I believe that what I do has some effect on his actions and I have learned, in a way, to commune with drunks, but certainly my actions seem to resemble more nearly the performance of a rain dance than the carrying out of an experiment in physics.

the belly dance leaves more to the imagination.

It is more than just lack of dance training that is our problem, for just as gymnastics can learn from dance, dance has some very important things to learn from gymnastics.

One thing is certain, however, and that is that he is far more slavish to the detailed accents, phrasings and contours of the music he deals with than a confident dance creator need be.

Modern ballroom dance has its roots early in the 20th century, when several different things happened more or less at the same time.

Latin / Rhythm dances are commonly danced to contemporary Latin American music, and, with the exception of a few traveling dances ( e. g., Samba and Paso Doble ), couples do not follow the line of dance but perform their routines more or less in one spot.

See the article on English country dance for more information.

A native of Britain, Hilton arrived in the U. S. in 1969 joining the faculty of the Juilliard School in 1972 and establishing her own baroque dance workshop at Stanford University in 1974 which endured for more than 25 years.

In northern and central Sardinia, the dance is lively and animated with leaps and agile movements and usually accompanied by a choir of three or more singers in the center of the circle.

In the early 1980s, Tod Whittemore started the first Saturday dance in the Peterborough Town House, which remains one of the more popular regional dances.

At most dances, no special outfits are worn, but " peasant skirts " or other full, lightweight skirts are popular, as these have a very pretty effect when swinging or twirling and some dancers find them more comfortable to dance in than pants.

With longer sets ( more than ~ 40 people ) this would require long enough sets that the caller will usually only run the dance all the way around on ( rare ) non equal-turn dances.

Most of the professional teams ' cheerleading squads would more accurately be described as dance teams by contemporary standards ; as they rarely, if ever, actively encourage crowd noise or perform modern cheerleading moves.

In the 1930s there were arguably a hundred or more stylistic variations of the dance, which differed depending upon geographic region.

Choreographers are generally university trained and are typically employed for particular projects or, more rarely may work on contract as the resident choreographer for a specific dance company.

During the reign of Louis XIV, himself a dancer, dance became more codified.

Usually, a short dialogue is attached to each victim, in which Death is summoning him ( or, more rarely, her ) to dance and the summoned is moaning about impending death.

Players are judged by how well they time their dance to the patterns presented to them and are allowed to choose more music to play to if they receive a passing score.

In England the particular style of dance described here is much more commonly referred to as " Playford ", and the term " country dancing " is used to cover the complete range of different English folk dance styles.

Some are concerned with producing something as close as possible to the original ; others will introduce major changes in order to make the dance more interesting.

Active Couple-for long-ways sets with more than one couple dancing, the active couple is the couple doing the more complicated movement during any given portion of the dance.

He wore no head cover of any kind and, more odd, had no visible weapon.

The doctor sat down rather wearily, caressing the hen and remarking that the city was not the place for a poultry-loving man, but no sooner was the remark out than a knock at this door obliged him to cover the hen with his greatcoat once more.

Moreover, whereas in Interstate Commerce Commission parlance `` variable cost '' means a cost deemed to vary in direct proportion to changes in rate of output, in the type of analysis now under review `` variable cost '' has been used more broadly, so as to cover costs which, while a function of some one variable ( such as output of energy, or number of customers ), are not necessarily a linear function.

In fact, once the size is big enough to cover a whole wall, it turns into nothing more than extremely expensive wallpaper.

Udall argues that Interior affairs should cover a great deal more than dams and wildlife preserves.

Meanwhile, there appears to be enough money in the road's reserve fund to cover the interest deficiency for eight more years.

Armour did not always cover all of the body ; sometimes no more than a helmet and leg plates were worn.

This also evolved as a method of increasing rate of fire, more in order to force the enemy to take cover than to try to accurately hit them, and was generally practiced by NKVD officers issued a pair of revolvers.

According to William Derham, during the severe winters of 1703 and 1708 the ice cover permeated as far as the Danish straits, parts of the Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland, in addition to coastal fringes in more southerly locations such as the Gulf of Riga.

During a major news event one or more of the main news presenters may be sent to present live for the channel from the scene of the story, where they will conduct interviews with the people involved, question correspondents, introduce related reports and also give general information on the story, much as a reporter sent to cover a story would.

The Fundamentals of Engineering exam-the first ( and more general ) of two licensure examinations for most U. S. jurisdictions — does now cover biology ( although technically not BME ).

A Spanish study of top triathletes found those who cover more than 186 miles ( 300 km ) a week on their bikes have less than 4 % normal looking sperm.

In Tuskegee, they played local parties and fraternity parties playing mostly cover tunes and some original songs with their original singer, James Ingram ( another " James Ingram " – not the more famous solo artist ).

A popular detachable design consists of a main arm that is attached to the weapon, a plate on one end that secures four or more individual bolts at a point on their shafts and at the other end a cover that secures their heads.

" and " We've Got a Bigger Problem Now " placed the Dead Kennedys as the spokesmen of social protest, while " Dog Bite ", a cover version of Rawhide and various joke introductions showed a much more whimsical side.

That quicker transport of surface water can translate into flash flooding and more localized floods than would occur with the forest cover.

Some DBMSs cover more than one entry in these categories, e. g., supporting multiple query languages.

Dartmouth's more than 200 student organizations and clubs cover a wide range of interests.

Some DBMSs cover more than one entry in these categories, e. g., supporting multiple query languages.

They consist of multiple layers of solidified flood basalt that together are more than 2, 000 m ( 6, 562 ft ) thick and cover an area of 500, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 193, 051 sq mi ) and a volume of 512, 000 km < sup > 3 </ sup > ( 123, 000 cu mi ).

A second and more contemporary collaboration with Harris and Ronstadt, Trio II ( 1999 ), was released and its cover of Neil Young's " After the Gold Rush " won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

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Longer, steeper slopes ( especially those without adequate vegetative cover ) are more susceptible to very high rates of erosion during heavy rains than shorter, less steep slopes.

Other reasons include: a ) changes in plant canopy caused by shifts in plant biomass production associated with moisture regime ; b ) changes in litter cover on the ground caused by changes in both plant residue decomposition rates driven by temperature and moisture dependent soil microbial activity as well as plant biomass production rates ; c ) changes in soil moisture due to shifting precipitation regimes and evapo-transpiration rates, which changes infiltration and runoff ratios ; d ) soil erodibility changes due to decrease in soil organic matter concentrations in soils that lead to a soil structure that is more susceptible to erosion and increased runoff due to increased soil surface sealing and crusting ; e ) a shift of winter precipitation from non-erosive snow to erosive rainfall due to increasing winter temperatures ; f ) melting of permafrost, which induces an erodible soil state from a previously non-erodible one ; and g ) shifts in land use made necessary to accommodate new climatic regimes.