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'DWTS' dancers step it up on 'Burn the Floor'

Giselle Peacock and Kevin Clifton in quot;Burn the

Photo credit: Ari Mintz | Giselle Peacock and Kevin Clifton in "Burn the Floor," dance extravaganza on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St. (Photo by Ari Mintz / July 24, 2009)

In the beginning, people danced to grab the attention of the gods - or, at mating times, to grab one another.

Eventually, someone realized that the moving was almost as much fun as the mating. Folk dance became the Saturday night fever of the countryside while, up at the castle, the rich were formalizing the ecstasy into ritual.

The dances became more and more intricate, until regular...

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