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  2. List of dances - Wikipedia

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    It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: List of dance style categories

  3. Dance crazes - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, Latin group Cannibal and the Headhunters had a hit with the 1962 Chris Kenner song Land of a Thousand Dances which included the names of such dances. One list of Fad Dances compiled in 1971 named over ninety dances. [1] Standardized versions of dance moves were published in dance and teen magazines, often choreographed to popular

  4. List of dance companies - Wikipedia

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    Founders Benjamin Harkarvy, Aart Verstegen & Carel Birnie. AD Jim Vincent. Choreographers Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot & Sol León. 1959–present. New Adventures. contemporary. Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. England. AD Matthew Bourne.

  5. List of dance styles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .

  6. Diversity (dance troupe) - Wikipedia

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    The group have also been working on a third series of Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew since April. [48] In Summer 2013 Diversity members Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely, hosted their own TV show Jordan and Perri's Ultimate Block Party where they transformed groups of young people (Swim Team, Youth Club etc.) into a dance troupe in only 2 days. [49]

  7. Circle dance - Wikipedia

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    Circle dance. Circle dance, chain dance, or line dance, is a style of social dance done in a circle, semicircle or a curved line to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing, and is a type of dance where anyone can join in without the need of partners. Unlike line dancing, circle dancers are in physical contact with each ...

  8. Contemporary dance - Wikipedia

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    A dancer performing a contemporary dance piece Indian Contemporary Dancer at 2018 Folklorama Festival, Winnipeg. Contemporary dance [1] is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe.

  9. Modern dance - Wikipedia

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    Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was considered to have been developed as a rejection of, or rebellion against ...