Cook acknowledged that much change in the dance world in the four years since his last album, Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars, but he stressed this did not mean the dance scene was permanently over.

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He has been performing on the global dance scene since breakthrough album Better Living Through Chemistry in 1996.

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Trisha Brown first made a name for herself in the 1960s when she appeared on the New York dance scene as a performer of quiet charisma and a dance maker of regularly sly rebelliousness.

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And in the cellblock tango, they really did try and use some of the language of contemporary music videos in a Fosse dance scene.

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Mr. Alterman's continually evolving presence on the jazz scene surely makes people smile and, if the room is right, dance.

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Many bands and performers who were to become musical legends passed through the show including U2, REM, The Smiths, Depeche Mode and Joy Division - but of late On the Wire has taken a more relaxed view of the music scene and is as likely to play pre-war hillbilly music as much as experimental dance or dub.

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The Mumbai premiere had all the makings of a scene from a Bollywood blockbuster: Musicians banged on traditional Indian drums as the cast and crew broke into dance on the red carpet in recognition of the 10 Academy Award nominations the film received Thursday.

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