Search results for "Dance music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Ballet is a highly stylized dance form that developed into a popular ... In Aristotle's "Poetics," dance was likened to drama ...26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
- and percussion instruments, and the music usually incorporates a strong ... ranging from the traditional martial music of John Philip Sousa and ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- and he pioneered the fusion of modern dance with classical ballet. ... Bashkiria. As a child, he was encouraged to dance in Bashkir folk performances ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- of Raja Ravi Varma, Theyyam and Kathakali dance movements, and Kalaripayattu ... magic, choreographed by Aparna Sindoor, the dance director of the film, uses ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer. ... as the chief instigator for getting tap dance literally "up on its ...12 KB (1,783 words) - 03:51, 1 October 2023
- with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville ... an inter-cultural bridge that brought his music to a wide audience and increased ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- On his music, during an interview, Bud said, "I wish it had been ... is only a term that they stuck onto his music. Bird was playing the blues ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... as it is in classical. In electronic dance music, accurate knowledge of ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- African dance occupies central place in cultures throughout the African ... African dance is connected to Africa’s rich musical traditions expressed ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
- band was intimately linked to Swing music’s dance tradition, serving ... It has often been deplored that Webb’s music has not been adequately ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 15:18, 10 December 2023
- would become a million-seller, a perennial dance favorite, and is one of the ... member Rosalind Ashford retired from the music business. However, several ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... and culture and he expressed this in his music. His legacy as Norway's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- Paiute mystic who founded the Ghost Dance movement. He prophesied an ... Paiute music was generally performed by men for dance and harvest ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- sound where there are no rests in the music. Primarily because of this ... on bagpipes, while based on traditional dance music originally played on bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- twentieth-century American composer and music administrator. In addition ... achieved prominence in the international music scene. Although he was influenced ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... are extant, as is a melodic, syncopated dance music called sinawi. In Korea ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- culture. However, African survivals can be seen in music, dance, speech, worship, funeral practices, and many other aspects of life. The strongest influence ...10 KB (1,410 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the music of Tahiti was dominated ... Herman Melville celebrated one such dance (he called it the "lori ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
