What's the difference between lyrical and contemporary dance?

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Answer 1

contemporary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporar...

Contemporary Dance is the name given to a group of 20th century concert dance forms. It is a collection of systems and methods developed from Modern and Postmodern dance, thus contemporary dance is not a specific dance technique. Australian, European, Canadian and American contemporary dance differ from each other in a number of ways.

Contemporary dance principles include: centering, alignment, gravity, breath, contraction, release, fall and recovery, spension, balance and off-balance, tension and relaxation, opposition and emotion.

lyrical

Lyrical dance is a fusion of ballet and jazz dance techniques.

Lyrical dance challenges choreographers and dancers to use motion to interpret music and express emotion. A lyrical dancer's movements attempt to show the meaning of the music. Lyrical jazz is a very passionate and emotional dance style. It portrays certain emotions such as love, and tells a story through every movement made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrical_dan...

Answer 2

lyrical is like contemporary only it is more emotional and based off the lyrics of the song.

contemporary usually refers to modern but it is not  a specific style.

modern:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_danc...

lyrical: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrical_dan...