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<h1>Dance</h1><IMG SRC="http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/7/7b/Dancer-in-motion.png"> <A HREF="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/" class="external">cc-by-nd-nc</A> ]]<p>
<strong>Dance</strong> generally refers to <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/human" title="Human">human</A> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/movement" title="Movement">movement</A> used as a form of <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/expression" title="Expression">expression</A> or presented in a <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/social" title="Social">social</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/spiritual" title="Spiritual">spiritual</A> or <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/performance" title="Performance">performance</A> setting. <p>
The term <strong>Dance</strong> is also used to describe methods of <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/nonverbal_communication" title="Nonverbal communication">non-verbal communication</A> between <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/human" title="Human">humans</A> or <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/animals" title="Animals">animals</A> (waggledance, mating dance), <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/motion" title="Motion">motion</A> in inanimate objects (<em>the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/leaf" title="Leaf">leaves</A> danced in the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/wind" title="Wind">wind</A></em>) and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/dance__music_" title="Dance (music)">musical formss</A> or <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/music_1" title="Music">genre</A>. People who dance are called dancers and the act of dance is known as <strong>dancing</strong>. An event where dancing takes place may be called <strong>a dance</strong>. <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/choreography" title="Choreography">Choreography</A> is the art of making dances.<p>
Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/society" title="Society">social</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/culture_1" title="Culture">cultural</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/aesthetics" title="Aesthetics">aesthetic</A> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/art" title="Art">artistic</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/moral" title="Moral">moral</A> constraints and range from functional movement (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/folk_dance_1" title="Folk dance">Folk dance</A>) to codified, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/virtuoso" title="Virtuoso">virtuoso</A> techniques such as <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</A>. In <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/sport" title="Sport">sports</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/figure_skating" title="Figure skating">figure skating</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/synchronized_swimming" title="Synchronized swimming">synchronized swimming</A> contain <em>dance</em> disciplines while <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/martial_art" title="Martial art">Martial arts</A> '<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/kata" title="Kata">Kata</A>' are often compared to dances.<p>
<em>see also:</em> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/dance__disambiguation_" title="Dance (disambiguation)">Dance (disambiguation)</A><p>

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<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#History of dance">1 History of dance</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#Dance and music">2 Dance and music</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#Categories of dance">3 Categories of dance</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#Dance studies">4 Dance studies</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#Dance quotes">5 Dance quotes</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#See also">6 See also</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#Further reading">7 Further reading</A><BR>
<A CLASS="internal" HREF="#External links">8 External links</A><BR>
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<A NAME=""><H2>History of dance</H2><p>
Throughout <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/history_2" title="History">history</A>, dance has been a part of <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ceremony" title="Ceremony">ceremony</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ritual" title="Ritual">rituals</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/celebrations" title="Celebrations">celebrations</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</A>. It is traceable through <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/archaeology" title="Archaeology">Archeological</A> evidence from <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/prehistory" title="Prehistory">prehistory</A> to the first examples of written and pictorial documentation from <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/200_bc" title="200 BC">200 BC</A>. Many contemporary dance forms can be traced back to <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/historical_dance" title="Historical dance">historical</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/traditional_dance_1" title="Traditional dance">traditional</A>, <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ceremonial_dance" title="Ceremonial dance">ceremonial</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/list_of_dances_sorted_by_ethnicity" title="List of dances sorted by ethnicity">ethnic</A> dances.<p>
<em>see also:</em> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/history_of_dance" title="History of dance">History of dance</A><p>
<A NAME=""><H2>Dance and music</H2><p>
Although dance is often accompanied by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/music_1" title="Music">music</A>, it can also be presented alone (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/postmodern_dance" title="Postmodern dance">Postmodern dance</A>) or provide its own accompaniment (<A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/tap_dance_1" title="Tap dance">tap dance</A>). Dance presented with music may or may not be performed <em>in time</em> to the music depending on the style of dance. Dance performed without music is said to be ''danced to its own <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</A>'.<p>
