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Dan

Dan is an old Scandinavian given name with disputed meaning. Dan is also a Hebrew given name, after Dan, the fifth son of Jacob with Bilhah and founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan. It is also a given name or a nickname for people named Daniel.

Dan, or the acronym DAN may refer to the following:

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Dan (Chinese opera)

Dan (Chinese: 旦; Wade–Giles: tan), is the general name for female roles in Chinese opera, often referring to leading roles. There are a few different kinds of dan in Chinese opera. The commonly seen ones are 'Guimen Dan', 'Hua Dan', 'Daoma Dan', 'Wu Dan', 'Lao Dan' and 'Cai Dan'. Each different kind of dan has its own unique characteristics.

Guimen Dan

Guimen Dan (闺门旦) is the role of the virtuous lady. It is also known as Qingyi (青衣）or Zhengdan (正旦). Qingyi means 'green robes' in Chinese, although the term traditionally extends to the colour black. This kind of dan used to wear black robes. Qing Yi are normally mature and sometimes married women. They may be rich or poor, young or of middle age, but they have to be mature women to fall under this category. Qingyi focus more on singing and they have little movement. They sing in a very high pitched and piercing voice which many people who do not appreciate Chinese opera find difficult to like. Opera schools in China have difficulty recruiting students for this kind of role, since it requires a good voice, good looks and a good height. The most famous qingyi of the last century was Mei Lanfang. Examples of Guimen Dan are Du Liniang (杜丽娘) from The Peony Pavilion (牡丹亭) and Wang Baochuan (王宝钏）from Wujiapo （武家坡).

Shaw

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Leslie Shaw

For the U.S. Politician of the same name, see L. M. Shaw.

Leslie Ann Shaw Thays (b. Lima, 27 February 1989) musically known as Shaw is a Peruvian model, singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for representing Peru in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival and being the Runner-Up on the first season of El Gran Show 2011.

Singer

Leslie Shaw belonged to the Peruvian pop group Glow, who released their first single "Signos" in 2008.

In 2010 she decided to pursue a solo career and released her first EP, Destrozado y sin control along with two videos, "Destrozado y sin control" and "Una vez más", both via MTV (Latin America).

In 2011 she represented Peru in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.

She participated as a "heroine" in El Gran Show 2011, she was the Runner-Up of the season.

While she was on "El Gran Show", she took on the main role in the theater adaptation of the popular Peruvian TV soap opera, "Carmin".

Shaw is currently participating in the TV show Tu cara me suena (Perú).

Shaw (woodland)

A shaw is a strip of woodland usually between 5 and 15 metres (15 and 50 feet) wide.

Shaws commonly form boundaries between fields or line a road. They are usually composed of natural woodland (rather than being a planted avenue) and often have diverse woodland ground vegetation similar to other natural woodlands in the area. They should not be confused with hedges, even when these are made of mature trees.

Like other woodland, shaws may be managed as high forest or as coppice.

In some areas, such as the Weald of south-eastern England, shaws may be the remnants of larger woods out of which fields were cleared many centuries ago, or they may have developed from narrower hedgerows which have become unmanaged.