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  2. Lyrical dance - Wikipedia

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    Lyrical dance is competition dance style and is only used to describe a specific style of dance in the world of competitive dance. “Lyrical” is used to describe a quality or movement type in other dance settings, but not as a style name such as Jazz or Ballet. There has only been one instance of lyrical being used in a professional setting.

  3. Urdu ghazal - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu ghazal makes use of a store of common characters, settings, images, and metaphors that inform both readers and poets of how to navigate the aforementioned ghazal universe. [33] These tropes have been cultivated for hundreds of years and are meant to deeply resonate with listeners of the ghazal, invoking their expectations of meaning. [33]

  4. Lyrical - Wikipedia

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    Lyrical may refer to: Lyrics, or words in songs; Lyrical dance, a style of dancing; Emotional, expressing strong feelings; Lyric poetry, poetry that expresses a subjective, personal point of view; Lyric video, a music video in which the song's words are the main element

  5. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated by poetry , especially the verse forms of the ghazal ( غزل ) and nazm ( نظم ), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana ...

  6. Tawaif - Wikipedia

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    They contributed significantly to the continuation of traditional dance and music forms. [6] The tawaifs excelled in and contributed to music, dance , theatre, and the Urdu literary tradition, [7] and were considered an authority on etiquette. Indian writer and scholar Pran Nevile said: “The word ‘tawaif’ deserves respect, not disdain. A ...

  7. Lyricism - Wikipedia

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    Dance: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake or The Sleeping Beauty exhibit classic lyricism. Film: Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) has been described as an example of the mid-20th century lyricism movement in film, as well as The Art of Vision (1965) and Fireworks (1947). [9] Music: In jazz, Charlie Parker is renowned for his lyricism. [10]

  8. Islamic poetry - Wikipedia

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    Another theme present throughout Punjabi poetry is the paradoxical idea of life and how although wealth and knowledge is presented to a person, it is that wealth and knowledge that can distance them from the real meaning and truth of life. [14] Punjabi poetry is written in a Perso-Urdu style with some Arabic and Persian vocabulary.

  9. Urdu poetry - Wikipedia

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    Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d. 1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938 ...