What is dancing? The art of dance does not have a specific origin. From ancient times dance has been used to express many things. Some ancient cultures used dance in rituals, as part of meditation as well as in celebration and entertainment. What constitutes as dancing has been defined and re-defined by the cultures of the world and there is no single definition for the term. The word dance is derived from the Frankish term ?dintjan.? The term evolved with the French langu...

I adore dancing! Since early childhood, I always admired the movement of professional dancers and my mother used to laugh every time I glued my head in front of the TV set, during a dancing contest or a dancing video. Then, my family had to endure the music playing loud in my room and me dancing around to the beat of my favorite tunes. In fact, professional dancing entered my life when I decided to registered myself at a local ballet dancing class where I was able to examine ...

Ballet is a classic art form which dates back for centuries and has entertained royalty and common folks both young and old. The basic ballet steps look deceptively simple, but that is only because of the highly skilled dancers who devote many hours to perfecting their art. Ballet is beautiful and graceful to watch and many young girls have dreamed of growing up to be one of the lovely ballerinas upon the stage. It all starts however, with the basic ballet steps which must...

Feeling the need to strut your goods? Singing, dancing, and magic tricks can be some of the talents often seen in talent competitions. Most of the performers find acting in local talent shows to be an excellent justification to show everyone their stuff, get contact for a great career opportunity, or just have fun displaying the very own performance. Especially in recent years talent shows are getting country-wide exposure with tv shows like American Idol, So You Think You Ca...

Celebrating the Chinese New Year should be called ?passing of Nian? or ?Guo Nian? in Chinese. However the term was gradually changed to ?Spring Festival? after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949. Gradually people have forgotten the legend behind these Chinese New Year traditions. In its 2006 Chinese New Year shows, NTDTV actually put the ancient story of the Nian monster on stage.

If you would live in New Hampshire in the Nashua or Southern NH area, and you are interenst in dancing classes for you or your children, there are a few good dance schools which offer a full range of dance classes. Some of the different types of dance classes you may think about taking are classes like "Early Dance"; These classes are specially designed to provide children between three and six years of age with a strong foundation in dance and movement. Through participat...

?So, what?s the new dance step you?re doing, Yoshi?? Yeah, I hear that all the time. Even from people who should know better. You probably do as well, particularly if you do footwork for Wing Chun. Wing Chun, or ?Chinese Dancing? is a soft style with a strong philosophical bent to it. The name originally came from the ideograms for ?Ever Spring?, and it?s appropriate. I was getting tired of walking with bruises and pulled muscles, and needed to switch to a softer st...

The origin of belly dancing has been an issue that has been long debated by professionals because there is no clear answer to where the origin of belly dancing actually was born. Some professionals such as anthropologists believe that perhaps it was Egypt as there is evidence indicating this by the carvings left that seem to indicate the same movements and pictures that would be similar to belly dancing. Others believe that it originated from the Middle East and even Africa...

When one conjures up the images of belly dancing it is most commonly female Indian belly dancers that saturate the visions in the mind however there is little known about Indian belly dancing men or the fact that they even exist. Indian belly dancing men do exist in fact and there are still many of modern day male dancers that exist in all areas of the globe from the Americas to Turkey and Egypt. The practice of men belly dancing has been going on for hundred of thousands o...

There is nothing in this world that can teach grace, coordination, poise, and balance better and combine it in a more effective package than ballet. Not even modeling lessons can compare to the training that ballet gives its students and practitioners. How can you even think otherwise, when you see the beautiful and delicate postures and movements that combine to create a masterpiece of grace and skill. Students that learn and apply the lessons of ballet almost subconsciou...