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None, Canadian stepdance unofficially; Red River Jig for Métis; jingle dance, Fancy dance and First Nations tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by First Nations. Cape Verde: Coladeira, Batuque: Chile: Cueca; [4] Rapa Nui: Sau-sau and others China: Yangge, Lion dance, Dragon dance: Colombia: Vallenato and Cumbia [4] Cook Islands ...
Dance in England (7 C, 10 P) ... National Dance Awards (1 C, 11 P) O. Dance organisations in the United Kingdom (2 C, 19 P) S.
English National Ballet (2 C, 33 P) F. English folk dance (3 C, 24 P) L. ... Pages in category "Dance in England" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of ...
The hornpipe is any of several dance forms and their associated tunes, played and danced in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest references to hornpipes are from England, with Hugh Aston 's Hornepype of 1522 and others referring to Lancashire hornpipes in 1609 and 1613. [ 1 ]
Morris dancers with handkerchiefs in York. Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance.It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers in costume, usually wearing bell pads on their shins, their shoes or both.
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists:
Jigs are a style of dance music developed in England to accompany a lively dance with steps, turns and leaps. The term jig was derived from the French 'giguer', meaning 'to jump'. [10] It was known as a dance in the 16th century, often in 2 4 time and the term was used for a dancing entertainment in 16th century plays. [79]
8 time, [7] and the term was used for a post-play entertainment featuring dance in early modern England, but which 'probably employed a great variety of dances, solo (suitable for jigs), paired, round, country or courtly'; [8] in Playford's Dancing Master (1651) 'the dance game in "Kemps Jegg" is a typical scenario from a dramatic jig and it is ...