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  2. Ethnochoreology - Wikipedia

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    Ethnochoreology (also dance ethnology, dance anthropology) is the study of dance through the application of a number of disciplines such as anthropology, musicology, ethnomusicology, and ethnography. The word itself is relatively recent and etymologically means "the study of ethnic dance ", though this is not exclusive of research on more ...

  3. History of dance - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Dance education - Wikipedia

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    Up until the start of the 1900s, dance was considered an integral part of upper class life, but it was not viewed as part of one's education. [16] The 1910s and 1920s saw the rise of dance in colleges and universities. In 1926, the first dance major was created in the University of Wisconsin by Margaret H’Doubler. [12]

  5. Dance - Wikipedia

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    A dance study curriculum may encompass a diverse range of courses and topics, including dance practice and performance, choreography, ethnochoreology, kinesiology, dance notation, and dance therapy. Most recently, dance and movement therapy has been integrated in some schools into math lessons for students with learning disabilities, emotional ...

  6. Category:History of dance - Wikipedia

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  7. Irmgard Bartenieff - Wikipedia

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    An educational film entitled “Dance and Human History” (1976) [10] demonstrates the concepts of the Choreometrics team. [11] This project was the first to adapt Laban-based movement analysis to observation of cultural/geographic differences. It is only one example of Bartenieff’s acute awareness of the differences among peoples of the world.

  8. Katherine Dunham - Wikipedia

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    In 2000 she was named one of the first one hundred of "America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures" by the Dance Heritage Coalition. In 2002 Molefi Kete Asante included her in his book 100 Greatest African Americans. [68] In 2004 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Dance Teacher magazine. [69]

  9. Dance theory - Wikipedia

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    Dance theory is based on these founding principles, that is the sphere and lines of the body, to derive, show and demonstrate how dance is done. This is achieved by showing which movements to do by and at what speed. It is hypothetically possible to draw and work out a dance by using sphere lines and arrows. Many dance books state how this is done.