In Search of the Origins of Dance by Andrea Deagon, Ph.D.
When I first began studying Middle Eastern dance in the mid-1970's, I, like my fellow students, was curious about where this dance came from. Our families and friends asked us about it, and since dance was so much a part of our lives, we too wanted to know. But we heard vastly different stories and had no idea what to believe. Some told us that belly dancing began in the harems of the sultans, when hundreds of wives had to compete for their husband's attention. We were even told that the sultan might be too monstrously fat to participate in the "reproductive act," so the dancer's skill had the direct purpose of showing him that she could satisfy his desires. [Read Article]

International Belly Dancers
and Belly Dance Instructors Directory

Belly Dancing Events

Yasmina's Joy of Belly Dancing

Belly Dance Art, Graphics & Vintage Art
Vintage Belly Dance Art

Western modes of behavior and
fashion trickle into the East. It is the
time of Hollywood's greatest influence
on film world-wide, and its effects
reach Arab movie industry and
Oriental dance. .. [Read Article]

Museum of Middle Eastern Dance

Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing. Social dance includes dance forms such as: Ballroom dance, Club dance, Country/western dance, Ethnic dance, Folk dance, Square Dance, Street dance

What is Traditional Social Dancing?

The History of Latin-American Dancing. by Don Herbison-Evans
This article traces the some of the history of the International Dancesport championship 'Latin-American' Dances: Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Cha Cha, and Jive.
"Many dances popular around the world have originated in Latin America, for example the Carimbo, Conga, Cueca, Cumbia, Joropo, Lambada, Macarena, Mambo, Merengue, Rueada, and the Salsa. Three such dances : the Samba, Rumba, and Cha Cha, plus the Paso Doble from Europe and the Jive from North America, have been singled out and are now performed all over the world as Latin-American dances in international DanceSport competitions, as well as being danced socially" ... [Continue]

Line Dances "RULES to WRITE BY"
An article by Skippy Blair

The Hellenic Traditional
Arts Institute (HTAI)
is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of Greek folk dancing
as an art form as well as other
aspects of Greek culture.

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Australian Social Dance

Social Dancing in Vancouver

Suffolk Social Dancing

Choreography [ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.]

Choreography is the act of creating a script or score for dancers. The result of this planning (i.e., the detailed description of the dance) is also called choreography.

Some goals of choreography can be: entertain the audience,make the dance fit the music, show skills of the dancers, express something - a message, theme, story or emotion

By analogy, planning of any complex movements is also called choreography.

jill sigman/thinkdance uses body as a medium to make people think, question, and interpret. jill sigman/thinkdance /s are performing arts projects-- that are improvised and choreographic, site-specific and traditionally staged, often solo adventures but sometimes
group works

The Benesh Institute
is the international centre for Benesh Movement Notation. Benesh Movement is a concise, accurate and versatile system for recording all forms of human movement

How's Choreography Recorded?
Pirouette, port de bras, plié—is there a way to write it down?
An Article by Sean Rocha
This year, the dance world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary choreographer George Balanchine, and companies from New York to Sydney to Seattle are staging performances of his work. But since many of his original dances were never filmed, how do we know what they looked like? [Read Article]

DANCE: a windows program for working with dance patterns.

• learn the dance patterns (more than 170 patterns are already available)
• easily create your own dance patterns
• animate, print and export the dance patterns
• view the patterns on your WinCE PDA.

The Choreography of Lew Christensen
Lew Christensen was one of America's most important dancers & choreographers. Credited as being this century's first great American-born danseur noble, he was also the creator of over one hundred and ten ballets, several of which are recognized as seminal works in American dance history. [read more]

FORUM: New Original Choreography!
This forum is all about original and unique choreography. Tips, advice, and inspirations belong here as well as routines choreographed and collaborated by a group of dance.net choreographers.

Jumping Into Choreography not as hard as you think

The Ballet Program / Cultural Traditions / Contemporary Traditions / The Jazz Program / Choreographers' Lab
Dancers the world over gather at
Jacob's Pillow each summer to advance their professional careers. Whether you are a pre-professional or at a turning point in your career, you will be challenged
and given new tools to further
your development as
an artist. [Lee, MA ]

Cullberg Ballet(Suède)

Cullberg ballet - The Unofficial Site