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Monday 26 February 2018

Dance in Musicals, 9 February

Who, originally, thought of having dance in musicals?

Dance within musicals dates back to 5th Century BCE Greece and cannot be traced to a single person

What musical was the first to include dance?

Once again it is impossible to track as it goes back to ancient times

When was the most successful musical made?

The Lion King has become the top-grossing musical of all time with more than $6.2 billion earned globally. 

Where was the first musical with dance shown?

The closest place it can go back to Greece in ancient times






2 comments:

  1. Good work finding out about were Drama started; I would like to see some evidence such as a painting pf Greek dancers or even a theatre.http://www.carnaval.com/greece/dance/

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  2. It is interesting that the origins of dance can't be pinpointed! I'm sure people have been dancing for hundreds of thousands of years. I wonder who the first person to dance was! Or maybe it goes even further back. Do animals dance?

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