Dance parties are gatherings in bars or community centers where the guests dance to pop and dance music such as house music, Disco, or techno. The music for dance parties is usually selected and played by a DJ over a PA system or a powerful stereo system. Conversation is not an integral part of these parties as those who attend express themselves through their dancing and by gesturing.
The Berlin Love Parade in 2001. The Siegessäule is in the background.
A spinoff of the dance party, the rave involves dancing to loud house music or techno music played by a DJ over a PA system. Rave parties can involve a few hundred people in a club or thousands of dancers in a large warehouse. The Berlin Love Parade attracts over a hundred thousand partygoers.