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In the News (Wed 30 May 12)

  
 Virgin Grammys Nominees
Janet was nominated in the "Best Pop Vocal Album" category for ALL FOR YOU, the "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" category for her infections single "Someone To Call My Lover," and in the "Best Dance Recording" category for the smash title track, "All For You"
And they've just received their first Grammy nomination in the "Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group" category for their monster single, "Clint Eastwood." They're not feeling sad.
* Sacred Spirit – Chants and Dances of the Native Americans, 1995’s critically acclaimed multi-million seller, is now joined by the official follow-up album, Sacred Spirit II – More Chants and Dances of the Native Americans.
www.virginrecords.com /grammys

  
 Dance Radio Post
Coincidentally, the Recording Academy moved the best dance recording category out of the pop division in 2002, a move that meant the nominations for this Grammy would be in the hands of a smaller group of more qualified voters.
The dance recording and remixed recording Grammies were added in 1997—the former is essentially the reincarnation of the best disco recording category introduced in 1979 and discontinued thereafter.
Despite these setbacks, the Dance Music Hall of Fame (dmhof.com) held its inaugural ceremony in New York, and the Recording Academy added the best electronic/dance album category in 2004.
danceradio.blogspot.com

  
 EMI Music earns 62 Grammy nominations
Kish Kash and “Best Remix Recording, Non Classical” for “She Wants to Move” by Virgin Records artists N.E.R.D. In addition, EMI Music had two additional nominees in the “Best Dance Recording” category with
In the “Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album” category, Smokie Norful was nominated for Nothing Without You and Bishop T.D. Jakes for He-Motions.
In addition, two EMI CMG artists were nominated in the “Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album” category, including Steven Curtis Chapman for All Things New and Avalon for The Creed.
www.emigroup.com /news/pr241.html

  
 New Grammy Category: Best Electronic/Dance Album - djmixed news  
The new album category could give dance music a boost, forcing the industry to recognize the polished, tuneful works of the likes of Junkie XL, Masters At Work, Air and Basement Jaxx, for example, rather than continuing to reward familiar faces.
The group of dance enthusiasts worked for two years on their successful pitch to add the category, meeting and debating via monthly conference calls, Bentley says.
The addition of the “Best Electronic/Dance Album” category came at the behest of a small group of e-music boosters such as artist BT, manager Suzann Brantner and longtime
www.djmixed.com /djmixed/newsandfeatures/article.cfm?Article_ID=3048

  
 Category:Lists of songs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Discussion going on at Category talk:Musical compositions : the present category definition of category:lists of pieces has some vague edges, e.g.
List of songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach
List of songs with the name of a musical act in their title
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Lists_of_songs

  
 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical is a category which has been included in the Grammy Awards since they began in 1958, though the category has changed it's name and been split into sub-categories in some years.
In 1959 the category was split into Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording and Best Engineering Contribution - Other Than Classical Or Novelty.
In 1958 the award was called Best Engineered Record - Non-Classical and was won by Ted (Theodore) Keep, engineer on The Chipmunk Song by David Seville.
reference.multiverse.ws /en/article/g/gr/grammy_award_for_best_engineered_recording__non_classica.html

  
 Open Directory - Arts:Performing Arts:Dance
Dance companies and troupes should be submitted to the subcategory that represents the syle of your dance group.
Also included in this category are dance teams, similar to drill teams in that they peform precision routines, without the use of batons, rifles, flags, or most equipment drill teams incorporate.
The dances themselves may be reconstructions from written or notated choreographies, or dances in an old style using steps and movements appropriate to the period.
dmoz.org /Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/desc.html   (1375 words)

  
 Committee for the Advancement of Dance Music
The category will be for recordings specifically and originally targeted for the dance market.
CADM also received terrific coverage in Canada on their Much Music and Electric Circus T.V. music video shows (their equivalent of MTV),when Ellyn Harris was interviewed and spoke about the issue of Dance Music and the need for a GRAMMY category.
The Committee For The Advancement Of Dance Music was formed to heighten the awareness and significance of Dance Music in the United States and the rest of the world.
www.webb.com /BUZZ/naras.html   (1375 words)

