Wikipedia:WikiProject Dance

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Welcome to the Dance WikiProject A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about Dance. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

1 Scope
2 Parentage
3 Descendant WikiProjects
4 Similar WikiProjects
5 Participants
- 5.1 Inactive participants (date of last Wikipedia edit)
- 5.2 User box for participants
6 Structure
7 Hierarchy definition
8 Red links and wanted articles
9 General strategy and discussion forum
10 Version 1.0 assessments
11 Templates
12 Dance portal
13 Dancing in other languages
- 13.1 Corresponding articles in other languages
14 See also

Open tasks for WikiProject Dance.

View • edit • discuss • see history of • watch these tasks.

Collaboration:

To nominate at WP:FAC:
To improve to Featured standard:
To nominate as a Good article:
To expand: Bolero - Choreography on Broadway - Dance technology - Indian classical dance - List of dance companies - Opera ballet - Set dance
To cleanup: Dance technology - Dandiya - Parsons Dance Company - Tik (dance)
To unbias:
To check for copyvios:
To merge: List of dancers & List of dance personalities‎ as per AfD discussion
Substubs needing expansion: See: /substubs
To destub: ARTS-Dance - Callerlab - Cha-cha-cha (dance) - Clogging - DanceSport - Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing - Attilio Labis - Nicolai Legat - John Neumeier - Traditional square dance - Turkish dance - more
Needing references: Dabke
To create: 18th century dance - 20th century ballet - American folk dance - Ballet comique - Canadian step dance - Country Western Dance International - Cyril Atanassoff - Dance and cinema - Dance and society - Dance education - Ductia - English ballet - German folk dancing - Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago - Irmgard Bartenieff - Italian ballet - Kansas City Ballet (turns 50) - Latin swing - Post-structuralist ballet - Push (dance) - Rebetiko dances - Salon dance - Scotch reel - Shuffle dance - Swing boogie - Wining - World Dance Alliance - more
Wanted Pics/Graphics: Category:Dance articles needing images

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to categorize and organize the various Dance related artices. A large majority of them are currently stubs, or in desperate need of work, so through this project we hope to not only organize the articles appropriately, but also to expand those that need help. And well, to get rid of all those pesky red links. :-)

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Arts.

Descendant WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects

Participants

This user is a member of WikiProject Dance, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of dance on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join us.

