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Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.
Dance is also 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.
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The Red Shoes Restored, With Shoes Redder Than Ever
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:58 -0800
Manohla Dargis: "This born-again version of The Red Shoes, digitally resuscitated from battered prints and negatives, … is essential viewing because even if you think you have seen the movie before its restoration, if you're under 60, you probably haven't seen it anywhere near its original Technicolor glory."...
Bangarra Dance Theatre At 20
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:42 -0800
Founded in 1989, Bangarra is now the flagship performing company of Australia's (and perhaps the world's) aboriginal peoples. "When you sit down and see a Bangarra show, you don't realise you've just been given a 50-minute history lesson, you just feel like you've been taken on a journey and it comes back to you in waves.''...
A Cunningham Counterpart To Wiseman's Paris Opera Ballet Doc
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:34:35 -0800
Tacita Dean's Craneway Event "records three days of rehearsals by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Craneway Pavilion," a converted automobile factory near San Francisco, about a year before Cunningham's death. The documentary film reminds Alastair Macaulay of Degas's backstage-at-the-ballet paintings....
'One Of The Finest Dance Films Ever Made": Wiseman's La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0800
A.O. Scott: "[The documentary's] greater virtue, and the substance of Mr. Wiseman's particular genius, is the way it transfixes you with the inner workings of an institution you may not otherwise care about."...
Old Ballet Florida HQ Sold To College Drama Dept.
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:51 -0800
Palm Beach Atlantic University, a privately funded 3,500-student Christian school, paid $1.85 million for the two-story building in downtown Palm Beach as a home for its theater program. Ballet Florida declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy and shut down in July....
Isadora Duncan Awards Nominees, Honorees Announced
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:03:59 -0800
"Dohee Lee and Jo Kreiter will be honored for outstanding achievement by [January's] 24th annual Isadora Duncan Awards, which recognize contributions to Bay Area dance...." The San Francisco Ballet and the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival received seven nominations apiece....
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The Red Shoes Restored, With Shoes Redder Than Ever
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:58 -0800
Manohla Dargis: "This born-again version of The Red Shoes, digitally resuscitated from battered prints and negatives, … is essential viewing because even if you think you have seen the movie before its restoration, if you're under 60, you probably haven't seen it anywhere near its original Technicolor glory."...
Bangarra Dance Theatre At 20
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:42 -0800
Founded in 1989, Bangarra is now the flagship performing company of Australia's (and perhaps the world's) aboriginal peoples. "When you sit down and see a Bangarra show, you don't realise you've just been given a 50-minute history lesson, you just feel like you've been taken on a journey and it comes back to you in waves.''...
A Cunningham Counterpart To Wiseman's Paris Opera Ballet Doc
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:34:35 -0800
Tacita Dean's Craneway Event "records three days of rehearsals by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Craneway Pavilion," a converted automobile factory near San Francisco, about a year before Cunningham's death. The documentary film reminds Alastair Macaulay of Degas's backstage-at-the-ballet paintings....
'One Of The Finest Dance Films Ever Made": Wiseman's La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0800
A.O. Scott: "[The documentary's] greater virtue, and the substance of Mr. Wiseman's particular genius, is the way it transfixes you with the inner workings of an institution you may not otherwise care about."...
Old Ballet Florida HQ Sold To College Drama Dept.
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:51 -0800
Palm Beach Atlantic University, a privately funded 3,500-student Christian school, paid $1.85 million for the two-story building in downtown Palm Beach as a home for its theater program. Ballet Florida declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy and shut down in July....
Isadora Duncan Awards Nominees, Honorees Announced
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:03:59 -0800
"Dohee Lee and Jo Kreiter will be honored for outstanding achievement by [January's] 24th annual Isadora Duncan Awards, which recognize contributions to Bay Area dance...." The San Francisco Ballet and the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival received seven nominations apiece....
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