Sun Dance The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, primarily those of the Plains cultures. It usually involves the community gathering together to pray for healing. Individuals ...

is a Native American ceremony. Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to:

Places

;Canada *

Sundance, Calgary Sundance is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located east of Macleod Trail, is bounded to the north and east by Midnapore and Fish Creek Provincial Park and to the south by Stoney Trail. The man-mad ...

, Alberta, a neighbourhood *

Sundance, Manitoba Sundance was a community near the Nelson River in Northern Manitoba that was constructed starting in 1975 to house the workers (and families) of the Limestone Dam project, who were employees of Manitoba Hydro, GE and other companies. Sundance wa ...

, a ghost town ;United States * Sundance, New Mexico, a census-designated place *

Sundance, Wyoming Sundance (Lakota: ''Owíwaŋyaŋg Wačhí''; "Sun-Watching Dance") is a town in and the county seat of Crook County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,032 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the Sun Dance ceremony practiced b ...

, the county seat and largest community in Crook County *

Sundance Resort Sundance Resort, also known as Sundance Mountain Resort, is a ski resort located northeast of Provo, Utah. It includes more than on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Range. Alpine skiing began on the site in 1944. Actor Robert Re ...

, a ski resort in Utah

People

* Sundance (activist), American Indian civil rights activist and director of the Cleveland branch of the American Indian Movement * Sundance (rapper) (born 1972), American rapper and radio personality *Sundance, a

Secret Service code name The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communicati ...

shared by Ethel Kennedy and Al Gore *

Sundance Bilson-Thompson Sundance Osland Bilson-Thompson is an Australian theoretical particle physicist. He has developed the idea that certain preon models may be represented topologically, rather than by treating preons as pointlike particles. His ideas have attracted ...

, Australian physicist *

Sundance Head Jason "Sundance" Head (born July 9, 1978) is an American Country music, country-soul music, soul singer and songwriter. He is the son of American singer Roy Head. In 2007, he was a semi-finalist on the American Idol (season 6), sixth season of th ...

(born 1979), American country singer and season 6 ''American Idol'' contestant, and winner of season 11 of ''The Voice'' *

Sundance Kid Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker) during a huntin ...

(1867–1908), nickname of Harry Longabaugh

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' is a 1969 American Western buddy film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch C ...

'' (1969), an American Western film *''

Sundance and the Kid ''Sundance and the Kid'' is ( it, Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti, lit=Alive or Preferably Dead) a 1969 Spaghetti Western comedy directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Nino Benvenuti, and Sydne Rome. The film was also released ...

'' (1969), a spaghetti Western film

Music

* "Sun Dance" (song), by Tomahawk * ''Sun Dance'' (album), by Aimer * ''Sundance'' (album), by Chick Corea *

The Sundance Kids Sundance are an Australian pop rock/indie rock band from Adelaide, South Australia, formed in 2006. The group began as the acoustic trio of vocalist and guitarist Ash Gale as well as guitarists Jason Shepherd and Luke Zecchin, before they were ...

, an Australian pop rock band

Sundance Group

Sundance Group In 1969, Robert Redford purchased at the base of Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. He named this land Sundance (after his character in the 1969 film ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid''). The Sundance Group is a listing of all the ...

, an umbrella corporation run by Robert Redford with subsidiaries: **

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

, held annually in Utah **

Sundance Institute Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and composers f ...

, a center located in Utah's Wasatch Mountains that allows emerging filmmakers to cultivate their craft **

Sundance TV Sundance TV (formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American pay television channel owned by AMC Networks that launched on February 1, 1996. The channel is named after Robert Redford's character in ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' and, w ...

(formerly known as Sundance Channel), an American digital cable and satellite television and film network owned by AMC Networks **

Sundance Catalog A Sun Dance is a Native American ceremony. Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to: Places ;Canada * Sundance, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood *Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town ;United States * Sundance, New Mexico, a census-designated plac ...

, a retail company selling clothing, jewelry, bags, shoes, accessories, and home furnishings **

, a ski resort located outside of Provo, UT

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Sundance'' (video game), released in 1979 *Sundance, a pony character in ''

My Little Pony ''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno, and were produced in 1981. The ponies feature c ...

'' * ''Butch Cassidy'' (TV series), a.k.a. ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids'', a Hanna-Barbera animated series

Transport

* ''Sundance'' (charter vessel), on the River Thames *Sundance, a call sign used by aircraft of the now-defunct

WestAir Commuter Airlines WestAir Commuter Airlines (IATA:OE, VB/ICAO WCA, SDU), was a U.S.-based regional airline formed when Stol Air Commuter changed its name in 1978 to WestAir Airlines; it was renamed WestAir Commuter Airlines in 1986. One of the founders was Maur ...

Plymouth Sundance The Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance are economical 3-door and 5-door hatchbacks that were introduced for the 1987 model year by the Chrysler Corporation. For 1991, a 2-door convertible variant was added to the Shadow lineup; this bodystyle was ...

, a car made by Chrysler Corporation from 1987–1994 *

Sun Dance 36 The Sun Dance 36 is a French sailboat that was designed by Daniel Andrieu and J&J Design a cruiser and first built in 1988. The design was developed into the Sun Odyssey 36 in 1990. Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from ...

, a French sailboat design

Other uses

Gaillardia pulchella ''Gaillardia pulchella'' (firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance) is a North American species of short-lived perennial or annual flowering plants in the sunflower family. Description The branching stem of ''G. pulchella' ...

, North American flowering plant *

Sundance Formation The Sundance Formation is a western North American sequence of Middle Jurassic to Upper Jurassic age Dating from the Bathonian to the Oxfordian, around 168-157 Ma, It is up to 100 metres thick and consists of marine shale, sandy shale, sandst ...

: a formation of rocks from North America's Jurassic period * Sundance Resources Limited, an Australian mining company *

Windows Live Movie Maker Windows Movie Maker (known as Windows Live Movie Maker for the 2009 and 2011 releases) is a discontinued video editing software program by Microsoft. It was first included in Windows Me on September 14, 2000 and in Windows XP on October 25, 2001 ...

, a Microsoft application code named Sundance during development