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The Canadian dance scene features different genres, including rock, punk, jazz, hip hop, country, classical, ballet, and blues. Popular genres and subgenres with multicultural influences also dominate the dance scene.
Fiddle and old time music are also popular and well represented by artists such as Ashley MacIsaac, The Rankin Family, Sierra Noble, Natalie MacMaster, Jerry Holland, and others. Fiddle music was quite popular in the rural regions until 1960 and is known under different names, including First Nations, Aboriginal, Down-East, Ottawa Valley, Ukrainian-Canadian, Cape Breton, and Old Time Music. The repertoire has been diversified by electronic media such as TV, radio, and recordings as well as original composit
Electronic music is gaining in popularity in major city centers, with internationally renowned performers such as Pim Zond, DJ deadmau5, DJ Richie Hawtin, Venetian Snares, and many others. Electronic genres include dub techno, experimental electronic metal, minimal techno, and electrofunk, and lo-fi electronica, among others. Industrial music is also popular in Canada, with world famous and Canadian groups dominating the dance scene - Digital Poodle, The Rabid Whole, Tribal Machine, Econoline Crush, Front L
The Dance Current features