Encyclopedia - Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance - History Of Dance
Main article: History of dance Throughout history, dance has been a part of ceremony, rituals, celebrations and entertainment. It is trac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dance - Pre-history Of Dance
Throughout history, people have danced as part of religious rituals and social celebrations. It is traceable through many prehistoric doc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Dance - History
Modern dance - Free dance. main article: Free dance 1891 - Loie Fuller (a burlesque skirt dancer) began experimenting with the effect ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance: Encyclopedia - Dance
Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot Dance - History
Mime artists have traditionaly been doing mannequin impersonations. As a dance it was popularized by The Jackson 5 when performing their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Line Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Line Dance - History
Line dance is popularly thought of as originating in the Wild West. In fact, its roots go back far in history. Folk dances, including the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contemporary Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Contemporary Dance - History
Contemporary dance - Seminal artists. Notable artists in the field of contemporary dance include: Martha Graham, Trisha Brown, David G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molly Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Molly Dance - History
Molly dancers have been recorded in many parts of the English Midlands and East Anglia. It died out finally in the 1930s, the last dancer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dancing At Lughnasa: Encyclopedia - Dancing At Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa (see references to Lughnasa, or Lughnasadh, the ancient pagan ritual) is a play by Brian Friel set in Ireland's Count...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Dance: Encyclopedia - Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance — also known as the Ghost Dance of 1890 — as noted in historical accounts, is a millennialist spiritual movement amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hustle Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Hustle Dance - History
Based on older dances such as the mambo, the Hustle originated in Hispanic communities in New York and Florida in the 1970's. A line danc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballet: Encyclopedia - Ballet
Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. Works of dance choreographed using this technique are called ballets, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viennese Waltz: Encyclopedia - Viennese Waltz
Viennese Waltz is the name of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balboa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Balboa Dance - History
Balboa was invented in the 1930s and 1940s in Southern California. Balboa is named for the Balboa Peninsula, in Newport Beach, California...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tap Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tap Dance - History
Tap dance began in the 1830s in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City as a fusion of the African Shuffle and Irish, Scottish, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dance - 18th And 19th Centuries: From Court Dancing To Romanticism
By the 1700s ballet had migrated from the French court to the Paris Opera, and the director Lully ‘preserved the ballet du cour’s bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salsa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Salsa Dance - History
Salsa music is a fusion of traditional African and Cuban and other Latin-American rhythms that traveled from the islands (Cuba and Puerto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghost Dance - History
The movement began with the sounds of a baby crying late at night and its mother dancing around to quiet the child down back in 1852. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dance - Early 20th Century: From Ballet To Contemporary Dance
Since the Ballets Russes began revolutionising ballet in the early 20th century, there have been continued attempts to break the mould of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Highland Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Highland Dance - History
It seems that forms of sword dancing were performed by warriors in many parts of Europe in the prehistoric period. Forms of sword dancing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lion Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Lion Dance - History
The lion is traditionally regarded as a guardian creature in Chinese culture. It is featured in Buddhist lore, being the mount of Manjusr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tango Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tango Dance - History
The dance originated in Buenos Aires during the late 19th century. The music derived from the fusion of music from Europe, the South Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hampster Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hampster Dance - History
LaCarte failed to register the Hampsterdance name, and for some time the hampsterdance.com domain was owned by humor business Nutty Sites...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Country Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - English Country Dance - History
In the early 20th century, ECD was revived in England by Cecil Sharp, who also was known for collecting folksongs. ECD continues today as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Western Square Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Western Square Dance - History Of Modern Western Square Dance
Modern Western square dance - Traditional western square dance. Keywords: cowboy dance, frontier, folk dances from Europe, new developm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance To The Music Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance To The Music Song - History
Dance to the Music song - Reluctance to a pop sound. Notably, none of the band members particularly liked "Dance to the Music" when it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eisa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Eisa Dance - Brief History Of Eisa
Adapted from "Keys to Okinawan Culture", published by the Okinawa prefectural government[1]: The eisa originated from a group dance calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morris Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Morris Dance - History In England
Before the English Civil War, the working peasantry often took part in Morris dances, especially at Whitsun. The Puritan government of Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morris Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Morris Dance - History In England
Before the English Civil War, the working peasantry often took part in Morris dances, especially at Whitsun. In 1599 the Shakespearean ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - History
It is believed that the dance was initiated to commemorate a grant of hunting rights to certain villagers. As mentioned, the horns date t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cha-cha-cha Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Cha-cha-cha Dance - History
See Cha-cha-cha article for the history of the music. The dance teacher Pierre Lavelle from the United Kingdom, a founder of the Latin Am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hot Dance Music/club Play: Encyclopedia Ii - Hot Dance Music/club Play - History
The Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart has undergone several incarnations since its inception in 1974. Originally a Top 10 list of tracks th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dancing At Lughnasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Dancing At Lughnasa - Production History
First produced on April 24th, 1990 at the Abbey Theater in Dublin where it then moved to Broadway. The most recent major production was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Tanzania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Tanzania - History Of Tanzanian Popular Dance Music Dansi
