dance
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Currently, there are 370 seats available at maximum capacity—but that doesn’t include room for a dance floor, a critical component for a wedding or bar mitzvah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
When she discovers the Spanish-speaking world of salsa, she is as drawn to its language as she is to its physicality—the urgent syncopation that makes the music undivorceable from the call to dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Brand new courses include dance and digital media and film.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the coming season, Carson also revealed that she will hit the dance floor with comedian Guillermo Rodriguez, the Mexican talk show personality best known as a sidekick to Jimmy Kimmel on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mom acts like driving to my dance studio in nearby Evanston is an unreasonable trek.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Unitree humanoids are among the world's most recognisable, having wowed audiences with fluid martial arts dances and robot-on-robot kickboxing skirmishes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Bridgerton” is set in a fictionalized version of Regency England, filled with grand balls and regal social dances, and its movement is all about subtlety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Our culture is our clothing, our crafts, our dances and our language, not a practice that kills. Culture does not kill."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Still, he said, “when she dances, she looks so big. That’s her strength. Something just bursts out of her, doesn’t it? I think that’s why everyone is drawn to her.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Over several weekends each June, the Osage hold their ceremonial dances, I'n-Lon-Schka.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
At the other side of the stall, eight robots danced to 1990s Chinese pop song "Lovebird".
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
And each time, the notes danced away just before I could snatch the answer from my memory bank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Invitation” begins with “Circus,” with Kelly made up as a clown who pines for a beautiful performer, danced by Claire Sombert, who is herself in love with a chiseled aerialist, played by Igor Youskevitch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
By the time Boyle danced past several bewildered defenders and made it 4-0, it seemed as though Hibs could do no wrong.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It flared up as the sticks caught alight, and shadows danced on her face as she turned back to them.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
In fact a very charming woman came up to me on the street and she goes, “I love ‘The Beast in Me’ and I loved how camp your dancing was.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The first time I saw Angélique perform live, I thought her music, her dancing, her commitment were incredible."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It can be hard to resist videos of humanoid robots dancing, running marathons and sometimes crashing spectacularly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the pixies had been dancing around me as if they did want me to spin.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
