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Dance

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Dance.

Video playlists about Dance

How art shapes conversation

Powerful art makes people talk. These TED Talks bring context and nuanced perspectives to subjects surrounding history, race, socioeconomics and more.

Stunning performances that'll make you want to dance

Take a front row seat and watch these spectacular dance performances.

Talks about Dance

Chinyanta Kabaso

The dazzling diversity of African dance — in 14 moves

The ecstasy of Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance

Ryan Heffington

How dance can unleash your inner joy

"Once There Was III" -- a mesmerizing blend of dance, animation and tech

An interdimensional performance of imagination

How Black girls can reclaim their voice in music

The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love

Daniel J. Watts

To accomplish great things, you need to "let the paint dry"

Can you solve the logician's rave riddle?

What's the point(e) of ballet?

The sounds and sights of tap dance

Judith Jamison and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Revelations from a lifetime of dance

The language of ballroom culture

Camille A. Brown

"New Second Line"

Sunni Patterson

"Wild Women"

"Interpassion" / "Ba$$in"

See all talks on Dance

Exclusive articles about Dance

Why dance is just as important as math in school

Dance -- and physical activity -- should have the same status in schools as math, science and language. Psst: it may even help raise test scores, says Sir Ken Robinson.

Posted Mar 2018

A brief history of tap dance (and why it’s still a great art form)

Here’s how the dancer, teacher and dance historian Andrew Nemr is trying to make tap dance relevant again.

Posted Nov 2015

Music makes me lose control

Some people may just have rocked out. But for Emily McManus, a Mark Ronson DJ set was actually a four-hour seminar in pop music history, proving to a sweaty crowd that everything with a beat is connected to everything else.

Posted May 2014