Sentence examples for dances drawn from inspiring English sources

"Canto/Pianto," a series of formal dances drawn from the production, will have its New York premiere at the Joyce.

The Afro-Brazilian focus of the company has been widened to include dances drawn from Brazil's Indian populations.

Reggie Wilson, one of the choreographers, creates dances drawn partly from the cultural rituals of Southern black Americans, tempered by his post-modernist sensibility.

Three Charlip works are on the program, including "39 Chinese Attitudes," one of his well-known "airmail dances," drawn as cartoons and sent to the dancer, who was free to arrange the steps as he or she wished.

CARNIVAL 2000: BALE FOLCLORICO DA BAHIA Based in the northern Brazilian state Bahia and founded in 1987, Bale Folclorico da Bahia will present dances drawn from African and Caribbean forms that include capoeira and samba.

The program includes "Reamker," the Khmer version of the Indian classic Ramayana, and other narrative pieces, as well as dances drawn from the carvings at Angkor Wat and religious rituals relating to ancestral spirits and harvesting.

Oddly enough, both dances draw on some of their earlier pieces.

Her dances draw upon the larger-than-life personalities of her dancers, many of whom are mature artists such as Terese Capucilli, a former Graham star, and the great ballerina and actress Martine van Hamel, a guest artist.

The young Brooklyn-based Creative Outlet Dance Theater, directed by the choreographer Jamel Gaines, specializes in dance drawn from the lives of black Americans.

Geoffrey Holder's "Dougla" is a ritualistic dance drawn from the Indian and African influences on Trinidad's culture.

But where does Indian dance draw its roots from?