  
 20th century concert dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
20th century concert dance is the name given to a category of dance forms that include:
Although technically 20th century concert dance, the following dance forms are considered under the separate category of Ballet or 20th century ballet:
Postmodern dance falls under two catergories due to its complex nature (see Postmodernism).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/20th_century_concert_dance   (313 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 20th century concert dance
20th century concert dance is the name given to a category of dance forms that include:
Although technically 20th century concert dance, the following dance forms are considered under the separate category of Ballet or 20th century ballet:
Postmodern dance falls under two catergories due to its complex nature (see Postmodernism).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/20th-century-concert-dance   (341 words)

  
 20th century concert dance
20th century concert dance is the name given to a category of dance forms that include:
Although technically 20th century concert dance, the following dance forms are considered under the separate category of Ballet or 20th century ballet:
Postmodern dance falls under two catergories due to its complexnature (see Postmodernism).
www.therfcc.org /20th-century-concert-dance-11793.html   (283 words)

  
 Moviefone: Learn to Swing Dance: Lindy Hop Basics Movie
Littleman.com - Movies listed by category - Dance Instruction.
Littleman.com - Movies listed by category - Dance Instruction
Learn to Swing Dance: Lindy Hop Basics - Learn the basics of one of the most exciting and energetic styles of dancing, with instructors Paul Maranto and...
movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1160041   (294 words)

  
 List of glossaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For lists of terms without definitions, see List of reference tables and List of topic lists, or Category:Lists of terms and Category:Topic lists.
This is a list of glossaries (pages containing terms and their definitions or explanations).
Glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_glossaries   (167 words)

  
 Westar Music Rock, Dance & Pop
The Westar Music Library Rock, Dance and Pop category invigorates with a complete selection of classic rock, hard rock, guitar rock, TV rock and contemporary electronica and techno dance.
Listen to a brief presentation showcasing the Westar Rock, Dance and Pop category,
Exuberant, agile and active dance mixes in the techno groove
www.westarmusic.com /rock.html   (463 words)

  
 Category:Dance stubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This category is for stub articles relating to dance.
If you wish to add a subcategory to it, please propose it here prior to creating the category or template.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Dance_stubs   (85 words)

  
 AbsoluteMadonna.com - Madonna's Awards
Grammy Songwriting Nomination for best song written specifically for a motion picture or television category, Who's That Girl
Grammy Award for "Music" in the category of Best Recording Package
Grammy - Best Long Form Music Video, Blond Ambition World Tour: Live!
www.absolutemadonna.com /awards   (85 words)

  
 MTV Video Music Award Noms Announced
Chad Kroeger's "Hero" is up for the Best Video For A Film award, while skater diva Avril Lavigne will duke it out with the likes of Ashanti and Puddle Of Mudd in the Best New Artist In A Video category.
Perhaps the network felt that they did enough for us Canadians by finally recognizing our own homegrown talent in its very own category.
Whether it's a wedding dress-clad Madonna humping the floor (that was back in the '80s, kids, before she embraced spirituality of all kinds) or members of Rage Against The Machine scaling the set, the VMAs are always a source of bizarre spectacle.
www.chartattack.com /damn/PrintThis.cfm?ID=2002072311   (432 words)

  
 Would-be winners and should-be winners at the MTV VMAs
The Best Rock Video category is full of outspoken characters such as Creed for "Higher." The other nominees include Korn for "Falling Away From Me," Kid Rock for "Cowboy," Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff," Metallica's "Disappear" and Rage Against the Machine's "Sleep Now in the Fire." The Moon Man will most likely go to Kid Rock.
Minus any dueling pop princesses, the Video of the Year award category has the same artists that are nominated in several other categories.
Bubble gum music will probably come out on top for the high energy Best Dance Video.
www.stater.kent.edu /stories_old/00fall/82900/F824mtvawardsjj.html   (1131 words)

  
 Concert dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Concert dance (also known as performance dance), is a category of dances in which an audience is watching but does not participate.
It should be noted that concert dance experienced the biggest exposure with development of mass culture during the second half of XX Century.
Some Ceremonial dances, Baroque dances and Erotic dances are examples of dance forms that are a blend of Social and Concert dance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Concert_dance   (248 words)

  
 Social dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However it is natural to include in this category such groups of dances as circle dances, line dances, novelty dances, or simply club dancing in solo.
In fact, quite often when spoken about social dances, ballroom or other partner dances are kept in mind.
There may be aspects of any of the above dance forms that are either competitive or performance-oriented in nature.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Social_dance   (157 words)

