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Dictionary of Dance


Dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films and organizations involved in the dance world are covered in this dictionary. The reference source ranges from the history of music to the changing design of the ballet shoe, and provides information on a wide variety of dance types, such as classical ballet, Spanish flamenco, Indian bharata natyam, Japanese butoh, and jazz. It also covers post-modern dance and embraces the new activity within traditional forms like ballet, as well as the stream of new dance languages invented by fresh generations of choreographers and many dance forms from all over the world.
On this page: Revelations to Rossini, Gioacchino.

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Revelations (modern dance)
Ricercare (ballet)
Rich, John J. S. (English actor & dramatist)
Riley, Richie (person)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai (Russian composer)
Rio Grande (city, Brazil)
Rioja, Pilar (person)
Rituals (ballet)
Rivera, Chita (Actor, Musical/Comedy)
Riverdance (work)
rivoltade (dance)
Robbins, Jerome (American dancer)
Robinson, Bill (American dancer & filmmaker)
Rock ballets (dance)
Rockettes (dance)
Rodeo (in entertainment)
Roerich, Nicholas (Russian artist, designer & archaeologist)
Rogers, Ginger (Vocal Music Artist, '30s-'80s)
Rojo, Tamara (person)
Romania (country)
Romeo and Juliet (by William Shakespeare)
Róna, Viktor (person)
Ronde, La (ballet)
Roof Piece (dance)
Rooms (modern dance)
Roriz, Olga (person)
Rosario (city, Argentina)
Rosas (company)
Rose Adagio (dance)
Rose, Jürgen (person)
Rosenthal, Jean (American Theater)
Ross, Bertram (person)
Ross, Herbert (Director, Comedy/Musical)
Rossini, Gioacchino (Classical Musician)