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Sequence dancing is a form of dance in which a preset pattern of movements is followed, usually to music which is also predetermined. Sequence dancing may include dances of many different styles. The term may include ballroom dances which move round the floor as well as line, square and circle dances. Sequence dancing in general is much older ...
New Vogue. The New Vogue dance style is an Australian form of sequence dancing that originated in the 1930s. Since then it has become an important part in the Australian and New Zealand ballroom scene, holding as much importance in social and competition dancing as Latin or International Standard dances.
The British Sequence Championships are ballroom dancing championships for adults and children held annually in Blackpool, England. The championships for adults take place as part of the Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival and have been running since 1949. [1] They are held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
Graham technique is based on the opposition between contraction and release, a concept based on the breathing cycle which has become a "trademark" of modern dance forms. [7][8] Its other dominant principle is the "spiraling" of the torso around the axis of the spine. [9] Graham technique is known for its unique dramatic and expressive qualities ...
Revelations "Take me to the Water" performed by Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 2011. Revelations is the best-known [1] work of the modern dance choreographer Alvin Ailey.It is also the signature work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which premiered an extended version of the work (lasting over an hour) [2] in 1960, when Ailey was 29 years old.
Modern western square dance was the official dance of the United States from 1982 to 1993. Modern western square dance, like traditional square dance, is directed by a caller. In modern western square dance the caller strings together a sequence of individual square dance calls to make a figure or sequence. These calls are the building blocks ...
Irmgard Bartenieff. Irmgard Bartenieff (February 24, 1900, in Berlin, Germany – August 27, 1981, in New York City) was a dance theorist, dancer, choreographer, physical therapist, and a leading pioneer of dance therapy. A student of Rudolf Laban, she pursued cross-cultural dance analysis, and generated a new vision of possibilities for human ...
The cast of “The Perfect Couple” almost staged a mutiny after director Susanne Bier insisted on a flashmob-style dance sequence for the opening credits. The Netflix murder mystery, based on ...