  
 Participation dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Participation dance, also known as group-participation dance or audience participation dance, is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles based on purpose.
The purpose of this type of dance is to actively encourage dancing (participation) in a group.
The dancing that is encouraged might be among those who would otherwise be passive dance viewers, or it might be among dancers who are encouraged to dance in a new way, or with new partners.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Participation_dance   (157 words)

  
 Sword dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although sometimes treated as a form of morris dance, sword dancers are proud of their own tradition and often wish to be treated as a traditional dance category in its own right.
Hilt-and-point sword dances traditional to England include rapper sword and long sword, although both of these are now also performed by revival teams outside their traditional areas, including teams in most of the English-speaking world.
Linked sword dances were also found all over the Iberian Peninsula, and are still widely performed in the Basque Country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sword_dance   (401 words)

  
 Modern dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Both Postmodern dance and Contemporary dance built upon the foundations laid by Modern dance and form part of the greater category of 20th century concert dance.
Holm's dance work Metropolitan Daily was the first modern dance composition to be televised on NBC and her labanotation score for Kiss Me, Kate (1948), was the first choreography to be copyrighted in the United States.
Where as Postmodern dance was a direct and opposite response to Modern dance, Contemporary dance draws on both modern and postmodern dance as a source of inspiration.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_dance   (2056 words)

  
 Performance dance: Just the facts...
Performance dance is a major category or classification of dance (A party for social dancing) forms or dance styles, where performance (A dramatic or musical entertainment) is the primary focus of the dancing.
Usually performances are danced to a set music and choreography (A notation used by choreographers), whereas social dances are danced to changing music (An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner) and without choreography.
By contrast, in social dance (additional info and facts about social dance) there is no audience (as such) as all participants perform and watch at the same time.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/performance_dance.htm   (346 words)

  
 Concert dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Concert dance (also known as performance dance), is a category of dances in which an audience is watching but does not participate.
By contrast, in Social dance (also known as Participation dance) there is no audience (as such) as all participants perform and watch at the same time.
Some Ceremonial dances, Baroque dances and Erotic dances are examples of dance forms that are a blend of Social and Concert dance.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Concert_dance   (346 words)

  
 Modern dance - Open Encyclopedia
Both Postmodern dance and Contemporary dance built upon the foundations laid by Modern dance and form part of the greater category of 20th century concert dance.
Holm's dance work Metropolitan Daily was the first modern dance composition to be televised on NBC and her labanotation score for Kiss Me, Kate (1948), was the first choreography to be copyrighted in the United States.
Where as Postmodern dance was a direct and opposite response to Modern dance, Contemporary dance draws on both modern and postmodern dance as a source of inspiration.
open-encyclopedia.com /Modern_dance   (346 words)

  
 Competitive dance - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
Competitive dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where competition is the primary focus of the dancing.
Dance schools often participate in dance competitions, by sponsoring teams that go to regional and national competitions.
See List of dance organizations for further information about this and other organizations that promote dance competitions.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /c/co/competitive_dance.html   (333 words)

  
 Reader's Companion to American History - -II. Social Dance
Into this category fell the great families of African dances that stressed individual improvisation, percussive accompaniments, and call-and-response song and movement styles—the vernacular Juba, and its sister form, the religious Ring Shout, animal dances like the Buzzard Lope, funeral and processional strut dances, and seasonal dances.
Dancing in America tends to be age-specific, perhaps a national rite of passage; fourteen- to twenty-five-year-olds engage in the most dance activity.
In part the result of rural migration to the city, dances were born in ghetto neighborhoods, and then, cleansed of anything sexually suggestive, they were adapted to the ballroom and from the ballroom, were transferred to the stage.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_022802_iisocialdanc.htm   (1998 words)

  
 Western Social Dance
The second category consisted of complex dances that required the services of a dancing master as well as considerable practice to perfect.
Dance technique, therefore, focused on footwork and was characterized by an emphatic energy.
All three dancing masters contributed detailed treatises on social dance that included descriptions of the most popular dances, as well as ancillary information on the appropriate music, ballroom etiquette, and révérences (bows) (See Video Clip 53); there were also rules for accessories such as the handling of swords, gloves, and fans.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/dihtml/diessay2.html   (1379 words)

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