A1:
An ethnic dance reflects the peculiar characteristics of a specific tribe, especially their cultural, racial, religious, and traditional similarities.
A folk dance is a traditional dance that expresses the thoughts, ideas, and feelings of a group of people in connection with everyday activities and experiences of the people who developed them.
A2 fr: Yahoo Answers:
Well ethnic dance is a dance that is based on ethnicity, and may only be performed by members of that ethnicity. A folk dance is something that is created and performed by a group of the same cultural background/way of life. They do not necessarily have the same ethnicity (although they may), but share similar socialization qualities.
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Philippine folk dances are the dances of the original ethnic groups that inhabited the Philippines, along with modifications and additions resulting from 300 years of Spanish influence. American folk dance is not so much American as the ethnic dances of the various groups who migrated to America from around the world.
No, because ethnic dances are done during rituals while folk dances are dances danced when they like to. I'm not quite sure about my answer.
The terms Ethnic and Traditional dance are used when it is required to emphasize the cultural roots of the dance. It this sense, nearly all folk dances are ethnic ones. Even if some dances, such as Polka, cross ethnic boundaries (and even cross the boundary between Folk and Ballroom dance!), ethnical differences are often considerable enough to speak of, e.g., "Czech Polka" vs. "German Polka".On the contrary, not all ethnic dances are folk ones. The simplest example are ritual dances or dances of ritual origin.
Tribal dance refers to a dance being performed/originated by people living in a tribal society, while folk dancing doesn't say anything about how the society is ordered. It might be feudal or anything.
no,because "Ethnic dance" is any dance form which can be identified as originating with an ethnic culture and expressing the movement aesthetics of that culture. while,"Folk" dance requires not only an ethnic identification, but a "participatory" and aesthetic tradition. It is dance which is an integral and anticipated behavior in the culture and defined by the aesthetics of that culture (whether rural or urban); no,because "Ethnic dance" is any dance form which can be identified as originating with an ethnic culture and expressing the movement aesthetics of that culture. while,"Folk" dance requires not only an ethnic identification, but a "participatory" and aesthetic tradition. It is dance which is an integral and anticipated behavior in the culture and defined by the aesthetics of that culture (whether rural or urban);