Incantation and Dance is a piece composed by John Barnes Chance in 1960 as his first work for wind ensemble.
[1] Before it was published in 1963, it went under the working title of Nocturne and Dance.
It has become a cornerstone work in wind ensemble literature.
[2][3] Chance wrote it during his tenure in Greensboro as part of the Ford Foundation's Young Composer Project and dedicated the piece to Herbert Hazelman and the Greensboro Senior High School Band.
This acts as a bridge between the "Incantation" and "Dance" sections.