An bayle iyo an art form asin isport na kompwesto nin surunod-sunod na hiro nin hawak na may aesthetic asin parating symbolic value, kun bakong improvised o tuyong pinili. An bayle iyo an hiro na tinogdas kan tawo asin pigpapahayag para sa katuyohan na estetiko. An bayle iyo man an gunuan nin alingan.[1] An bayle iyo an gawe nin tawo na kompwesto nin (gikan sa perspektibo kan parabayle, na kun saen iyan pighihiras sa mga audience members kan kultura kan bayle) kan tuyong (indibidwal na pinili asin sosyal na pagkanood sa pagganap nin papel), intensyon na rhythmical, asin culturally patterned na pagkasurunod-sunod kan bakong berbal na hiro kan hawak kadaklan laen sa mga pigperform sa ordinaryong motor na aktibidad. An mosyon (sa panahon, espasyo, asin igwa nin espwerso) igwa nin inherent asin estetikong halaga (an nosyon kan appropriateness asin competency bilang pighihiling kan kultura kan parabayle) asin simbolikong potensyal.[2] An bayle pwedeng ikategorya asin iladawan kan saiyang koreograpiya, kan saiyang repertoire nin mga hiro o kan saiyang mga historical period o place of origin.[3] An bayle tipikal na pigpeperform na may musical accompaniment, asin kun minsan igwa nin mga parabayle na sinda mismo an naggagamit nin instrumento.

A man and woman, mid-leap
Two modern dancers

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  1. {{cite book|author=Sondra Horton Fraleigh|title=Dance and the Lived Body: A Descriptive Aesthetics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4FN1lOcR-wC&pg=PA43%7Cyear=1987%7Cpublisher=University of Pittsburgh Pre|isbn=978-0-8229-7170-2|page=49|access-date=2015-10-16|archive-date=2023-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112184845/https://books.google.com/books?id=K4FN1lOcR-wC&pg=PA43%7Curl-status=live
  2. {{cite book|author=Judith Lynne Hanna|title=The performer-audience connection: emotion to metaphor in dance and society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ze8TAQAAIAAJ%7Cyear=1983%7Cpublisher=University[permanent dead link] of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-76478-1
  3. Foster, Susan Leigh. (2011). Choreographing empathy : kinesthesia in performance. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-59656-5. OCLC 963558371.