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Danazol
Danazol: synthetic androgenic steroid derived from ethisterone, approved 1976 for endometriosis pain; suppresses pituitary-ovarian axis, binds androgen/progesterone/glucocorticoid receptors; now largely abandoned due to androgenic side effects.
Danbal-ryeong
Danbal-ryeong (단발령, "Topknot Prohibition Decree") was an 1895 decree by the Kim Hong-jip cabinet of Joseon Korea requiring men to cut their topknots, which sparked armed uprisings.
Danbooru
Danbooru is an English-language taggable image board focused on anime-style illustrations, the first booru-style site, whose tagging system was widely copied and adopted by anime image-generation models.
Danbury Trashers
Danbury Trashers, United Hockey League minor league hockey team (2004-2006) at Danbury Ice Arena, owned by trash magnate Jimmy Galante with 17-year-old son AJ as GM; UHL penalty-minute record, salary cap fraud indictment, Netflix documentary Untold: Crime & Penalties.
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut: Fairfield County city on the Still River, nicknamed Hat City for its 1780s-1900s hatting industry; raided by Tryon in 1777, merged town and city in 1965, population 86,518 (2020).
Dance
Dance is stylized rhythmic human movement carrying social, ritual, and artistic meaning. Also called dancing across folk, ballroom, and contemporary genres, it spans five historical phases from courtship to professional performance and UNESCO-listed heritage.
Dance (Matisse)
Dance (La Danse) is Henri Matisse's ring of five nude dancers, painted as Dance (I) (1909, MoMA) and Dance (II) (1910, Hermitage) for Sergei Shchukin's Moscow staircase, derived from Bonheur de vivre.
Dance Academy
Dance Academy is an Australian teen drama (2010-2013) created by Samantha Strauss and Joanna Werner about teens at Sydney's National Academy of Dance; 65 episodes, three seasons, sold to 160+ territories, Logie winner, followed by a 2017 feature film.
Dance band
A dance band was a professional orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s playing primarily for dancers, with standard instrumentation set by Paul Whiteman in 1920.
Dance belt
Dance belt: specialized male dancer's support undergarment, a jock-strap adaptation worn under tights for support, modesty, and a smooth line. Thong and full-seat styles; standard in ballet since the mid-20th century.
Dance Club Songs
Dance Club Songs, also called Hot Dance Club Play or National Disco Action, was Billboard's weekly US nightclub play chart, compiled from club DJs' set lists, running from the 1974 Disco Action listings to its suspension with the 28 March 2020 edition.
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション)
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション, DDR; Dancing Stage in Europe) is Konami's 1998 Bemani arcade rhythm game series where players step four panels to scrolling arrows; spawned Pump it Up, fitness use, and a lasting competitive scene.
Dance Dance Revolution World
DanceDanceRevolution WORLD (ダンスダンスレボリューション ワールド) is Konami Amusement's 2024 DDR arcade game, released June 12, 2024 as an update to DDR A3, adding Flare skill, filters, and in-game options.
Dance Flick
Dance Flick is a 2009 American parody comedy film directed by Damien Dante Wayans, a Wayans family spoof of dance movies including Save the Last Dance and High School Musical.
Dance floor
Танцювальний майданчик (dance floor) is an open-air park dancing area of Soviet-era Ukrainian parks of culture and rest, exemplified by Lviv's 'Клітка' and Kyiv's 'Жаба', with live music, paid entry, and many surviving as rentable municipal property.
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance is a Sacramento post-hardcore band formed in 2005, on Rise Records since 2006, known for dual vocalists, math rock intricacy, swancore, eleven albums through Pantheon (2025), and constant lineup changes.
Dance Hall Crashers
Dance Hall Crashers, also DHC, is an American ska-punk band formed in 1989 in Berkeley, California, briefly started by Operation Ivy's Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman. Defined by dual frontwomen Elyse Rogers and Karina Deniké, known for Lockjaw (1995) and Honey, I'm Homely! (1997), on hiatus since 2004 and reunited in 2025.
Dance in India
Dance in India covers eight Sangeet Natak Akademi-recognized classical forms (Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Sattriya), folk and tribal genres like Bhangra and Garba, plus contemporary dance, rooted in the Natya Shastra.
Dance India Dance
Dance India Dance (DID) is an Indian dance competition reality series that debuted in 2009 on Zee TV, produced by Essel Vision Productions, with Mithun Chakraborty as Grand Master, seven seasons, spin-offs like DID Li'l Masters, and winners including Salman Yusuff Khan and Shakti Mohan.
Dance Mania
Dance Mania, also known as Dance Mania Records, is a Chicago record label founded in 1985 that defined the fast, explicit style known as ghetto house.
Dance Moms
Dance Moms is an American Lifetime reality series (2011-2024, nine seasons) following Abby Lee Miller, her Pittsburgh ALDC dancers, and their mothers through weekly competitions; spawned spin-offs, a 2024 reunion, and the Hulu reboot A New Era.
Dance Monkey
Dance Monkey, also known as "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I (Toni Watson), is a 2019 synth-pop single about busking pressure that spent 24 weeks at number one in Australia and 11 in the UK, topping charts in over 30 countries.
Dance movement therapy
Dance movement therapy (DMT) is a psychotherapy using dance and movement to integrate emotional, cognitive, social, and physical health, practiced by trained therapists in mental health and rehabilitation settings.
Dance music
Dance music: music for dancing, especially electronic four-four music played by DJs. Covers house (Chicago) and techno (Detroit, 1980s), disco roots, UK/European breakthrough, and a $15.1 billion industry.
Dance No More
Dance No More is a 2026 funk-disco song by Harry Styles, tenth track on his fourth album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., released March 6, 2026, with a Colin Solal Cardo video and UK chart peak of number 55.
Dance of Death (album)
Dance of Death (2003) is Iron Maiden's 13th studio album, also called Dance Of Death, produced by Kevin Shirley and Steve Harris at Sarm West Studios; 11 tracks, UK No. 2, toured 2003–04 with the Death on the Road live album.
Dance of the Conquest
The Dance of the Conquest (Spanish: Baile de la Conquista, also Danza de la Conquista) is a Guatemalan dance-drama that reenacts the 1524 Spanish conquest of the K'iche' kingdom and the K'iche' people's adoption of Christianity.
Dance of the Phoenix (且听凤鸣)
Dance of the Phoenix (且听凤鸣, also 神医凰后) is a 2020 Chinese xianxia romance drama adapted from Su Xiaonuan's novel, starring Yang Chaoyue and Xu Kaicheng, 30 episodes on Tencent Video from August 10, 2020.
Dance of the Seven Veils
The Dance of the Seven Veils is Salome's dance for Herod, named first in Oscar Wilde's 1891 play Salomé and central to Richard Strauss's 1905 opera; not named in the Bible and not a traditional Middle Eastern dance.
Dance of the Sky Empire (天舞纪)
Dance of the Sky Empire (天舞纪, also 妖气长安) is a 2020 Chinese 28-episode costume fantasy romance drama on iQIYI, directed by Zhao Jintao, starring Xu Kai and Wu Jiayi, adapted from Bu Feiyuan's novel about Li Xuan and Su Youlian at Moyun Academy.