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Dabke
Dabke (دبكة, also dabka, debke) is a Levantine Arab line dance of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Jordan: six-count stamping steps moving right, led by a raas/lawweeh, with mijwiz and tabla music, regional variants, and 2023 UNESCO recognition.
Daddy Long Legs (musical)
Daddy Long Legs is a two-person musical by John Caird (book) and Paul Gordon (music, lyrics), based on Jean Webster's 1912 novel. Premiered 2009 at the Rubicon Theatre, Ventura; ran Off-Broadway 2015-16; licensed by MTI.
Daggering
Daggering (also daggerin) is a Jamaican dancehall dance of intense, acrobatic simulated sexual movements between partners, tied to late-2000s daggering music by artists like Vybz Kartel and banned from Jamaican broadcast in 2009.
Dahli (entertainer)
Dahli, later The Dahli, is the stage name of Jeremy Brian Griffis, an American drag performer and musician, winner of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 4, and formerly Jayy Von Monroe of Blood on the Dance Floor.
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (b. 1967, Vilnius), Lithuanian theatre and opera director and producer based in London, founder and artistic director of Vilnius City Opera (Bohemiečiai), director of La bohème (2006), Sweeney Todd, and Faust, consultant on Rocketman, producer of The Offer, wife of Dexter Fletcher.
Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna Everage, also known as Dame Edna, is a comic character created and performed by Australian comedian Barry Humphries from 1955 until his death in 2023.
Damon Galgut
Damon Galgut, South African novelist and playwright born 1963 in Pretoria, author of The Good Doctor, In a Strange Room, Arctic Summer, and the 2021 Booker Prize winner The Promise.
Damon Wayans
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (born 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and Wayans family member, known for In Living Color, My Wife and Kids, Lethal Weapon, and Poppa's House.
Dan Dao Hui
Dan Dao Hui (單刀會) is a four-act historical zaju by the Yuan playwright Guan Hanqing, dramatizing Guan Yu's confrontation with Lu Su at a banquet over Jingzhou.
Dan Leno
Dan Leno, born George Wild Galvin, was a British music-hall comedian and pantomime dame originator who starred in sixteen consecutive Drury Lane Christmas pantomimes from 1888.
Dan Levy (American comedian)
Dan Levy (born 1981, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and producer, distinct from the Canadian Schitt's Creek actor of the same name. Known for Comedy Central Presents, the special Lion, the album Congrats on Your Success, Chelsea Lately, and The Goldbergs.
Dan Mintz
Dan Mintz (Daniel Alexander Mintz, born 1981, Anchorage, Alaska) is an American deadpan stand-up comedian, writer, and voice actor, the voice of Tina Belcher on Bob's Burgers, writer for Veep and Nathan for You, and creator of the 2026 animated special Well Rounded Entertainer.
Dan Soder
Dan Soder (Daniel Edward-Richard Soder, born 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster known as Mafee on Billions, co-host of SiriusXM's The Bonfire (2015–2023), and creator of the specials Not Special, Son of a Gary, and On The Road.
Dana Carvey
Dana Thomas Carvey (born 1955, Missoula, Montana) is an American comedian and impressionist, an SNL cast member 1986-1993 known for the Church Lady, Garth, and George H. W. Bush impressions, star of Wayne's World, and creator of the short-lived 1996 Dana Carvey Show.
Dana Gould
Dana Gould (born 1964, Hopedale, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, voice of Gex, Simpsons writer and two-time Emmy winner, and host of The Dana Gould Hour podcast.
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 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 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 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.
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa is Brian Friel's 1990 memory play about the five Mundy sisters in Ballybeg, Donegal, in 1936; premiered at the Abbey, it won the 1992 Tony for Best Play and was filmed in 1998 with Meryl Streep.
Dandiya Raas
Dandiya Raas (also Dandiya Ras, dandiya stick dance) is a Gujarati folk dance performed with paired wooden sticks during Navratri, rooted in Krishna's raas legends and harvest rituals, with community variants like Kanabi, Maniaro, Padhar, and Mishra raas.
Dane Cook
Dane Cook (Dane Jeffrey Cook), American stand-up comedian and actor born 1972 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; platinum albums Harmful If Swallowed and Retaliation, first comedian with two No. 4 Billboard 200 debuts, brother's $12M embezzlement, documentary Funny Money.
Daniel Mejía
Daniel Mejía (Daniel Mejía Trujillo, b. Medellín 1992) is a Colombian director and singer-songwriter in New York, Emmy-nominated for Dapinty, una Aventura Musicolor, India Catalina winner for Los Caramelokis, debut album 1992 (2025).
Daniel Sloss
Daniel Sloss (born 1990) is a Scottish stand-up comedian from Fife who started at 16 under Frankie Boyle's mentorship, became the youngest West End solo-season comedian at 19, and broke out with the 2018 Netflix specials DARK and Jigsaw.
Daniel Tosh
Daniel Tosh (full name Daniel Dwight Tosh) is an American comedian, writer, and television host, best known as the creator and host of Comedy Central's Tosh.0, which ran from 2009 to 2020.
Danny La Rue
Danny La Rue (Daniel Patrick Carroll, 1927–2009), Irish-born British female impersonator and variety star, "comic in a frock", not a drag artist; ran his own Hanover Square club from 1964 and was the first man to play a leading female role in a major West End musical (Hello, Dolly!, 1984).
Danya Taymor
Danya Taymor (born 1988) is an American theater director, niece of Julie Taymor, who won the 2024 Tony for Best Direction of a Musical for The Outsiders and directed John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway.
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega, born 1969 in Panama City, Panama, is an American stage actress and singer, original Mimi Marquez in Rent (1996 Tony and Theatre World Award), also Fantine in Les Misérables, Daniela in In the Heights (2021), and Mr. Zero in The Adding Machine.
Dara Ó Briain
Dara Ó Briain (born 1972, Bray, Ireland) is an Irish stand-up comedian and TV presenter, host of Mock the Week from 2005 and its 2026 TLC revival, Stargazing Live, Robot Wars, and author of Tickling the English.
Darcey Bussell
Darcey Bussell (Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, born 1969) is an English ballerina, youngest-ever Principal of The Royal Ballet (1989), retired 2007, later Strictly judge and Royal Academy of Dance President.