Ballet Cotswold Morris with handkerchiefs

Arria Belli (talk · contribs) Translations to and from English, French and Spanish. Used to do Irish step—dancing as well as Scottish Highland and Scottish Country dancing, and misses it terribly.
avjewe (talk · contribs) — I primarily do vintage dance, by which I mean American and European social dances from 1800 to 1950.
Cazo3788 (talk · contribs) I'm interested in writing biographies of classical ballet dancers, will also focus on South African dancers.
Cswrye (talk · contribs) — Most of my knowledge is in swing and its related dances, but I would still like to be involved in other areas of this project.
Dragonfly213 (talk · contribs) — Former freelance Dance and Arts critic and professional dancer in the Los Angeles area, with a minor in Dance from UCLA, 1987. I shall contribute/edit articles as my current Single Working Mom schedule allows! Would appreciate suggestions of any Dance article to work on or to create, from this community. Thanks for being!
Editor at Large (talk · contribs) — I am a student studying classical ballet at a pre-professional school. I've been dancing for 13 years.
Emmegan (talk · contribs) — I am a serious student of ballet, modern dance and choreography, and would like to do whatever I can to improve the quality and quantity of dance articles on Wikipedia. I have made expansions to the dance article on the history of ballet in Europe, and am the writer of the article on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Fang Aili (talk · contribs) — I'd like to improve folk dance-related articles, as well as the Folk dance page itself. Btw, folk dance is not traditional dance.
General Eisenhower (talk · contribs) I love the history of dance. I also particate in WikiProject disease and anti-stub
Jon Silpayamanant (talk · contribs) Interested in focusing on Southeast Asian dance in particular, and Asian dance in general. Also some interest in Capoeira and other martial arts that have dance elements such as Muay Thai (the Ram Muay and Wai Khru before the bouts) as well as ethnic dances like Belly Dance and Bollywood Dance.
LadySatine (talk · contribs) Started a section for hip hop and street dance at the Dance in Film article. Help is needed for plots and adding more film for the dance form.
Lambtron (talk · contribs) I'm particulary interested in acro dance and competitive dance. Furthermore, I am obsessed: I must photograph every dance I see, and I release my photos to public domain whenever it is practical to do so.
Lilsaalex (talk · contribs)
Lyellin (talk · contribs)
Mikkalai (talk · contribs)
Mrlopez2681 (talk · contribs) 07:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC) — I am interested in creating articles on ballet history, particularly things that everyone seems to know of yet known nothing about. I have so far written the entire articles on Leon Minkus, Cesare Pugni (which I have yet to complete), Marius Petipa (which needs more), Riccardo Drigo (which needs more), the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. I do this because I have a wealth of knowledge I would like to share with others, as there is to little of it on the web, and most of it is far from accurate. I would like to really 'fix' many of the articles pertaining toballets and their history, as many of them contain whilly inaccurate information. As well I'd like to create articles on particular ballets such as La Bayadere, as well as completely fix the articles on The Pharaoh's Daughter, Sleeping Beauty and so on. I have also created many reviews for amazon.com — Adam's reviews
Pathaugen (talk · contribs) — Works at the California Arts Council and dances ballet in the Sacramento, California region.
Paul foord (talk · contribs) — Dance in Australia, contemporary dance & article assessment
Peter Deer (talk · contribs) I've been a ballroom dancer for nearly five years now and have participated in theatrical and vaudeville style dancing for even longer. I'll be here as much to learn as to edit, and I'll mostly be devoting myself to expanding and cleaning up articles.
PlainJane (talk · contribs) — I am a keen lindy hopper and also researching contemporary swing dance(s) for my PhD. I hang out around the lindy hop, swing dance, charleston (dance) and other swing dance related pages. I'm only new to wikipedia, so I'm always keen for feedback!
Pointeprincess (talk · contribs)
Prima Ballerina (talk · contribs)
Queenofthewilis (talk · contribs) Hi! I love Wikipedia and have thus far created some articles on dance, though they need to be expanded. I will get on it soon, I promise! Here is my working list: Angel Corella, Xiomara Reyes, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Julius Reisinger, Prix Benois de la Danse, Nicholas Legat, Christian Johansson, Lucien Petipa, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, and Carlotta Grisi. I have also contributed to many other articles and have uploaded many images for use therein.
robertgreer (talk · contribs) I'll be participating in WikiProject Ballet for the most part, attend New York City Ballet to excess (in the Fourth Ring), also City Center's Fall for Dance (tickets are $15 and $10 respectively; I'm not a rich man) and see ballet and contemporary dance two or three times a year in Stockholm and Copenhagen (staying with friends; I told you I'm not rich.) I created an entry for Virginia Tanner and her legacy in Salt Lake City; a place I've never been, except to change planes in the airport; nor seen Utah Repertory Dance Theatre but ran across Tanner's papers in the N.Y. Public Library. It's a contemporary dance story that parallels City Ballet and the School of American Ballet.
Robotam (talk · contribs)
Roland2 (talk · contribs)
Sfdan (talk · contribs) — mostly square dance-related articles, but also others occasionally
Tanyawade (talk · contribs)
Thefunkygibson (talk · contribs) — Ballet dancer! As a member of the BBO I can write articles on this, its people, places and possibly some bios on dancers I have on DVDs. Started Carlos Acosta, found it's not hard to write articles from scratch with good websites! I wouldn't be adverse to writing some articles on dancewear brands e.g. Bloch, Freed etc as it's not hard to find info on these things. As a grammar junkie I can do some little edits here and there. Only really available when I have a holiday or nothing better to do though!
Tufkaa (talk · contribs) — edits and articles mostly dealing eastern european folk dancing as well as classical dance; I also participate in Ukrainian and Soviet-era history/geography/biography.
WickedWitchoftheWest (talk · contribs) Student in the area of musical theater related dance, ballet, tap, jazz, and lyrical. Have studied for 11 years (age 14)
Will.i.am (talk · contribs) — I'm interested in salsa, lindy, and balboa. I have more experience editing Wikipedia than dancing so consider myself a supporting contributor.
Wintran (talk · contribs) 01:26, 19 April 2006 (UTC) — I'll mainly be working on street- and hip hop dance-related articles, but I'm interested in seeing the more general dance articles improve as well.

Inactive participants (date of last Wikipedia edit)

These editors have not been active for 12 months or more.

Wootking (talk · contribs) (April 2007)
Badbilltucker (talk · contribs) (January 2007) — primarily in article assessment and other directly project—related activities
Dekay (talk · contribs) (January 2006)
Fenice (talk · contribs) (January 2006)
Keitei (talk · contribs) (February 2007) — been dancing since I was four, competing since I was eight, this project/portal needs a kick in the pants, so here I am!
Michael Richters (talk · contribs) (October 2006) — I have studied Lindy Hop and various other partner dances (Balboa, Collegiate Shag, West Coast Swing, Carolina Shag, Hustle), and have some knowledge of related non-partner dances (Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Charleston). I would like to improve the quality of many of the articles on these topics, and also participate in an effort to promote more consistency in the conventions and organization of the articles on dance.
Ohka- (talk · contribs) (October 2005)
Rayven the Crook (talk · contribs) (November 2006)
Thetawave (talk · contribs) (August 2006) — translations, salsa, rock 'n' roll, social dancing etc.

