Dance is part of many systems of belief about the universe that deal with the nature and mystery of human existence and involve feelings, thoughts, and actions. From a comparative worldwide perspective, dance may be seen as human behavior composed...

Modern dance in East Asia—Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan—has a complex and varied history in the twentieth century. It is characterized by four main directions: (1) the work of pioneers who were influenced by the West, (2) the...

the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself. Dance is a powerful impulse, but the art of...

. Throughout the Middle Ages, dance was an important part of both religious worship and secular recreation. Sacred and secular documents, iconographic depictions, and literary references bear witness that dance played a central role in the lives of all...

Dance in India is as diverse as the multiethnic society from which it stems. Each region, with its own language, literature, customs, costume, and cuisine, has its own dance forms, some of which are traced through wall paintings, ancient manuscripts,...

As an area of research, masculinity and dance remains under-examined, due in part to the overwhelming Western notion that men don’t dance and to the homophobic assumption that men who do dance are gay. Scholarly research has primarily utilised...

From the dancer’s perspective, which is usually shared by audience members of the dancer’s *culture, dance is human behaviour comprising purposeful, intentionally rythmical and culturally patterned sequences of non-verbal body movements....

Dances in Malaysia are categorized into court-classical dances, folk dances, ethnic-tribe dances, and dances from immigrant communities such as Chinese, Indian, and Portuguese, as well as modern dance. Although Malaysia is a Malay-dominated nation, it...

A pair of light shoes is not all that is needed for dancing. (Danish) A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt. (Polish) As beats the drum, so goes the dance. (Malayan) As they pipe to me, so I will dance. (Portuguese) Dance to the...

(, vern. nāc) is believed to have originated with Śiva and his , the cosmic dance of destruction and renewal. His wife Pārvatī complemented it with a seductive feminine dance (lāsya). This indicates the religious origin of...

Form of expression that uses bodily movements that are rhythmic, patterned (or sometimes improvised), and usually accompanied by music. One of the oldest art forms, dance is found in every culture and is performed for purposes ranging from the...

Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,[1] used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Dance is also used to...