Abstract :
A typical African society is characterized by indigenous performances that embody the cultural attributes of the people. These performances are often structured in the form of dance and are used to mark significant events in the community. Dance being a performing art has the tendency and potency to evolve and take a new form inline with the socio-cultural changes of the society, and this evolution has come to be known as dance development. Dance development is the different stages of evolution a dance has undergone to get to its present stage. It is those changes that occurred in a dance, and are often caused by some factors. In this study the focus will be to reveal those factors that necessitate these changes and how they have contributed in structuring the indigenous dances of today, and also to discover what a dance stand to gain by yielding to those agents of change and the resultant consequence ofremaining adamant.
