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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 musical forms or genres.
Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer.
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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Ballets can be performed alone or as part of an opera. Ballet is best known for its virtuoso techniques such as pointe work, grand pas de deux and high leg extensions. Many ballet techniques bear a striking similarity to fencing positions and footwork, perhaps due to their development during the same periods of history, but more probably, because both arts had similar requirements in terms of balance and movement. Its unique positions and movements had their beginnings in courtly dance and are shaped the way they are because of the fashions worn at that time. Ballet's curved arms were to accommodate the full puffy sleeve and the turn-out of the feet enabled one to move without hindrance by one's high heeled shoe (and was found to make moving sideways much easier).
A ballet tutu is a skirt worn as a costume in a ballet performance, often with attached bodice. It might be single layer, hanging down, or multiple layers starched and strutting out.
... 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?
Emma studied dancing while young and attended the Paris Opera School. She made her debut at age sixteen with the Paris Opera as the sylph in La Sylphide. Her talent brought her fame and she became a widely respected ballerina.
Marie Taglioni noticed her during one of her performances and immediately took a liking to the girl, becoming her mentor. Marie choreographed for Emma in the opera Le Papillon, a piece by Jacques Offenbach that was especially created just for Emma.
2008
- 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 - Dance technology - Indian classical dance - List of dance companies - Opera ballet - Set dance
- To cleanup: Salsa - Dance technology - Dandiya - Parsons Dance Company - Tik (dance)
- To unbias:
- To check for copyvios:
- 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
- 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
