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. Individua ...

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

Places

;Canada * Sundance, Calgary, 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, the county seat and largest community in Crook County * Sundance Resort, 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 attracte ...

, Australian physicist * Sundance Head (born 1979), American country singer and season 6 ''American Idol'' contestant, and winner of season 11 of ''The Voice'' * Sundance Kid (1867–1908), nickname of Harry Longabaugh

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

*'' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969), an American Western film *'' Sundance and the Kid'' (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, an umbrella corporation run by Robert Redford with subsidiaries: ** Sundance Film Festival, 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 fr ...

, 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 place ...

, a retail company selling clothing, jewelry, bags, shoes, accessories, and home furnishings ** Sundance Resort, 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'' * ''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 Mauri ...

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 w ...

, 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, fr ...

, 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: 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