The first popular music craze in Tanzania was in the early 1930s, when Cuban rumba was widespread. Young Tanzanians organized themselves ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Dance - Legacy Of Modern Dance
The legacy on Modern dance can be seen in lineage of 20th century concert dance forms. Although often producing divergent dance forms man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contra Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Contra Dance - Contra Dance Events
A typical evening of contra dance is 3 hours long, including an intermission. During a typical event, attendees will dance a number of in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Line Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Line Dance - Terms
Line dance - Count. A dance will have a number of counts, for example a 64-count dance. This is the number of beats of music it would t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Highland Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Highland Dance - Organization
Many Highland gatherings worldwide, and almost all in the United States, recognize the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Highland Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Highland Dance - Basic Description Of Highland Dancing
Nowadays, Highland dancing, which can be seen at nearly every modern day Highland games event. is a highly competitive and technical danc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Line Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Line Dance - Description
In a small group there may be only one line, but usually there are several parallel lines, one behind the other. A dance teacher, or more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Western Square Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Western Square Dance - Learning Modern Western Square Dance
Dancers learn the individual square dance calls required to square dance at classes, which are usually taught by square dance callers, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molly Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Molly Dance - The Modern Tradition
Molly dancing was recreated by the Cambridge Morris Men in the 1950s, and the Morris dance revival of the 1970s saw the creation of many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Western Square Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Western Square Dance - Flourishes Sound Effects And Games
There are many additions to or variations from standard square dancing, which have gained headway over the years. These are not universal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Country Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Country Dance - The Dances
Scottish country dance - General. Scottish country dances are categorised as reels (including hornpipes), jigs, and strathspeys accordi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dancing At Lughnasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Dancing At Lughnasa - Symbolism
The Rooster to Gerry implies a cocky character. When the fox snatches the rooster up, it sort of symbolizes England as the predator who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dancing At Lughnasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Dancing At Lughnasa - In-depth Character Portraits
Gerry Evans: 33 years old. Is the father of the child Michael in this story. Very unreliable. Left Chris Mundy and child Michael to fend...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghost Dance - Practices And Principles
The dance as envisioned by Wovoka: "When you get home you must begin a dance and continue for five days. Dance for four successive nights...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Western Square Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Western Square Dance - Dress Code
Modern Western square dance has developed a "look" that has become known as "traditional square dance attire", a "look" that has nothing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Highland Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Highland Dance - Judging
Judges evaluate a dancer on three major criteria: timing, technique, and artistic interpretation (deportment). Timing concerns the abilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Western Square Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Western Square Dance - Dancing Modern Western Square Dance
Dancing well requires more than attendance at class, it requires practice. The more often the dancer can train the better their skills be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghost Dance - Cultural References
In the novel Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, The Ghost Shirt Society is a rebellion against the machine society of a near-future dystopia....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salsa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Salsa Dance - Salsa Styles
There are many characteristics that may identify a style. There may be different step patterns, different timing of steps, particular mov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molly Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Molly Dance - Traditions
Molly dancing is most associated with Plough Monday, the first Monday after Epiphany. Tradition has it that as a way of filling the gap b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balboa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Balboa Dance - Description
Balboa dance - Body Position. The dancers stand close, touching from hip to upper chest. This makes communication with body language ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popping Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Popping Dance - Moves
Popping dance - Glides. Glides, slides or airwalking give the appearance of the dancer traveling in one direction while walking in anot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salsa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Salsa Dance - On One And On Two
Salsa danced according to the above description is called Salsa on One, or briefly, "On One", because it starts on the first count of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balboa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Balboa Dance - Forms
Balboa has two main forms: Pure Balboa and Bal-Swing. Bal Trot fits in between. Pure Balboa: In this form, dancers stay together, their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghost Dance - Paiute Foundational Traditions
The Paiute tradition that lead to the Natdia (Ghost Dance) began in the 1870 in the Western Great Basin from the visions of Wodziwob (Gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salsa Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Salsa Dance - Steps
The basic movement occurring in the dance patterns of the various salsa styles is the stepping on the beat of the music. Salsa is best gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - The Itinerary
The dance starts at 08:00 with a service of blessing in St Nicholas Church, where the horns are housed. The dance begins on the village g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tap Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tap Dance - Steps In Tap Dancing
The simplest step is the toe tap, using the ball of your foot to make a sound. The same sound can come from the heel, although often it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - The Dancers
There are 12 dancers. Six carry the horns; they are accompanied by: the musician playing an accordion (a violin in former times), Maid Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - The Horns
The horns are six sets of reindeer antlers, three white and three black. In 1976, a small splinter was radiocarbon dated to around 1065. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morris Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Morris Dance - Styles
Today, there are three predominant styles of Morris Dancing, and different traditions within each style named after their region of origi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garage Dance Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Garage Dance Music - 2step
2Step (also known as 2 step, two step or 2 step garage) is a typically British style of modern dance music, and one of the two major sub-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tango Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tango Dance - Tango Styles
