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A Cheyenne Sun Dance Gathering, photo by Henry Chaufty, c. 1909. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

In Ancient Egyptian society, both dance and music were highly valued. They were integral to creation and communication with the gods and there was an intrinsic link between music and dance and the divine. The goddess...

Ball Play Dance, Choctow, depicting the ceremonial Native American dance performed prior to a game of stickball, oil on canvas by American artist George Catlin, 1834. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

War Dance, Sioux, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1845-48. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Here the Hindu god Shiva is depicted as the Lord of the Dance or Nataraja and is represented in his triple role as Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. He stands within a flaming halo representing Time, which is cyclical...

A statue of Terpsichore, the Greek Muse of Dance. A 2nd century CE copy from a Greek original (The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg).

Bear Dance, hand-colored lithograph by George Catlin, 1844. Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, USA.

The 'Peasant Wedding Dance', a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, c. 1610 CE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

Ghost Dance drum by George Beaver, late 1890s, wood, rawhide, and pigment. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, USA.

Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge. In Mih-Tutta-Hankush, illustration by Karl Bodmer from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the...