<A NAME=""><H2>Categories of dance</H2><p>
Dance can be divided into two main categories that each have several subcategories into which most dance styles can be placed.  They are:<p>
<ul><li> <strong><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/concert_dance" title="Concert dance">Concert dance</A> / <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/performance_dance" title="Performance dance">Performance dance</A></strong>
<ul><li> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/20th_century_concert_dance" title="20th century concert dance">20th century concert dance</A>
</li><li> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/competitive_dance" title="Competitive dance">Competitive dance</A><p>
</li></ul></li><li> <strong><A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/social_dance" title="Social dance">Social dance</A> / <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/participation_dance" title="Participation dance">Participation dance</A></strong>
<ul><li> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ceremonial_dance" title="Ceremonial dance">Ceremonial dance</A>
</li><li> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/traditional_dance_1" title="Traditional dance">Traditional dance</A><p>
</li></ul></li></ul>These categories are not mutually exclusive and are context-dependent; a particular dance style may belong to several categories.<p>
<em>see also:</em> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/list_of_dance_style_categories" title="List of dance style categories">List of dance style categories</A> <em>and</em> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/list_of_dances" title="List of dances">List of dances</A><p>
<A NAME=""><H2>Dance studies</H2><p>
In the early <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/1920s" title="1920s">1920s</A> dance studies (dance theory, history and practice) began to be considered as a serious academic discipline. Today dance studies are an integral part of many <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/university" title="University">universities</A>' <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/arts" title="Arts">arts</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</A> programs. In the early 21st century the recognition of practical knowledge as equal and valid to academic knowledge lead to the emergence of practice-based research and practice as research. <p>
<A NAME=""><H2>Dance quotes</H2><p>
<ul><li> Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/maya_angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</A> 
</li><li> I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/fred_astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</A>
</li><li> A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured speech. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/francis_bacon" title="Francis Bacon">Francis Bacon</A>
</li><li> Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/samuel_beckett" title="Samuel Beckett">Samuel Beckett</A>
</li><li> Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. Its the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/jacques_d_amboise" title="Jacques D'Amboise">Jacques D'Amboise</A>
</li><li> To dance is to be out of yourself, larger, more powerful, more beautiful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/agnes_de_mille" title="Agnes de Mille">Agnes de Mille</A>
</li><li> There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/edwin_denby" title="Edwin Denby">Edwin Denby</A>
</li><li> Dancing: The Highest Intelligence in the Freest Body. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/isadora_duncan" title="Isadora Duncan">Isadora Duncan</A>
</li><li> Dance is the hidden language of the soul. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/martha_graham" title="Martha Graham">Martha Graham</A>
</li><li> So you can't dance? Not at all? Not even one step? . . . How can you say that you've taken any trouble to live when you won't even dance? &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/hermann_hesse" title="Hermann Hesse">Hermann Hesse</A>
</li><li> Dance for yourself, if someone understands good. If not then no matter, go right on doing what you love. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/louis_horst" title="Louis Horst">Louis Horst</A>
</li><li> We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. &mdash; <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/friedrich_nietzsche" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</A><p>
</li></ul><A NAME=""><H2>See also</H2><p>
<ul><li> Wikipedia:Dance basic topics.
</li><li> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/the_hamster_dance" title="The Hamster Dance">The Hamster Dance</A>
</li><li> Google dance<p>
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<A NAME=""><H2>Further reading</H2><p>
<ul><li> Adshead-Lansdale, J. (Ed) (1994) <em>Dance History: An Introduction</em>. Routledge. ISBN 041509030X
</li><li> Carter, A. (1998) <em>The Routledge Dance Studies Reader</em>. Routledge. ISBN 0415164478
</li><li> Cohen, S, J. (1992) <em>Dance As a Theatre Art: Source Readings in Dance History from 1581 to the Present</em>. Princeton Book Co. ISBN 0871271737
</li><li> Charman, S. Kraus, R, G. Chapman, S. and Dixon-Stowall, B. (1990) <em>History of the Dance in Art and Education</em>. Pearson Education. ISBN 0133893626 
</li><li> Daly, A. (2002) <em>Critical Gestures: Writings on Dance and Culture</em>. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819565660
</li><li> Dils, A. (2001) <em>Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader</em>. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819564133<p>
</li></ul><A NAME=""><H2>External links</H2><p>

<ul><li> <A HREF="http://www.dancebooks.co.uk/" class="external">Dance books</A>
</li><li> <A HREF="http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/" class="external">Dance links</A>
</li><li> <A HREF="http://www.voiceofdance.com/" class="external">voiceofdance.com</A>
</li><li> <A HREF="http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/universities.htm" class="external">Universities offering dance studies</A><p>
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