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Structure

Dance categories

Dance Dances Dance styles Dance templates Dance by country Dancers Dance in arts Dance awards Ballet Choreography Competitive dance Dance culture Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" Dance animation Dancewear Documentaries about dance Dance education Dance equipment Dance in film Dance and health Dance historians History of dance Dance related lists Dance magazines Dance music Musical theatre Dance notation Dance occupations Dance organizations Dance technique Dance television shows Dance venues Dance video games Dance websites Dance biographical stubs Dance stubs

WikiProject Dance categories

WikiProject Dance WikiProject Ballet NA-Class Dance articles Non-article Dance pages WikiProject Tango WikiProject Dance articles WikiProject Dance participants

Basic Articles

Hey For Four

These should be the "main" articles regarding various types of dance that the rest of the articles are worked off of- they should also have categories backing them up as well.

Dance - Main parent article
- 20th century concert dance
  - Modern dance
- Australian Contemporary Dance
- Break Dance
- Ballet
- Ballroom dance
- Ceremonial dance
- Competitive dance
- Folk dance (Traditional dance redirects to Folk dance)
- Historical dance
- Latin dances
- Street dance
  - Hip hop dance
- Swing dance
- Tap dance

Specific Sub-topics

Dance education
- Dance studio
- Auditions, common schools (Juilliard)
Dance competition
- Dance expressions, Hall of Fame Dance Challenge

Unclassified articles

Country and Western dance

Hierarchy definition

Tango postcard, c. 1919

Concert dance / Performance dance
- Competitive dance

Social dance
Participation dance
- Ceremonial dance
- Traditional dance (now it redirects to Folk Dance)

Formalized/Standardized Dances vs. Informal/Non-standardized/social dances

Red links and wanted articles

Red links and wanted articles should be inserted on the redlinks list

General strategy and discussion forum

Version 1.0 assessments

Index · Statistics · Log
Dance
articles Importance Top High Mid Low NoneTotal Quality FA2 2 FL1 1 A1 1 1 1 4 GA2 1 6 9 B2 7 21 12 20 62 Start4 31 84 62 123 304 Stub2 17 71 164 225 479 List3 3 6 3 41 56 Assessed 12 58 185 243 419 917 Unassessed4 5 4 1145 1158 Total 16 58 190 247 1564 2075

For more information about Version 1.0 assessments, see WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP.

/Assessment
- Category:WikiProject Dance articles
- Category:Non-article Dance pages

GA-content

Weapon dance

Did you Know (DYK)

The following araticles appeared on the Main page in the Did you know section

Rolf de Maré - 7 November 2006
Ukrainian dance - 1 March 2006

Templates

Article Identification

The {{WikiProject Dance}} template, which creates this banner, should be placed on the talk page of all dance articles that are part of this project:

Dance Portal

WikiProject Dance is within the scope of WikiProject Dance, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Dance and Dance-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale. NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the importance scale.

Please rate this article, and then leave comments here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.

Infoboxes

{{Infobox Dancer}} should be placed at the top of all articles about people in dance and filled in as far as possible
{{Infobox Ballet}} should be placed at the top of all articles about different choreographed ballets and filled in as far as possible

Quick Reference

Possible Template option: User:Lyellin/Sandbox

Stub Templates

The following templates identify stubs within the category dance. Add the template to pages that need expanding. Please use the most specific stub-type possible.

Dance portal

Dance Portal

See: Portal:Dance
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Dancing in other languages

Corresponding articles in other languages

Just to get an overview ...

English German Czech Swedish Italian Spanish Comment Dance de:Tanz cs:Tanec sv:dans it:Danza es:Danza Ballet de:Ballett cs:Balet sv:balett it:Balletto es:Ballet Folk dance de:Volkstanz sv:folkdans it:Danza popolare Modern dance de:Modern Dance cs:moderní tanec it:Danza Moderna es:Danza contemporánea Competitive dance--- ??? --- Tango (dance)de:Tango cs:tango sv:Tango it:Tango argentino es:Tango DanceSport de:Tanzsport es:Baile deportivo Morris dance de:Moriskentanz Square dance de:Square Dance sv:Squaredans Sword dance de:Schwerttanz--- ??? --- de:Eintänzer--- ??? --- de:Fackeltanz sv:FackeldansGerman page has weblink to video Mata Hari de:Mata Hari cs:Mata Hari sv:Mata Hari es:Mata HariThe German article is classified "worth reading" Vienna Opera Ball de:Wiener OpernballEnglish article has a picture

Translation

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