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Definition of Interpretive dancing

1. Noun. A form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interpretive Dancing

Literary usage of Interpretive dancing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Play Movement in the United States: A Study of Community Recreation by Clarence Elmer Rainwater (1922)
"interpretive dancing, 2:00-3:00. Sunday— Gymnasium: Girls, directed plays and games, 1:30-6:00. Gymnasium: Boys, under 15, 1:30-3:30; over 15, 3:30- 4:30; ..."

2. The Woman Citizen's Library: A Systematic Course of Reading in Preparation by Shailer Mathews (1914)
"The interpretive dancing is apt to be merely funny unless it is done with consummate art; the folk dancing is acceptable if it is done with enthusiasm and ..."

3. Health, Public and Personal by Ralph Earl Blount (1922)
"interpretive dancing is more free and aims in the right direction. It is perhaps the precursor of a better system of rhythmic muscular training. ..."

4. How to Develop Your Personality by Clare Tree Major (1916)
"The real tendency with us seems to be in the direction of interpretive dancing, and of all types none can be more beautiful, useful or truthful than ..."

5. A Handbook of New England by Porter Sargent (1916)
"Social dancing, folk dancing, and interpretive dancing. CAMP COTUIT, East Sandwich, Cape Cod, Mass. Directors: The Misses Emma, Emilie, and Helene I. ..."

6. Your Personality and Your Speaking Voice: How to Develop Them by Clare Tree Major (1921)
"The real tendency with us seems to be in the direction of interpretive dancing, and of all types none can be more beautiful, useful or truthful than ..."

7. Workers Education in the United States: Report of Proceedings ... National by Workers Education Bureau of America (1921)
"... but whose most vital part concerns itself with games, social dancing, interpretive dancing, and other forms of organized recreation. ..."

8. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1918)
"... exhibition of old laces and embroideries, with a tea in honor of the Needle and Bobbin Club at which Madame Teresa Cerutti gave interpretive dancing. ..."

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