If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars, this is consistent with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world, a world in which they are freed of their pedestrian identities.

The only factors that are personally set by the choreographer are the movements themselves, the number of the dancers, and the approximate total duration of the dance.

The New York dancers are highly eclectic, varying the pattern with all kinds of personal improvisations, back bends or floor crawls.

Although they are forbidden to sit with the customers, the dancers are sometimes proffered drinks, and most of them can bolt one down in mid-shimmy.

But a great many of the dancers are more or less native.

Many belly dancers are married, but Serene is one of the few who will admit it.

The Russians are all trained as dancers before they start to study gymnastics.

Not that it is all funny, by any means, though some of it is definitely so, but simply that the dancers are young and handsome, high-spirited and communicative, and the program itself is as vivacious as it is varied.

Students are often performers, such as actors, dancers, musicians, athletes and public speakers, or people who work on computers, or who are in frequent pain for other reasons.

In competitions, the women are often dressed in short-skirted latin outfits while the men are outfitted in tight-fitting shirts and pants, the goal being to emphasize the dancers ' leg action and body movements.

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.

As will necessarily be the case when beginners are welcomed in by more practiced dancers, mistakes are made ; most dancers are very willing to help beginners, and will often go out of their way to give extra instructions to help them learn the steps.

Minor sets originate at the head of the set, starting with the topmost dancers as the 1's ( the active couple or actives ); the other couple are 2's ( or inactives ).

There are three common ways of arranging dancers in the minor sets: proper formation, improper formation, and Becket formation.

He could perform en pointe, a rare skill among male dancers at the time and his ability to perform seemingly gravity-defying leaps was also legendary.

There are also scenes featuring seemingly worn-down can-can dancers.

Much of the seemingly improvised parts involve solo dancers, usually male, performing visually and technically amazing acrobatic feats.

Swifter and swifter moved the dancers till they finally sank to the floor, seemingly exhausted and enchanted by love.

When they came too close to a torch, the dancers caught fire.

The bull-leapers are respected athletes, for they grasp the bull's horns and fly off them when his head rears and are caught by other dancers when they land.

The national tour kicked off June 27, 2008 at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia and will benefit Gulf Coast musicians, dancers, and singers affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The 1968 Princess Grace of Monaco documentary Monte Carlo: C ' est La Rose starring Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier of Monaco, a musical cast of international celebrities and David Winters dancers was designed to show off the beauty and the wonders of Monte Carlo to the world.

The plaintiffs were ballroom dancers and they sued the defendant in passing off alleging it wrongfully published their photograph on the cover of a gramophone record entitled " Strictly for Dancing: Vol.

More informal clubs will have dancers take turns when a stage becomes empty or have a free flow of entertainers where the stage has any number of entertainers who wander off and on at will.

In an exaggerated form, most often seen in newer dancers, this resembles a “ hobble step ”, as if stepping on and off a curb.

Formation routines allow dancers to show off their own technique in addition to their ability to move as a team.

Lewis broke her ankle halfway through the third number, and the other dancers completed the number around her while attempting to cover the injury as Lewis was escorted off stage.

Bryn Terfel started off with a short speech and introduced the Wales Millennium Centre singers and dancers, who in hard hats and donkey jackets sang and danced the story of the construction of the building.

Callers might also use gimmicks such as calling a common and well-known sequence of calls, and then catching dancers off guard by suddenly changing an expected call.

The dancers round off their dancing by facing each other in twos and threes and moving their shoulders faster-this can also involve jumping and bending your knees and going down to the floor to sit in a squatting position while bobbing those shoulders and moving the head sideways to the strong drum beats.

The Super NES and Sega Genesis ports tone down the blood and the exotic dancers ( also played by Kerri Hoskins ) who were showing off their thongs have been turned around so they are facing the screen.

Less formal clubs will have dancers take turns when a stage becomes empty or have a free flow of entertainers where the stage has any number of entertainers who wander off and on at will.

They are said to have carried off 90, 000 prisoners, many of whom were likely dancers and musicians.

Opposing dancers can also face off in a line formation called the " Apache Line ".

Leaving aside the obvious difficulty of dancing around a sharpened spike on a shield, a much more plausible theory is that the Highland Fling is none other than a Foursome Reel with the progressive bits left out-at social gatherings, dancers would " compete " by showing off the fancy solo steps they could perform, long before formal competitions at highland games had been invented.

In the final round, Wong, together with Leung Foon and Clubfoot, face off dozens of rival lion dancers as they battle their way to reach the top of a scaffolding.

The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet, posing and physical comedy with " straighter " pieces intended to show off the performers ' technical skills.

Binasuan is a colorful and lively dance from Bayambang in the Pangasinan province shows off the balancing skills of the dancers.

Generally, musicians accompanied dancers, to help ward off the mania, but this tactic sometimes backfired by encouraging more to join in.

She wears cut off jeans and a black chiffon shirt knotted at the middle and evening wear, a bustier and skirt made out of pearls, her dancers in, alternately, top-hat-and-tails and street wear.

This led to a protest from the Cine Dancers Union who argued that Tamil dancers should have been utilised instead, with Shankar opting to pay them off to avoid further hassle.

She then stripped off more clothing to sing " Fighter ", flanked by a cadre of dancers.

Playing a dominatrix role, Madonna got on top of one of the dancers before carrying off an exhibitionist dance routine with the chair as a prop.