Character dance Character dance Character dance is a specific subdivision of classical dance. It is the stylized representation of a traditional folk or national dance, mostly from European countries, and uses movements and music which have been adapted for the theater. Character dance is integral to much of the classical ballet repertoire. A good example of character dance within ballet is the series of national dances which take place at the beginning of Act III of Swan Lake. The ballet Don Quixote as well as La sylphide also features many character variations based on traditional Spanish dances. Popular character dance adaptations for
Odette England the Rhode Island School of Design. She is the director/curator of the Winter Garden Photograph project. Odette England Odette England (born 1975) is an Australian-British photographer. England uses vernacular and family photographs in her practice. England's work is held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the New Mexico Museum of Art and the George Eastman Museum, where she exhibited in 'Of Time and Buildings' with John Divola and Lori Nix. In 2012, England won the CENTER $5,000 Project Launch Award. Of England's work, the juror, Virginia Heckert, Curator and Department Head of Photographs at The J. Paul