### dams:

Beaver dam
* Most beaver dams are less than four feet high
  - prevent erosion
* alter the riparian area they are established in.
* are dams
  - present in many areas of the slough
* can cause flooding of crops and roads.
* create pools that become habitat for many other animals.
* help create small inland wetlands
  - migrating songbirds
  - reduce erosion and sedimentation in rivers and streams
* lead to decreased current velocity by physically impeding the rate of water flow.

Hydroelectric dam
- expensive to build
* are one of the major concern in the decline of salmon population
  - most widely deployed sources of sustainable energy
  - power plants
* can cause adverse environmental impact.
* generate electricity.
* reduce the number of fish species and isolate populations of dolphins.
* use water turbines in the same way to generate power.

### dance music:

Funk music
* emphasizes the rhythm of the music.
* is dance music.
* plays in Belgrade nightclubs.
  * Funk' type of music from the United States that was developed the 1960s by African American musicians and singers such as James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton, and The Meters. Funk music emphasizes the rhythm of the music. Funk music mixes Rhythm and Blues music with soul music. Funk music is dance music.

Pavane
* are dance music
  - dancing
* is dance music

Ragtime
* are books
* is considered to be one of the first truly American musical styles
  - variation on classical music
* specializes in consignment women's and children's clothes.
* style of solo piano jazz.
* type of music with a bouncy, strongly syncopated melody and an accented accompaniment.
* uniquely American musical form and a precursor of jazz.

### dancing | ceremonial dance:

War dance
* ceremonial dance
* tell of acts of bravery and cunning in the face of adversity.

Choreography
* Choreographies are the properties of the individual choreographers.
* is notation.

### dancing | choreography:

Modern dance
* Most modern dances have equally active roles for both the first and second couple.
* allows more freem movement and self-expression.
* are albums
  - for couples
* emerges when choreographers and dancers begin to rebel against traditional ballet.
* is characterised by the use of the floor and working with gravity
  - choreography
  - kind of a catch-all term that applies to the new more expressive forms of dance
  - the broadest form of dance today
* microcosm of the story of modernism in America.
* point of view, an attitude toward the function of art in the contemporary world.
* representation of ideas and emotions.
* utilizes many of the body placements and exercises of ballet.

Duet
* allow characters to communicate their feelings for one another.
* is musical compositions
  - groups

### dancing | duet:

Piano duet
* are for two players at one piano.
+ Chamber music, Words for the size of groups: Music genres
  * Violin sonatas, flute sonatas etc. Piano duets are for two players at one piano.

Ritual dance
* appears in Confucian, shamanistic, and Buddhist ceremonies.
* are distinct from folkloric dances which are called balet folklorico.

Social dancing
* are dancing.
* involves social skills.
* is about being able to get on the floor and enjoy being able to dance
  - an activity enjoyed by all
  - perhaps the best kept secret there is about how to meet the opposite sex
  - the opposite of modern dancing by definition

### dancing | social dancing:

Ballroom dance
* are categorized instead by their step patterns, rhythms, and tempos
  - forms of modern dance
* social dancing
* subjective event.
+ Dance, History: Non-verbal communication
  * Coming to more recent times, the first dance school we know about was opened in 1661 in Paris. Only men were accepted until 1681. After 1681, women were accepted too. Ballroom dances are forms of modern dance. Ballroom dances such as the waltz are done by couples.