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101 Cards in this Set
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Focus
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conscious and concentrate attention to particular point. sends energy and defines space.
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Floor pattern
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design drawn on floor as dancers travel
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Direction
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where dancers are moving
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facing
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spatial orientation with regard to body
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level
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distance from ground - registers drama
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range
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size of movement
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shape
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we are always responding to shape. Powerful essence
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design
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can be symmetric or asymmetric
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symmetry
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peace, stability security
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asymmetry
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subjects, tension and excitement
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meter
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measurment or rythmn
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rhythm
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can be determined by natural body breathing
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regular and irregular
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types of timing
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natural ryhtmn
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the rhythm of breathing
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tempo
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rate of speed at which movement is formed
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accent
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emphasis of a beat
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percussive energy
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big sharp blast of energy with ubrupt stops of energy
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sustained energy
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smooth and flowing
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swinging energy
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lifts out of gravity and releases back into gravity
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suspension energy
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reluctance to give into gravity
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vibratory energy
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rapid bursts and spurts of energy
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collapsive energy
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sudden release of energy
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explosive energy
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a big blast of energy where the energy is allowed to follow through
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what is bound energy?
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obviously see energy in the body that is not being released
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What is flowing energy?
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outward release of energy
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what is form?
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form is the position of your body
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What is dynamic structure?
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rise and fall of energy
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What is style?
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the way the dance is presented
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Elements of Dance
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Space, time and energy
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What are some characteristics that define a lineage-based society?
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Primitive, rituals
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What occasions do lineage-based societies dance?
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entrance into adolescence, courtship, marriage, birth, praise animals, communication with gods.
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Why is dance so important to lineage-based societies.
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religion ritual and social expression
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What are some characteristics of dance in lineage-based societies?
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leaping, stomping, twirling(LB)
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Rite
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prescribed form/manor governing the words and actions of a crememony(LB)
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Ritual
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where the rite are performed (LB)
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Trance dance/ altered state
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put performer in a trance like state(LB)
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Shaman
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religious practitioner who can heel or cause sickness because off spevial relationship with the spirits (LB)
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Which society was the first to full record dance?
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Egypt
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T or F In egypt, dance was the chief medium of success
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TRUE
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Osiris
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A dance that was done depicting the event was done often. was alsin and dimembered with the parts of his body hidden throughout the earth, followed by the search of his sister-wife (Isis) to find and bury the body of the god.
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Egyptian Funeral Procession
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a man dressed like and with a mask like the dead danced in front of the hearse.
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What was the purpose of art through most of the history of Egypt?
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entertainment
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Crete
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Dance of crete was for entertainment and military purposes.
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Elements of Dance
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Space, time and energy
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What are some characteristics that define a lineage-based society?
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Primitive, rituals
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What occasions do lineage-based societies dance?
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entrance into adolescence, courtship, marriage, birth, praise animals, communication with gods.
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Why is dance so important to lineage-based societies.
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religion ritual and social expression
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What are some characteristics of dance in lineage-based societies?
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leaping, stomping, twirling(LB)
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Rite
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prescribed form/manor governing the words and actions of a crememony(LB)
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Ritual
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where the rite are performed (LB)
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Trance dance/ altered state
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put performer in a trance like state(LB)
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Shaman
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religious practitioner who can heel or cause sickness because off spevial relationship with the spirits (LB)
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Which society was the first to full record dance?
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Egypt
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T or F In egypt, dance was the chief medium of success
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TRUE
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Osiris
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A dance that was done depicting the event was done often. was alsin and dimembered with the parts of his body hidden throughout the earth, followed by the search of his sister-wife (Isis) to find and bury the body of the god. E
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Egyptian Funeral Procession
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a man dressed like and with a mask like the dead danced in front of the hearse. E
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What was the purpose of art through most of the history of Egypt?
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entertainment E
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Crete
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Dance of crete was for entertainment and military purposes. E
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Influences of Egypt
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National Government, surgery, math, rise from lower class to upper class, women could own land
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Queen Neferliti
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ideal American beauty E
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Egyptian dance categories
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religious worship
funeral dances entertainment |
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The golden mean
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a law of proportion
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crete
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Greek Island where the earliest forms of Greek dancing were found G
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Knossos
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ancient city of Crete where evidence of dancing and gaming were found. G
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Curetes
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Dance that was first done to cover the sound of the crying baby Zeus so his father Cronos would not kill him (it was his mother Rhia's idea)G
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Minotar
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beast that is half man half horse G
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Thesus
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slayer of the minotar G
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mousike
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interconnection between dance, poetry and music G
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Terpischore
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She is the muse of dance G
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What did Plato say about dance?
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to be educated is to be able to dance G
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What did Aristotle say about dance?
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it was a moral training and was used to purge a youth's soul of undesirable emotions G
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What functions did dance fill in Greek culture?
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education, religious ritual, and entertainment (theatre)
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How were people in Greece united?
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Through dance- everyone of all classes did it
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Greeks idea of unity
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unity of the mind, spirit and body
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what is the status of dance in Greek culture?
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very high- those who could dnace well were thought to be gods
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Pyrrhic dance
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military dances
performed for both military training and entertainment G |
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Satyr
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Part human/ part horse or goat. Known for riotousness. G
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Kordax
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provocative, licentious and often obscene dance of ancient Greek comedy G
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Emmeleia
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grave, serious type of dance, typically used for tragic themes; it embodied the code of symbolic gestures G
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Sikinis
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dance typical of the Greek satyr plays. Lively vigorous and disrespectful with much horseplay and acrobatic movement. G
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Orchestra
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performing area (not set of musical instruments) G
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En travestie
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cross dress- a theatrical portrayal of women by male actors in drag
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Pantomimi
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solo dancer with costumes and masks G
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Podism
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quick, shifting movements of the feet to train warrior for hand to hand combat
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What was the status of dance in Hebrew culture?
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celebration and worship
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Apocrypha
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collection of early Jewish writings excluded from the canon of the Hebrew scriptures H
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Pesach
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Passover H
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Therapuete
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ring dance H
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Mysterplays
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plays that told stories of the bible H
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morality plays
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plays that taught morals H
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Asceticism
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belief that someone is more righteous when they torture them self M
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Flagellants
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one who tortures themself
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Dancing Devils
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dancers who kept the audience entertained during scene changes M
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Dance of Death
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dance where death was the leader and took anyone who would come.
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Dance Macabre
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belief that the dead themselves liked to dance in church yards and cemeteries. the dead attempted to entice the living into ranks of their ghostly dancing but those who danced with them would die in a year
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Danceomania
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dance where people were stricken with madness until they died
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Troubadors, Jongluers, Minnesingers
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wondering entertainers eventually allowed to dance in court.
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Morris Dance
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Dances of spring
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Carole
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Dance peasants did outside of courts
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Geranos
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Crane Dance G
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talmud
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ancient rabbinic writing that provide a complex set of laws underlying traditional Judaisim, refers to dancing as the principal function of the angels
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