Dance & Performing Arts
All cultures throughout history have produced art, although the forms may vary greatly. The impulse to create, to realize form and order out of matter, is universal and perpetual. Such art can include visual arts, music, dance, and other forms. Children's arts, be they games, music, or dances, are the arts of everyone. Most contemporary artists understand that both our lives and our art are shaped by the shifting dynamics of many factors -- including race, ethnicity, class, gender, nationality and cultural differences. Dance forms take centuries to develop and reflect the customs of the society. Learn more about dance with the performing arts and dance articles and resources on dancing and dancers on this page.
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| About Dance Therapy The theory underlying dance therapy is that body movement reflects the inner state of the human, and that by moving the... |
Dancing with Saint Vitus I’d wondered about Saint Vitus before, but my curiosity was piqued by the card I found at a local neighborhood garage sale.... |
| Dance, the eternal stress reliever Ever wondered how dancers across the world glow so daringly at any given time in their lives? I’ll tell you why! |
Top dancer a heavy burden for the Bolshoi Anastasia Volochkova, Russia's most loved and loathed ballerina, has sparked a bitter row with the prestigious Bolshoi... |
| Lapdancer strips veil off Las Vegas casinos Las Vegas has always been famous for its dancers offering bittersweet entertainment for the late-night losers at the gaming... |
Dirty Dancing An Indonesian pop star's sensuous moves have sparked a national debate on public morality akin to the furore caused by... |
| Degas's Little Dancer Takes to the Paris Stage Degas's most famous sculpture, of a little Parisian dancer, came to life as a ballet at the Paris Opera last night. La... |
Little 'rats' of Paris Opera suffer for their ballet fame They call them the 'rats'. A handpicked elite who are driven to be the best, who suffer agonising pain in silence, who... |
| Tears and anger as Kenyan village mourns dancers Yesterday morning, in the village of Msumarini, Kadzo Masha sat on the red earth under a cashew nut tree and wept. Huge... |
No can do, say can-can dancers of Paris Lido The Paris Lido denied yesterday that it was overworking its scantily-clad dancers after a group of can-can girls walked out... |
| I Refuse to Dance A poem about non conformity. |
Troubled Royal Ballet eyes US director Kevin McKenzie, the unsettled artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre in New York, last night emerged as the... |
| Judith Mackrell: Dance of Destruction The hasty departure of the Royal Ballet's artistic director lays bare the tensions at the heart of the company. Ross... |
US Dance Step Banned Because of Association With Gang Violence A dance step that has been described as "hopscotch on crack" has been banned in schools because of its... |
| Swing Dancing: The Fundamentals of Classical Swing Dancing After decades of a diminished following, classical Swing Dancing burst back onto the scene and its resurgence brought the... | |