Table of Contents
98 relations: Argentine tango, Ballet, Ballroom dance, Ballroom tango, Bar (music), Basic (dance move), Beat (music), Bolero, Box step, Caller (dancing), Celiac plexus, Center of mass, Cha-cha-cha (dance), Chassé, Closed position, Competitive dance, Connection (dance), Contra body movement, Costal margin, Counter promenade position, Dance move, Dance slot, Dancesport, Direction of movement, East Coast Swing, Feather step, Footwork (dance), Formation dance, Foxtrot, Frame (dance), Glossary of ballet, Glossary of dance moves, Glossary of music terminology, Glossary of partner dance terms, Hip, Hustle (dance), Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, International Dance Teachers Association, International standard waltz, Jack and Jill, Jack and Jill (dance), Jive (dance), Latin, Latin America, Latin dance, Lead and follow, List of dance organizations, List of dance styles, List of dances, List of partner dance books, ... Expand index (48 more) »
- Glossaries of dance
- Partner dance technique
Argentine tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.
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Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.
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Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects.
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Ballroom tango
Ballroom tango is a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance.
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Bar (music)
In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of music bounded by vertical lines, known as bar lines (or barlines), usually indicating one of more recurring beats. The length of the bar, measured by the number of note values it contains, is normally indicated by the time signature.
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Basic (dance move)
The basic step, basic figure, basic movement, basic pattern, or simply basic is the dance move that defines the character of a particular dance.
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Beat (music)
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level).
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Bolero
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition.
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Box step
Box step is a basic dance step named after the pattern it creates on the floor, which is that of a square or box.
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Caller (dancing)
A caller is a person who prompts dance figures in such dances as line dance, square dance, and contra dance.
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Celiac plexus
The celiac plexus, also known as the solar plexus because of its radiating nerve fibers, is a complex network of nerves located in the abdomen, near where the celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, and renal arteries branch from the abdominal aorta.
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Center of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.
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Cha-cha-cha (dance)
The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin.
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Chassé
The chassé (French for 'chased'; sometimes anglicized to chasse) is a dance step used in many dances in many variations.
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Closed position
In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other. Glossary of partner dance terms and closed position are partner dance technique.
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Competitive dance
Competitive dance is a popular, widespread sport in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as acro, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, tap, and improv—before a common group of judges.
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Connection (dance)
In partner dancing, connection is physical, non-verbal communication between dancers to facilitate synchronized or coordinated dance movements. Glossary of partner dance terms and connection (dance) are partner dance technique.
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Contra body movement
Contra body movement (CBM, sometimes called contrary body movement) is used in ballroom dances, such as waltz, foxtrot, tango, and quickstep.
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Costal margin
The costal margin, also known as the costal arch, is the lower edge of the chest (thorax) formed by the bottom edge of the rib cage.
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Counter promenade position
The counter promenade position (abbreviated as CPP in dance diagrams) is a dance position in ballroom and other dances. Glossary of partner dance terms and counter promenade position are partner dance technique.
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Dance move
Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each other.
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Dance slot
In slotted dances, the dance slot is an imaginary narrow rectangle within which the follower moves back and forth in relation to the leader, who is comparatively stationary. Glossary of partner dance terms and dance slot are partner dance technique.
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Dancesport
Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing.
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Direction of movement
In ballroom dancing (and in some other types of partner dance), directions of progressive movement, in particular directions of steps, can be indicated either in relation to the room or in relation to the body position.
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East Coast Swing
East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social partner dance.
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Feather step
The feather or feather step is a dance figure in the International Style foxtrot.
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Footwork (dance)
Footwork refers to dance technique aspects related to feet: foot position and foot action.
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Formation dance
Formation dance is a style of ballroom dancing.
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Foxtrot
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor.
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Frame (dance)
In ballroom dancing and other dances, frame is the way the dancers' upper bodies are held when in dancing position. Glossary of partner dance terms and frame (dance) are partner dance technique.
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Glossary of ballet
Because ballet became formalized in France, a significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language. Glossary of partner dance terms and Glossary of ballet are Glossaries of dance.
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Glossary of dance moves
A step on the spot, with twisting foot and the weight on the heel, like. Glossary of partner dance terms and Glossary of dance moves are Glossaries of dance.
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Glossary of music terminology
A variety of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes.
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Glossary of partner dance terms
This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. Glossary of partner dance terms and Glossary of partner dance terms are Glossaries of dance and partner dance technique.
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Hip
In vertebrate anatomy, the hip, or coxaLatin coxa was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) (coxae) in medical terminology, refers to either an anatomical region or a joint on the outer (lateral) side of the pelvis.
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Hustle (dance)
The Hustle is a catch-all name for some disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s.
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Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) is an international dance teaching and examination board based in London, England.
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International Dance Teachers Association
The International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) is a dance teaching and examination board based in Brighton, England.
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International standard waltz
Waltz is one of the five dances in the Standard (or Modern) category of the International Style ballroom dances.
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Jack and Jill
"Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme.
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Jack and Jill (dance)
Jack and Jill is a format of competition in partner dancing, where the competing couples are the result of random matching of leaders and followers.
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Jive (dance)
The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
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Latin dance
Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon.
