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dance dance attendance on do one's utmost to please someone by attending to all their requests.
dance of death a medieval allegorical representation in which a personified Death leads people to the grave, designed to emphasize the equality of all before death (see also
danse macabre).
dance to someone's tune comply completely with someone's demands.
lead someone a merry dance cause someone a great deal of trouble or worry.
they that dance must pay the fiddler you must be prepared to make recompense for the provision of an essential service. (Compare
he who pays the piper calls the tune.) The saying is recorded from the mid 17th century.
See also
dancing dervishes at dervish,
St Vitus's dance.
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Dance Teacher recognizes
Magazine article from: Dance Teacher; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Dance Teacher presents teachers who complete a continuing dance education program by one of the organizations on the following page with a special Dance Teacher certificate of recognition. Simply send a letter...
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Dance stars launch campaign to get nation on the floor.
M2 Presswire; 10/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-15 October 2009-UK Government: Dance stars launch campaign to get nation on...15102009 The Department of Health's 'Dance Champions'Group, will embark on a nationwide...Minister Gillian Merron will announce today. Dance stars including Arlene Phillips, former...
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Dance moves centre stage for more young people thanks to new link between schools and the dance world.
M2 Presswire; 6/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-24 June 2008-UK Government: Dance moves centre stage for more young people thanks to new link between schools and the dance world(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...develop stronger links between schools and dance providers, Culture Minister Margaret Hodge...
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Dance Season
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/12/1993; 700+ words
; ...thread in the fabric of this nation's dance, Native American dance is performed no better than by the American Indian Dance Theatre, whose dancers and musicians...Zuni. Each season, the company adds dances to its repertoire, and among the new...
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Dance education: dual or dueling identities.
Magazine article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...skills in different dance forms, be able to compose and perform dances, develop the critical...own dances and the dances of others, and understand how dance influences and is...create and perform dances. Dance, in the physical...
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Dance, physicality, and social mobility in Jane Austen's Persuasion.(Miscellany)
Magazine article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...definition, "country-dance" included square dances in which four couples...1770)" ("Country Dance" 256). (3) These square dances were called "Contredanse...Specific references to dances and dance figures in Austen's...
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Dance companies make the right moves
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/14/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...class company and created dances for it that electrified...new standard for local dance companies, which encouraged...thinks that contemporary dance accounts for most of...visual aspect of his dances talks to young audiences...have grown up with video dance. "A music audience...
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Dance group's set to take first steps; Opera branches out with diverse styles from ballet to bhangra: Learning to love dance.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 12/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...beginners to seasoned performers, a new dance group will take to the stage next week...experience and bringing different forms of dance to the final piece," she says. "We...hop, morris, bhangra, contemporary, dance theatre. We have been choreographing the...
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Dance celebrates India's independence
Newspaper article from: Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL); 9/12/2007; ; 675 words
; ...founder and artistic director of Natya Dance Theatre, decided to celebrate all year...a performance of Manipuri, a classical dance form from East India that is rarely seen...s troupe for the event because "the dance company is touring, so we thought this...
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Dance; The sky's the limit; Local troupes take a grand leap; Dance slate keeps Hub fans on their toes.(Scene)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 5/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...I realized one of the most impressive dance seasons in many years is about to come...reminded me that the happy proliferation of dance continues right through August, with a...lull for even the city's most ardent dance fans. Just like an old friend who comes...
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dance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...experts have extrapolated dance history from the preserved ritual dances of various preliterate...Ritualistic and Ceremonial Dance Native American dances illustrate most of the...longer associated with the dance. French dances made their way to England...
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Dance
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the nineteenth century, American dance progressed from minuets and country-dances to cotillions and quadrilles. These...funeral and processional strut dances, and seasonal dances. Thus, American dance combined old-world technique with...
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Dance: Breaking the Rules
Book article from: American Decades
...system of signing dance cards and "saving" dances assuring that partners...fortyish set. New dance steps proliferated: by 1907 "ragtime dances" like the one...African American dance culture originated...sacred and secular dances of West Africa...
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Dance Takes Off
Book article from: American Decades
...spent almost $4 million on dance in 1973 alone. Meanwhile, modern dance and ballet began to take on...jazzier, and more athletic dances. The continuing work of Robbins...created a new appreciation of dance among American audiences. Regional...
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Dance & Skate Outfitter: Arabesque Dance & Skate Shop
Book article from: Business Plans Handbook
Dance & Skate Outfitter BUSINESS PLAN ARABESQUE DANCE & SKATE SHOP 5005 Main Street Plymouth, Michigan...STATEMENT OF PURPOSE & GOALS The purpose of Arabesque Dance & Skate Shop is to meet a need in the rapidly growing...
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