Researchers say walking, climbing steps, biking and even dancing all count, but activities such as bowling and light housekeeping do not.

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Showcasing Moto's commitment to music, the company brought along its own dance floor and a couple of bored looking dancing girls and an even more relaxed DJ.

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If 5k isn't sounding like the bargain you'd hoped for, the singing and dancing troupe even comes with its own faux porch.

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At 'Sesame Street's' First Film Festival, the stars are fruits, vegetables and even animals, from singing oranges to dancing chickens.

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Lego's in-house model-making team has made card-dealing robots, dancing robots, robotic arms and even a fully functioning copier out of the kits.

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The region has a long history of women dancing and singing in public at festivals and marriages, even though some clerics oppose such behaviour.

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The tableau of Britain at the opening ceremony included suffragettes, hundreds of dancing nurses, a strident Mary Poppins banishing multiple villains and even a shot of the first lesbian kiss aired on prime-time television.

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All four say one of the biggest things they've had to work on is not the dancing or singing or acting but trying to stay in glum character and not smile even as hundreds of people in the theater erupt with laughter.

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Graced with talent and strength, DePrince says she has had to work even harder to get accepted into the rarefied world of ballet dancing -- a predominantly white preserve.

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