NOUN | act | choreography, stage dancing | a show involving artistic dancing |
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communication | choreography | the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | |
communication | choreography | a notation used by choreographers |
Sounds | kao.riyaa'grahfiy | |
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Rhymes | apostrophe ... typography: 53 rhymes with fiy... |
Meaning | A show involving artistic dancing. | |
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Synonym | stage dancing | |
Narrower | apache dance | A violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld) |
ballet, concert dance | A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers | |
belly dance, belly dancing, danse du ventre | A Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen | |
bolero | A Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets | |
cakewalk | A strutting dance based on a march | |
cancan | A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line | |
modern dance | A style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet | |
nude dancing | erotic dancing with little or no clothing | |
Broader | dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation | Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
show | A social event involving a public performance or entertainment | |
Spanish | coreografía | |
Catalan | coreografia |
Meaning | The representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes. | |
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Broader | dance | An artistic form of nonverbal communication |
Spanish | coreografía | |
Catalan | coreografia | |
Adjectives | choreographic | of or concerned with choreography |
Meaning | A notation used by choreographers. | |
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Narrower | Labanotation | A system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics |
Broader | notation, notational system | A technical system of symbols used to represent special things |
Spanish | coreografía | |
Catalan | coreografia |
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