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  2. Choreography - Wikipedia

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    Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself.

  3. Dance notation - Wikipedia

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    The primary uses of dance notation are historical dance preservation through documentation and analysis (e.g., in ethnochoreology) or reconstruction of choreography, dance forms, and technical exercises. Dance notation systems also allow for dance works to be documented and therefore potentially copyrighted.

  4. Performing arts - Wikipedia

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    Isadora Duncan was the first female dancer who argued about "woman of future" and developed novel vector of choreography using Nietzsche's idea of "supreme mind in free mind". [ 5 ] Dance is a powerful impulse, but the art of dance is that impulse channeled by skillful performers into something that becomes intensely expressive and that may ...

  5. Benesh Movement Notation - Wikipedia

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    Benesh notation example. A dotted vertical line indicates the centre of a frame, though it is not part of the notation. Benesh notation plots the position of a dancer as seen from behind as if the dancer is superimposed on a staff that extends from the top of the head down to the feet.

  6. Outline of dance - Wikipedia

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    Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer. Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social , cultural , aesthetic , artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance ) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet .

  7. Dance - Wikipedia

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    Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements or by its historical period or place of origin.

  8. Computer-generated choreography - Wikipedia

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    Computer-generated choreography is the technique of using algorithms to create dance. It is commonly described as using computers for choreographing dances, creating computer animations, studying or teaching aspects of human movement, illustrating dance movements, or assistance in notating dances. [ 1 ]

  9. Glossary of dance moves - Wikipedia

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    A basic figure is the very basic step that defines the character of a dance. Often it is called just thus: "basic movement", "basic step" or the like. For some dances it is sufficient to know the basic step performed in different handhold [broken anchor] s and dance positions [broken anchor] to enjoy it socially.