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Nonfiction work primarily concerned with dance, dancers, and choreography, including types of dance such as ballet, jazz, modern, ballroom, tap, folk, ethnic, and vaudeville. Dance work may be biographical, ethnographic, educational, or instructional in nature. Note: Not necessary to also use Documentary, since that is implied by the term Dance. For work documenting single or multiple dance performances, concerts, or events, use Dance in conjunction with the form Performance. For variety programs and films in which dance is featured substantially, use Dance with Variety. Provide access for specific types of dance presented through subject headings. Film examples: ANNABELLE'S BUTTERLY DANCE (with the form Performance); BLACK TIGHTS (with the form Performance); BOLSHOI BALLET TOURS AMERICA; BUTOH (with Ethnographic); DANCE IN THE SUN (with Experimental); DANCERS IN SCHOOL; THE DANCING FLEECE (with Sponsored); FATIMA'S DANSE DU VENTRE (with the form Performance); HE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE DANCIN' (with Biographical (Nonfiction)); INDIA'S DANCE QUEENS; NINE VARIATIONS ON A DANCE THEME (with Experimental); PLISETSKAYA DANCES; RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME (with Experimental); SOUTH AFRICA NATIVE DANCES (with Ethnographic; the form Performance); A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA (1945) (with Experimental). TV examples: DANCE IN AMERICA (with the form Performance); AN EVENING WITH THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER (with the form Performance); THE DANNY KAYE SHOW (with Music; Variety); THE NUTCRACKER (with the form Performance); A TIME TO DANCE. Video examples: CHARLES WEIDMAN, ON HIS OWN (with Biographical (Nonfiction)); HOW TO SALSA (with Instructional); SCAPE-MATES (with Experimental).

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