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  2. History of dance - Wikipedia

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    When someone uses all the body muscles and feeling in a dance you will send like a message to the audience or who was watching. So dance moves and background sounds play a big role too. When there is a group performance by holding hands or shoulders or even dancing opposite each other makes them feel communicated and bonded.

  3. Dance - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Historical dance - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Performing arts - Wikipedia

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    The history of music and dance date to pre-historic times whereas circus skills date to at least Ancient Egypt. Many performing arts are performed professionally. Performance can be in purpose-built buildings, such as theatres and opera houses, on open air stages at festivals, on stages in tents such as circuses or on the street.

  6. Ballet - Wikipedia

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    Balanchine worked with modern dance choreographer Martha Graham, and brought modern dancers into his company such as Paul Taylor, who in 1959 performed in Balanchine's Episodes. [17] While Balanchine is widely considered the face of neoclassical ballet, there were others who made significant contributions.

  7. Somatics - Wikipedia

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    Contact improvisation is a somatic style of postmodern dance. All forms of dance demand the dancer's close attention to proprioceptive information about the position and motion of each part of the body, [29] [30] but "somatic movement" in dance refers more specifically to techniques whose primary focus is the dancer's personal, physical ...

  8. Dancesport - Wikipedia

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    After administrating all required laboratory tests (in order to record their height, weight, body fat percentage, fat free mass and the resting/maximal heart rate and VO2 values), the couples danced a five-dance final, given a 15 to 20 second break between each dance. [28] Throughout the final their heart rates were telemetered and recorded.

  9. Ballet technique - Wikipedia

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    Ballet technique is the foundational principles of body movement and form used in ballet.It is an important aspect of ballet performance because ballet (especially classical ballet) puts great emphasis on the method and execution of movement. [1]