Characters appearing in Dance

Tara's first family lives in the ancient forest. From left to right: big brother Walo, little sister Omnee, Mama, papa Arak, Tara.

The cat is a deadly foe in the ancient forest.

Tara merges identity with the Cat.

Shomama—"Winter Mother" in the language of Tones—leads the Dance for Neanderthal peoples.

Ashron is Tara's mate in the time of Great Icy.

Tara's brother, Walo, lives again in the leader of the three brothers, who wears a horsehair crest.

Twisted-Nose is a head-talker, descended from Tara's sister, Omnee.

Heesha is Twisted-Nose's mate, though she is a person on the Tones, and he is not.

Salipti-Keller is conducting experiments in temporal engineering.

Kokiro leads the movement to unite Earth.

Xena is a doctoral student at the Central Educational Research Institute in New York, where Tara is working on a Ph.D. in Psychology.

Dorta is Tara's thesis advisor. She is also Kokiro's shrink.

Lino is Kokiro's right-hand man.

Ingemar is Kokiro's media man.

Omar is a neuroscientist who works at CERI.

Fedya is a physicist who works at CERI.

Connie is Fedya's wife.

Halle is a violinist.

Dan leads the West Coast arm of the Pan World movement.

Maria is a news anchor. She and Dan are married.

Elizabeth is a friend of the Petersens, and Kokiro's third wife.

Sonal is a student at CERI.

Charles is a student at CERI.

Gatra is the imperial offspring graduating at the same time as Tara.

Jeerlin is one of Tara's classmates.

Flotia is one of Tara's classmates.

Zingal is one of Tara's classmates.

Riemis is Zingal's great-great-great-grandfather, and the Empire's imperial major.

Lorlue is empress of the galaxy.

Freluo is the son of famous detective Sunfox, and unhappy about the niche he's been assigned.

Henrietta is a Rezan lawyer.

Treillis is Rez's chief engineer.

Elizabeth is a Rezan citizen.

Brian is founder of the American Separatist movement that settled Rez.

Nancy is Brian's wife and the Rezan co-founder.

Byron is Brian and Nancy's second son.

Gertrude is Brian and Nancy's oldest daughter.

Nanette is Brian and Nancy's younger daughter.

Waldophus is King of Zannow and another instance of Tara's brother, Walo, the eternal hunter.

Loco Louis is a famous Martian knight.

Kalikori is leader of the Zanutian Exiaxans.

Sir Francis is a big Zannovian landholder.

Hinri is the son of Zannovian knight Sir Kee. He has a devoted dog named Shag.

The android is a copy of Kokiro.