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dance

[dans, dahns] / dæns, dɑns /




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When the Martha Graham Dance Company closed its five-day spring season at City Center on April 12, it was just six days shy of the troupe’s 100th anniversary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It happened weeks after Dance buried her son, Archie Battersbee, whose death attracted global attention when his life support was switched off in 2022.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The duo followed up the hit with the release of the singles “Joy and Pain” and “Get On the Dance Floor.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Dance, writes Ms. Footer, “began to engross him.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The dark of the moon that follows first after Sunreturn is called the Fallows, and is the contrary pole of the days of the Moon and the Long Dance in summer.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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