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The current topic for the animation competition ending 15 January 2007 is:


Dance



Notes:

Choreography, terpsichorean tumult, movin' to the groovin'. Depictions of rhythmic and/or structured body movements, usually in conjuction with music. Waltzes, tangoes, rhumbas, twists, jitterbugs, breaks, ballets, or free-forms, anything recognizable as a dance.

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