In the seventies and eighties, like with ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology had a focus on a very specific communicative type of "folklore music" performed by small groups and the context and performance aspects of dance were studied and emphasized to be a part of a whole "folkloric dance" that needed to be preserved. This was influenced by the same human centered "thick description" way of study that had moved into ethnomusicology. However, at this time, the sound and dance aspects of the performances studied were still studied and analyzed a bit separately from the context and social aspects of the culture around the dance.Ceribašić, Naila. 1998. Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology at the Institute During the Nineties. Narodna umjetnost : hrvatski časopis za etnologiju i folkloristiku, 35(2), 66-66.
