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Dance to the Music

Smithsonian Music

Dance and music, music and dance. One inevitably happens in the presence of the other. Even in dances with no music, the absence of music is felt, and the dancers nonetheless keep a beat or tune in their head or feet. We describe particularly enjoyable music as being "foot-tappingly good," calling out our desire to move to the music.


Festival at Hamburg (Study for Hamburg, Iowa Post Office Mural)

Harlem Nightclub Dancers

Ann Miller

Cowboy Dance (mural study, Anson, Texas Post Office)

“That Naughty Waltz”

Dancers and musicians

“At the Mississippi Cabaret”

“Rustic Dance”

Fred Astaire

Agnes de Mille

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

The Last Waltz

Liza Minnelli

“The Band Played On”

“Tackin' 'Em Down”

Rattle

Raven dance rattle

Beyoncé Knowles

Chick Webb and His Orchestra

Count Basie Dance Session

Flute Dancer

Aaron Copland

A Dance in the Woods

Bomba Drum

Give Peace a Dance

Music Is Contagious!

Puma Sneakers, worn by B-Girl Laneski

Danskin Roller Disco

Music for Smithsonian Polka by W. Bergman

Soldier's Joy; Special Instructions for Square Dancing

Jitterbugs (II)

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Barril de Bomba

Disco Lunch Box

Customized Jacket, worn by Crazy Legs

CHUCK BROWN Tribute Final


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