dance

a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers

a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music

a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls

a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries

dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time

a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees

a form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another; normally performed to punk rock

dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures

a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet

a dance performed on tiptoe

a show involving artistic dancing

a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings

a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)

a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen

a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets

a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake

a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line

erotic dancing with little or no clothing

(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)

(ballet) a dance for three people

(ballet) a dance for four people

dancing as part of a social occasion

a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s

an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)

a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets

a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet

an old formal French dance in quadruple time

a Cuban dance in duple time

a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn

lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step

a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons

social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom

a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba

a dance that is part of a religious ritual

a ritual dance of the Apache

a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave

a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead

an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

a ritual dance intended to bring rain

a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked

a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice

a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory

a lavish dance requiring formal attire

a ball at which young ladies are presented to society

a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks

a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

a dance party featuring country dancing

an informal dance where popular music is played

a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played