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- Dance can be participatory, social or performed for an audience
- It can also be ceremonial, competitive or erotic
- Choreography is the art of creating dances
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Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication between humans or animals, motion in inanimate objects , and certain musical forms or genres. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are dance disciplines while martial arts kata are often compared to dances.
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