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  2. Galliard - Wikipedia

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    Galliard rhythm [3]. Musical compositions in the galliard form appear to have been written and performed after the dance fell out of popular use. In musical compositions, the galliard often filled the role of an after dance written in 6, which followed and mimicked another piece (sometimes a pavane) written in 4.

  3. International Movement Writing Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Its creator, Valerie Sutton, also invented MovementWriting, a writing system which employs IMWA. It in turn has several application areas within which it is specialised: SignWriting, for sign languages, the most developed so far. [1] DanceWriting, a form of dance notation. MimeWriting, for classic mimestry.

  4. Choreography - Wikipedia

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    The art of choreography involves specifying human movement and form in terms of space, shape, time, and energy, typically within an emotional or non-literal context. Movement language is taken from dance techniques of ballet , contemporary dance , jazz , hip hop dance , folk dance , techno , K-pop , religious dance, pedestrian movement, or ...

  5. The arts - Wikipedia

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    The arts are considered various practices or objects done by people with skill, creativity, and imagination across cultures and history, viewed as a group. [1] These activities include painting, sculpture, music, theatre, literature, and more. [2] Art refers to the way of doing or applying human creative skills, typically in visual form. [3] [4]

  6. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    These works are part of an accepted literary canon and widely taught in schools. Coming-of-age. Bildungsroman: works that focus on the psychological and moral growth of a character from youth into adulthood. [1] Encyclopedic; Epic: a narrative defined by heroic or legendary adventures presented in a long format.

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Transitional passage connecting two sections of a composition, or between two A sections (e.g., in an A/B/A form). Part of a violin family or guitar/lute stringed instrument that holds the strings in place and transmits their vibrations to the resonant body of the instrument. brillante Brilliantly, with sparkle. Play in a showy and spirited style.

  8. Performing arts - Wikipedia

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    There is also a specialized form of fine art, in which the artists perform their work live to an audience. This is called performance art. Most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of props. Dance was often referred to as a plastic art during the modern dance era. [3]

  9. Cèilidh - Wikipedia

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    Originally, a cèilidh was a social gathering of any sort, and did not necessarily involve dancing: . The 'ceilidh' is a literary entertainment where stories and tales, poems and ballads, are rehearsed and recited, and songs are sung, conundrums are put, proverbs are quoted, and many other literary matters are related and discussed