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The Hayachine Kagura is a series of masked dances accompanied by drum, cymbals and flute: six ritual dances begin the performance, five dances recount stories of the deities and medieval Japanese history, and a final dance features a performer dressed as a "shishi, " an imaginary lion-like creature representing the Hayachine deity himself.
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Boyle was beaten in the Britain's Got Talent final by dance troupe Diversity but has gone on to become a global phenomenon.
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For a week before the final Nongkrem dance, Sing and his sister, who took over as priestess after their mother's death two years ago, go through ritual prayers, dances and sacrifices to propitiate the gods and seek blessings for the people.
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However, last night an average of 9.8m watched the quarter-final of the dance show, compared with 11.1m tuning in to the results final of X Factor.
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As Wichita State prepares to dance its feet across the Final Four floor, its athletics program stands to be compensated mightily.
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At Strictly's peak, 10.9m viewers tuned in on BBC 1 as Westlife star Nicky Byrne was voted off, leaving Denise Van Outen, Olympian Louis Smith, actresses Dani Harmer and Lisa Riley and Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh to dance in the semi-final.
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Former EastEnders star Dean Gaffney has donated tickets to the final of BBC One's Let's Dance for Comic Relief to staff who cared for him in hospital after a car crash.
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Dance festival Creamfields has been cancelled on its final day after heavy rain flooded the site.
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Adding to the pressure of the semi-final, the couples did not get a chance to be saved in the dance-off.
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Making the final cut was a shock Denise Van Outen, who had been voted into the dance-off during the quarter and semi-finals.
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But for Tarmey's final appearance in the soap two years ago, Jack and Vera were reunited one last time when they appeared to dance together as a dying Jack drifted in and out of consciousness.
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