companies, discussing their transformation of dance tradition into stage spectacle.
I adapted it to my own experience of dance tradition, which was ballet.
In this context, her dance tradition is clear.
The call for preservation raises a fundamental question: what is lost to us if a dance tradition dies?
Nothing in the American musical theater has been more inaccessible, however, than the record of its dance traditions, and there are many to recount.
Many immigrant communities continue their own dance traditions on a professional or amateur basis.
These are generally determined by the specific dance or local dance traditions.