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Comprehensive Analysis

1) "Ballroom" -- As to ballroom dance ball·room Pronunciation: 'bol-"rüm, -"rum Function: noun : a large room used for dances Pronunciation Symbols This article is about the architectural element known as a ballroom. For the style of dance, see ballroom dance. An opulent ballroom at the Catherine Palace near St. Petersburg, Russia A modern ballroom at InterContinental, Hong Kong A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding formal dances called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses, a large room such as the main drawing room, long gallery, or hall may double as a ballroom, but a good ballroom should have the right type of floor. Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have ceilings higher than other rooms in the same building. The large amount of space for dancing, as well as the highly formal tone of events have given rise to ballroom dancing. The largest balls are now nearly always held in public buildings, and many hotels have a ballroom. They are also designed large to help the sound of orchestras carry throughout the whole room. A special case is the annual Vienna Opera Ball, where, just for one night, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls, and a new floor, level with the stage, is built. ..." 2) "Dance" -- As to ballroom dance 1dance Pronunciation: 'dan(t)s, 'dän(t)s Function: verb Inflected Form(s): danced; danc·ing Etymology: Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-French dancer intransitive verb 1 : to engage in or perform a dance 2 : to move or seem to move up and down or about in a quick or lively manner transitive verb 1 : to perform or take part in as a dancer 2 : to cause to dance 3 : to bring into a specified condition by dancing - dance·able /'dan(t)-s&-b&l/ adjective - danc·er noun - dance attendance : to attend in an eager and servile manner <a celebrity used to having people dance attendance on him> Pronunciation Symbols

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Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to movement used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.

Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or animals (bee dance, patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (the leaves danced in the wind), and certain musical forms or genres.

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to virtuoso techniques such as ballet. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are dance disciplines while Martial arts 'kata' are often compared to dances.

Dance can be directly participatory, social or performed for an audience. It can also be ceremonial, competitive or erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in themselves, such as in ballet or European folk dance, or have a gestural vocabulary/symbolic system as in many Asian dances. Dance can embody or express ideas, emotions or tell a story.

Choreography is the art of creating dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer.