Dance

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TV's dance marathon rages on, from the inspired kids of "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Best Dance Crew" to the inspired jackasses of "Dance Machine"!
  • So you think you can dance, Bollywood?

    Reality TV meets "Om Shanti Om" meets a fun time for the whole family
  • Ode to joy

    Barbara Ehrenreich turns away from pop sociology to explore the historical oppression of collective happiness in "Dancing in the Streets."
  • A dance contest for the obesity era

    Teens compete to log the most steps on a pedometer.
  • Disco inferno

    Forget tacky polyester and the cheesy Village People. It's time to recognize the gender-bending, fabulous music movement of the '70s for the revolution that it was.
  • "The Company"

    Robert Altman's surpassingly beautiful ballet movie feels lighter than air -- but in fact it's the great director's most tender and memorable film in years.
  • Music preview: Peace Orchestra

    "Reset" is the peer-reviewed, accelerated remix version of Peter Kruder's (one half of Austrian drum 'n' bass duo Kruder & Dorfmeister) 1999 solo release "Peace Orchestra." Listen in.
  • "Isadora: A Sensational Life"

    An excerpt from the new biography of dancer Isadora Duncan.
  • "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

    Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes reads two of his poems.
  • "Billy Elliot"

    What makes a man? In the gritty, "Full Monty" countryside it means getting comfortable around tights and tutus.
  • Dot-com dance party!

    Can Web monkeys be persuaded to salsa their way out of their cubes?
  • Sharps & Flats

    So what if the movie "Groove" sucked? Its soundtrack is a miracle: Dance music that sounds good on the stereo.
  • "Center Stage"

    Nicholas Hytner, director of "The Madness of King George," takes a mild-mannered genre picture and turns it into a rare entertainment.
  • Dancing at the blood festival

    Armed only with curiosity and a stained pair of pants, our correspondent tries to make sense of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice in Aqaba, Jordan.
  • Sharps & Flats

    "Clicks + Cuts" reconciles avant-electronic music with the politics of dancing.
  • Zouk keeper

    In the French West Indies, doing the zouk-love, you must be unafraid to lock bodies with a stranger.
  • Sharps & Flats

    For some reason, the Underworld let remixers with a lot less talent rework the U.K. outfit's songs.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Aphrodite's first commercial drum 'n' bass record gets at the difference between music for the DJ and music for your stereo.
  • Sharps & flats

    Carl Craig and a new Detroit techno compilation examine past futures and futures past.
  • Sharps & flats

    The Charlatans U.K. aren't really an innovative band, but they've got a world-weary confidence that makes for good rock 'n' roll.
  • Sharps & flats

    "Little Louie" Vega's mix of early '90s dance remembers a time when electronic music was still sexy.
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