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Costumes also serve as an avenue for children to explore and roleplay |
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| Children can dress up in various forms; for illustration characters from antiquity or cock-and-bull story like pirates, princesses or cowboys, common jobs like nurses or police officers, or chase such as those seen in zoos or farms. |
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âÂÂClothing worn in dance training generally reflects period, culture, and performance traditionsâ (Penrod 12) |
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| Throughout history clothing has become and simplified as dance becomes more physically demanding and free |
| In the past, dancers would dance in gardens and halls in elaborate and cher costumes |
| However, in the eighteenth century they began to dance in theaters and to âÂÂdiscard cumbersome garmentsâ (Penrod 13) by training in daily clothing. |