Limerick, Ireland

Irish Dance Studies

Master's
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Irish Dance Studies at UL

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: arts
Qualification: Level 9 NFQ
Degree - Masters (Level 9 NFQ)
University website: www.ul.ie/

Definitions and quotes

Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin.
Dance
For you and I are past our dancing days.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act 1, scene 5.
Dance
Where dance is, there is the devil.
John Chrysostom Homily on Matt.48.3
Dance
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground
In a light fantastic round.
John Milton, Comus (1637), line 143.
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