Dance

Dance

Pertaining or related to any style of dance or choreographic technique.

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habanera

Dance; Exotic

The habanera is a genre of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. It is a creolized form which developed from the contradanza.

jota

Dance; Exotic

Fast Spanish folk dance in triple time. A dance and song form which is popular throughout Spain and which probably originated in Aragón. The Aragonese jota is the best known in ...

maxixe

Dance; Exotic

Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step. Like the tango, the maxixe travelled to Europe and the United States in the early years of the 20th century.

Lenso dance

Dance; Exotic

Lenso dance is usually performed in weddings and traditional ceremonies by 6-10 female dancers, sometimes more. Each dancer holds lenso's (handkerchiefs) in both hands and sways ...

Cakalele dance

Dance; Exotic

Cakalele dance is a traditional, mystical war dance from Northern and Central Maluku, usually performed by about 30 male and female dancers. The males dance with big machetes on ...

bambu gila

Dance; Exotic

Bambu gila (literally, "crazy bamboo") is a traditional dance-game usually performed by 7 young men holding tightly to a bamboo stick, approximately 2.5 m long and 8 cm in ...