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Lead and follow
In some types of partner dance, lead and follow are designations for the two dancers' roles in a dance pairing. Glossary of partner dance terms and lead and follow are partner dance technique.
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List of dance organizations
There are many national or international dance organizations around the world, including governing bodies, teaching associations and examination boards.
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List of dance styles
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance.
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List of dances
This is the main list of dances.
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List of partner dance books
Listed below are books that describe the techniques of various partner dances.
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Mambo (dance)
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout Latin America.
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Manual communication
Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands (hand signs, gestures, etc.) to mediate a message between persons.
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Modern dance
Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Natural and reverse turns
A natural turn is a dance step in which the partners turn around a common center clockwise.
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Natural spin turn
The natural spin turn is a ballroom dance step used in the waltz.
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Nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century.
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Open position
In partner dancing, an open position is a position in which partners are connected primarily at the hands. Glossary of partner dance terms and open position are partner dance technique.
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Outline of music
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to music: Music – human expression often in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or tones and silence.
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Partner dance
Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner.
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Pasodoble
Pasodoble (Spanish: double step) is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops.
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Peabody (dance)
The Peabody is an American ballroom dance that evolved from the fast foxtrot of the ragtime era of the 1910s and 1920s.
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Polka
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
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Promenade (dance move)
Promenade is a basic dance move in a number of dances such as English Country Dance, contra dance, and square dance.
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Promenade position
The promenade position (abbreviated as PP in dance diagrams) is a dance position in ballroom and other dances. Glossary of partner dance terms and promenade position are partner dance technique.
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Quickstep
The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances.
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Rhumba
Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, is a genre of ballroom music and dance that appeared in the East Coast of the United States during the 1930s.
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Rhythm
Rhythm (from Greek á¿¥υθμÏŒς, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".
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Rises and falls
Rises and falls is a category of the ballroom dance technique that refers to rises and falls of the body of a dancer achieved through actions of knees and feet (ankles).
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Rock step
Rock step (also called break step) may refer to one of several similar dance moves.
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Round dance
Modern social round dance, or round dancing, is a choreographed and cued ballroom dance that progresses in a circular counter-clockwise pattern around the dance floor.
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Rueda de Casino
Rueda de Casino (Rueda) is a type of salsa round dance, born from the Cuban dance style known as "casino." Depending on the setting, the dance can be either choreographed or improvised.
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Salsa (dance)
Salsa is a Latin American dance, associated with salsa music. It originated in the late Eastern Cuba and gained popularity in New York in 1960.
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Samba (ballroom dance)
The international ballroom version of samba is a lively, rhythmical dance.
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Samba (Brazilian dance)
Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music.
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Social dance
Social dances are dances that have social functions and context.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Sport
Sport is a form of physical activity or game.
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Square dance
A square dance is a dance for four couples, or eight dancers in total, arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square.
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Staccato
Staccato (Italian for "detached") is a form of musical articulation.
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Sway (dance)
The term sway has a specific meaning in the technique of ballroom dances.
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Swing (dance)
Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era".
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Swing music
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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Syncopation
In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.
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Syncopation (dance)
The terms syncopation and syncopated step in dancing are used for two senses.
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Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.
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Tap dance
Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music.
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Telemark (waltz)
The Telemark is a ballroom dance step; in waltz competition, it is in the Silver syllabus.
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Tempo
In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition.
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Tongue twister
A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game.
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Torso
The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend.
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Triple step
Triple step (also three-step or 3-step) is a generic term for dance step patterns that describes three steps or rhythms for instance done on two or four main beats of music.
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Viennese waltz
Viennese waltz (Wiener Walzer) is a genre of ballroom dance.
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Waltz
The waltz, meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple (4 time), performed primarily in closed position.
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Weight transfer (dancing)
A weight transfer or weight change is dancer's movement so that their weight is moved from one supporting foot (or supporting limb/body part) to another one fully or partially.
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West Coast Swing
West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop, characterized by an elastic look that results from its extension-compression technique of partner connection and is danced primarily in a slotted area on the dance floor.
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Western swing
Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands.
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Whisk (ballroom dance)
The whisk is a ballroom dance step used in the waltz and American style Viennese waltz.
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World DanceSport Federation
The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), formerly the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF), is the international governing body of DanceSport and Para DanceSport, as recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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See also
Glossaries of dance
- Contra dance choreography
- Figures of Argentine tango
- Glossary of ballet
- Glossary of belly dance terms
- Glossary of country dance terms
- Glossary of dance moves
- Glossary of flamenco terms
- Glossary of partner dance terms
- Positions of the arms in ballet
Partner dance technique
- Close embrace
- Closed position
- Connection (dance)
- Counter promenade position
- Dance partnering
- Dance slot
- Frame (dance)
- Glossary of partner dance terms
- Lead and follow
- Open position
- Promenade position
References
Also known as American Rhythm, American Smooth, American Style, Ballroom glossary, Body flight, Center point of balance, Compression (dance), Fallaway (dance), Glossary of ballroom dance terms, Glossary of partner dance, Glossary of partner dancing, Glossary of partner dancing terms, Guapacha timing, Heel lead, International Standard (dance), International Style (dance), International Style (dancing), Latin hip motion, Line of foot, Moving foot, Open Dance Figure, Outside partner position, Side lead, Standing foot, Support foot, Supporting foot, Voice cue.