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The history of dance is difficult to access because dance does not often leave behind clearly identifiable physical artifacts that last over millennia, such as stone tools, hunting implements or cave paintings. It is not possible to identify with exact precision when dance becomes part of human culture. Dance is filled with aesthetic values ...
Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Today historical dances are danced as performance , for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment , or for musicological or historical research.
Lynn Theresa Garafola (born December 12, 1946) is an American dance historian, linguist, critic, curator, lecturer, and educator. A prominent researcher and writer with broad interests in the field of dance history, she is acknowledged as the leading expert on the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev (1909–1929), the most influential company in twentieth-century theatrical dance.
Katherine Dunham. The “matriarch” of Black dance, Katherine Dunham, was a dancer and choreographer and the first to open a Black dance company in the 1930s that performed all over the world ...
Pages in category "History of dance" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
History of dance: an interactive arts approach. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736060356. Lee, Carol (2002). Ballet in Western Culture: A History of its Origins and Evolution. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-94256-X. Lifar, Serge. (1954). A history of Russian ballet from its origins to the present day (Hutchinson) McGowan, Margaret M ...
Theatrical dance, also called performance or concert dance, is intended primarily as a spectacle, usually a performance upon a stage by virtuoso dancers. It often tells a story, perhaps using mime, costume and scenery, or it may interpret the musical accompaniment, which is often specially composed and performed in a theatre setting but it is not a requirement.
In a history-making first, seven actors on the spectrum play the autistic characters — and all are making their Broadway debuts. ... "How to Dance in Ohio," Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St., $48 ...