There are a number of styles of tango: Argentine Tango Tango Canyengue Tango Liso Salon Tango Tango Orillero Tango Milonguero (Tango Ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom The Dancing Bug: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom The Dancing Bug - Recurring Characters
Tom the Dancing Bug - Super-Fun-Pak Comics. These collections of smaller comic strips poke fun at comic strips. They also commonly make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hampster Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hampster Dance - Pop Culture
The original Hampsterdance inspired the song "Irritating Hamster" by the artist DJ Mavica, and later "Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia" by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tango Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tango Dance - Tango In Film
Argentine tango is the main subject in these films: The Tango Bar (1988), starring Raúl Juliá The Tango Lesson (1997), starring Sally ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morris Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Morris Dance - Music
Music is traditionally provided by either a pipe and tabor or a fiddle. These are still used today, but the most common instrument is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morris Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Morris Dance - Terminology
Like many activities, morris dancing has a range of words and phrases that it uses in special ways. Many participants will refer to the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morris Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Morris Dance - Terminology
Like many activities, morris dancing has a range of words and phrases that it uses in special ways. Many participants will refer to the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hampster Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hampster Dance - Overview
Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte, who was competing with her best friend and sister to see who could generate the most traffic, design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - Social And Performance Dancing
Lindy Hop is a partner jazz dance popular in the United States and much of Europe (Including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and other Eastern E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - Dance Movement Moves And Patterns
Lindy Hop is based on jazz dance and tap dance body movement. Modern Lindy Hop sometimes incoperates movement principles from other schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - Musicality
Musicality is the skill allowing the dancer to create and execute choreography (either prepared in advance or improvised on the spot on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - Partnering Technique
Partnering technique is the element of Lindy Hop which controls the communication of the dancers engaged in the dance - the dance partner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - Music
Lindy Hop - Music to dance to. Lindy Hop, as a Jazz dance, is most suited to the music from which it originated - Jazz with a swinging ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - Scenes
Lindy Hop tends to be concentrated in small local scenes, although regional, national, and international dance events bring dancers from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - History
Lindy Hop is a fusion of American dances that emerged in the late 1920s, and continues evolving today. In the 1920s and 1930s, ballrooms ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - Off-stage
A variation on striptease is private dancing, which often involves lap dancing or contact dancing. Here the performers, in addition to st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - Off-stage
A variation on striptease is private dancing, which often involves lap dancing or contact dancing. Here the performers, in addition to st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Shuffle: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Shuffle - History
The Melbourne Shuffle was one of several dances that emerged during the acid house era. Some have described the main dance styles in that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mosh: Encyclopedia Ii - Mosh - Types Of Moshing
Moshing is a catch-all term for any dance performed in a mosh pit or circle pit at a party or dance . Certain moves are seen with certain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zwiefacher: Encyclopedia Ii - Zwiefacher - History
The first Zwiefachers came to life even before the bar line was invented. There is signature-changing music of the 16th century; however,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zwiefacher: Encyclopedia Ii - Zwiefacher - The Name
It is believed the word Zwiefach (first documented in 1780 and loosly translated as "two times") comes not from the habitual two differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zwiefacher: Encyclopedia Ii - Zwiefacher - Choreography
The couple turn very quickly in close position, similar to the Waltz. The main feature of this dance is the alternation between even and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newar: Encyclopedia Ii - Newar - History
The Newar have a rich and highly developed culture due to their long history of urban social development. Newar inhabitation of the Kathm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballet: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballet - History Of Ballet
Ballet has its roots in Renaissance court spectacle in Italy, but was particularly shaped by the French ballet de cour, which consisted o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballet: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballet - History Of Ballet
Ballet has its roots in Renaissance court spectacle in Italy, but was particularly shaped by the French ballet de cour, which consisted o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hula Hoop: Encyclopedia Ii - Hula Hoop - History
Children around the world have always played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them. The hoops were made of grapevines and stiff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mosh: Encyclopedia Ii - Mosh - Risks Criticism And Precautions
Although most participants consider moshing fun, minor injuries can occur and there is a risk of serious injury. Supporters of moshing ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Shuffle: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Shuffle - Dancing
Generally known as "rocking" to the Melbourne locals, the name "Melbourne Shuffle" has been derived from overseas DJs, partygoers, visito...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zwiefacher: Encyclopedia Ii - Zwiefacher - Lyrics
It's hard to dance many Zwiefachers. Dancers had to learn them by heart, and it was easier to study the text than just the melody. This l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cameo Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Cameo Band - History
Formed in 1974, Cameo started out as a 13-member group created by former Juilliard student and New York-area clubgoer Larry Blackmon, cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lambada: Encyclopedia Ii - Lambada - The History Of Lambada
Lambada - The Origin. Since the time Brazil was a Portuguese colony (between year 1500 a.d. and 1822 a.d.) the Carimbó has been a popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance - Categories Of Dance
Dance can be divided into two main categories that each have several subcategories into which most dance styles can be placed. They are: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance - Choreography And Notation
Main articles: Choreography, Dance notation Choreography is the art of making dances and the generic name given to predetermined sequence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance - Dance And Music
Although dance and music can be traced back to prehistoric times it is unclear which artform came first. However, as rhythm and sound are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance - Dance Studies
In the early 1920s dance studies (dance practice, critical theory, analysis and history) began to be considered a serious academic discip...   » Read the article