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Dance also is used to describe methods of non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or animals (bee dance, mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (the leaves danced in the wind), and certain genres.
Choreography means any notation of dance.
Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. Dance disciplines exist in sports such as gymnastics, figure skating, and synchronized swimming, and martial arts kata are often compared to dance.
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While historically ballroom dance may refer to any form of formal social dancing as recreation, with the eminence of dancesport in modern times the term has become much narrower in scope, usually referring specifically to the International Standard and International Latin style dances (see dance groupings below). In the United States, two additional variations—"American Smooth" and "American Rhythm"—have also been popularized and are commonly recognized as styles of "ballroom dance".
The term "ballroom dancing" is derived from the word ball, which in turn originates from the Latin word ballare which means "to dance". In times past, ballroom dancing was "social dancing" for the privileged, leaving "folk dancing" for the lower classes. These boundaries have since become blurred, and it should be noted even in times long gone, many "ballroom" dances were really elevated folk dances.
The can-can (also spelled cancan, Can Can) is regarded today primarily as a music hall dance, performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings, harking back to the fashions of the 1890s. The main features of the dance are the lifting up and manipulation of the skirts, with high kicking and suggestive, provocative body movements.
... that Rolf de Maré was a Swedish art collector who in 1933 created the world's first museum and research institute for dance?
... that the first performance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in 1958, was held at New York's 92nd Street Young Men's Hebrew Association?
... the Ländler dance that Maria and the Captain shared in the musical The Sound of Music is not really traditional?
... during the production of Sylvia, the score was constantly under construction by Delibes, often with the aid of lead dancers Louis Mérante and Rita Sangalli?
... the Baltic Song and Dance Celebrations are Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity?
...that the score of Giselle contains additions by Léon Minkus?
...that the Mark Morris Dance Group derives its name from the fact that Mark Morris never wanted a formal company but instead simply gathered a group of his colleageus and peers and, on November 28, 1980, put on a show of his works at the Merce Cunningham Studios in Greenwich Village, New York City?
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In 2007, Tabitha was the host/instructor of an exercise DVD titled Drop it with Dance. Tabitha also appeared in Rock Your Body, a dance/fitness DVD hosted by choreographer and creative director Jamie King who is known primarily for his work with Madonna.
Tabitha and Napoleon teach hip hop dance at the Edge Performing Arts Center in Hollywood and nationally through Monsters of Hip Hop dance convention. They have been supervising choreographers for all three seasons of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. They have also been reoccurring hip hop choreographers on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance since season 4.
2009
- 02 July Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo (major rewrite)
- 02 July Fanny Pak (new article)
- 02 July Dave Scott (new article)
- 08 June Siobhan Davies (choreographic style)
- 29 March Pointe shoes (major rewrite)
2008
- 13 October The Moor's Pavane (José Limón's 1949 ballet)
- 13 October A Midsummer Night's Dream (Balanchine's first complete full-length ballet, 1962)
- 9 August Australian Dance Awards
- 29 March Concert dance (merge material from Dance Theatre)
- 21 March Australian Choreographic Ensemble
- 14 March Margaret Morris (dancer)
- 10 March Garry Stewart
- 24 February Health risks of professional dance (based on "Risks of classical ballet")
- 10 February History of ballet split from Ballet
- 10 February Ballet heavy copy edit
- 29 January List of dance companies (create table)
- 17 January Acro dance
2007
- 30 December Ulyana Lopatkina (major upgrade)
- 30 December Galina Mezentseva (new)
- 28 December Susanne Linke (from the German WP article)
- 30 August Dance Notation Bureau
- 31 July Marianela Núñez
- 3 Jun The Forsythe Company
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Collaboration:
- To nominate at WP:FAC:
- To improve to Featured standard:
- To nominate as a Good article:
- To expand: Bolero - Choreography on Broadway - Indian classical dance - List of dance companies - Opera ballet - Set dance
- To cleanup: Salsa - Dandiya - Parsons Dance Company - Tik (dance)
- To unbias: Tina Landon
- To check for copyvios: Tina Landon
- To merge: List of dancers & List of dance personalities as per AfD discussion
- Substubs needing expansion: See: /substubs
- To destub: ARTS-Dance - Callerlab - Cha-cha-cha (dance) - Clogging - DanceSport - Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing - Attilio Labis - Nicolai Legat - John Neumeier - Traditional square dance - Turkish dance - more - Miami City Ballet
- Needing references: Dabke - Miami CIty Ballet - Oklahoma City Ballet
- To create: 18th century dance - 20th century ballet - American folk dance - Ballet comique - Canadian step dance - Country Western Dance International - Cyril Atanassoff - Dance and cinema - Dance and society - Dance education - Ductia - English ballet - German folk dancing - Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago - Irmgard Bartenieff - Italian ballet - Kansas City Ballet (turns 50) - Latin swing - Post-structuralist ballet - Push (dance) - Rebetiko dances - Salon dance - Scotch reel - Shuffle dance - Swing boogie - Wining - World Dance Alliance - more
- Wanted Pics/Graphics: Category:Dance articles needing images
