The following dataset is part of the doctoral research "DANCE APPROPRIATIONS AS IMITATION AND REIMAGINATION: SERPENTINE DANCES IN MOTION". The data here presented includes: - A video containing a tutorial for some possible serpentine dance gestures. - A collection of frames from the video in a piece of postal art. - 02 Diagrams for understanding imitation processes. - 04 Development schemes for the creation processes. - 20 Drafts from the creative process.