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  2. Canadian stepdance - Wikipedia

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    French Canadian or Quebecois stepdance originates from the lumber camps and villages of Quebec, taking influence from Irish and Breton dance. Ottawa Valley stepdance, found in the Ottawa Valley, features variable, aggressive steps danced high off the floor, and flowing arm movements. Ottawa Valley style originated in the lumber camps, as a way ...

  3. List of North American folk music traditions - Wikipedia

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    reel - step dance - strathspey: fiddle: ceilidh: Irish-American [14] ballad - emigrant ballad - sean nos: clogging - hornpipe - jig - reel - step dance - square dance: banjo - dulcimer - fiddle - guitar - harmonica - mandolin: Iroquois [15] Eagle Dance - Quiver Dance - Warrior's Stomp Dance drum - rattle - water drum: Italian-American: See ...

  4. Stomp dance - Wikipedia

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    Southeastern turtleshell rattles, worn on the legs while dancing, c. 1920, Oklahoma History Center The stomp dance is performed by various Eastern Woodland tribes and Native American communities in the United States, including the Muscogee, Yuchi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Delaware, Miami, Caddo, Tuscarora, Ottawa, Quapaw, Peoria, Shawnee, Seminole, [1] Natchez, [2] and Seneca-Cayuga tribes.

  5. Iroquois music - Wikipedia

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    Stomp is a shuffling type of dance, the right foot leads and the left foot is brought up to meet the right. The feet "hit" the floor with just enough impact to maintain the beat of the song. Fish is a dance where each foot hits in two or more consecutive beats. Side-step shuffle is done by the women, the right foot and the left foot shuffle ...

  6. Leahy - Wikipedia

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    Leahy is a Canadian folk music group. The eight band members, all from the Leahy family of 11 siblings, are from Lakefield, Ontario and have been touring Canada and internationally since the early 1980s, when they were known as The Leahy Family.

  7. 'Wicked' choreographer breaks down steps to viral 'What Is ...

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    The dance is meant to physically invoke feelings of frustration, he says. The 25 seconds of viral choreography comes at the very end of the song, as Glinda and Elphaba's "loathing" reaches a fever ...

  8. La La La Human Steps - Wikipedia

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    La La La Human Steps was a Québécois contemporary dance group in Canada, active between 1980 and 2015, known for its energetic, acrobatic style involving fast-paced and athletic physical contact. Its signature move was the barrel jump – a gravity-defying, fully horizontal, mid-air barrel roll .

  9. Podorythmie - Wikipedia

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    Shoes with wooden heels or leather soles generally have a desirable sound. Sometimes, the artist will use taps or fibreglass added to the toes and heels to create a louder sound. Contact microphones or specially crafted amplified boards (such as stomp boxes) are used in professional stage productions to augment the volume of the foot percussion.