Kunqu combines song, recital, body movement and dance and plays a key role in the training of the actors and singers of Beijing opera.

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But their example most plainly shows that sociability isn't a one-step but a do-si-do: a continually reciprocal dance of body chemistry and interaction.

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Those successful will undergo a year of rigorous training at The Circus Space in body conditioning, gymnastics, dance and theatre work to build up their stamina and strength.

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When Martha Graham died in 1991 at the age of 96, she left a body of work that defined modern dance.

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" Kinect Star Wars" tries to use the power of the Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 to put players into the action, using full-body motions to wield lightsabers, drive podracers and, unfortunately, dance for Jabba the Hutt.

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The instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived: the human body.

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New York Live Arts, the arts group led by the choreographer Bill T Jones, has just held a festival called Live Ideas: The World of Oliver Sacks, with theatre, dance and performances dedicated to the neurologist and his exploration of the connection between mind and body.

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