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adagio
a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
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break dance, break dancing
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
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courante
a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats
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nauch, nautch, nautch dance
an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls
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pavan, pavane
a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
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phrase
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
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saraband
a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time
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skank
a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
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slam dance, slam dancing
a form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another; normally performed to punk rock
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hoofing, step dancing
dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures
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toe dance, toe dancing
a dance performed on tiptoe
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choreography, stage dancing
a show involving artistic dancing
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pas seul, variation
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
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duet, pas de deux
(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)
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pas de trois
(ballet) a dance for three people
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pas de quatre
(ballet) a dance for four people
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social dancing
dancing as part of a social occasion
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mambo
a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
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ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing
a dance that is part of a religious ritual
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tap dance, tap dancing
a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
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ballet, concert dance
a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
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modern dance
a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings
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apache dance
a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)
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belly dance, belly dancing, danse du ventre
a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
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bolero
a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
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cakewalk
a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
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cancan
a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
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nude dancing
erotic dancing with little or no clothing
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jitterbug
a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
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lindy, lindy hop
an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
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fandango
a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
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flamenco, gypsy dancing
a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
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gavotte
an old formal French dance in quadruple time
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habanera
a Cuban dance in duple time
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shag
a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
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shimmy
lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
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stomp
a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
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tarantella, tarantelle
a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
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twist
social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
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ballroom dance, ballroom dancing
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
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folk dance, folk dancing
a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
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apache devil dance
a ritual dance of the Apache
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dance of death, danse macabre
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
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ghost dance
a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead
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pyrrhic
an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
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rain dance
a ritual dance intended to bring rain
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snake dance
a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
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sun dance
a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice
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war dance
a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory