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volta
Entertainment; Dance
The volta is known as a Renaissane Dance which is claimed to come from both Italy and France. It was the first dance known to have a three-fourth beat. Volta is the italian word for turn but it is ...
zamacueca
Entertainment; Dance
Chilean dance where partners move around each other. The dance would slowly evolve as it took on new influences, but the basic steps and foundations of the dance remained almost the same.
zambra
Entertainment; Dance
It is a flamenco dance performed by the Romani people of Granada which is believed to have evolved from earlier Moorish dances and has some similarities to belly dancing.
zapateado
Entertainment; Dance
Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet. The term is also used to refer to percussive footwork in some Spanish/Latin dances that involve elaborate shoe clicking and tapping and to the ...
ziganka
Entertainment; Dance
A Russian country-dance. Also, the music for such a dance, which is quick in pace and usually founded on a drone-bass.
zouk
Entertainment; Dance
Caribbean disco dance and corresponding type of fast rhythmic music. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still ...
tamzara
Entertainment; Dance
Is an Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani and Greek folk dance. Name is derived from an Armenian village located in the region of Nikopolis (now Sebinkarahisar).
