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Western couple dancing is a form of social dance.Many different dances are done to country-western music. These dances include: Two Step, Waltz, Cowboy or Traveling Cha Cha, [2] Polka Ten Step [3] (also known as Ten Step Polka [4]), Schottische, and other Western promenade dances, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Nightclub Two Step.
The country/western two-step, often called the Texas two-step [2] or simply the two-step, [3] is a country/western dance usually danced to country music in common time. "Traditional [Texas] two-step developed, my theory goes, because it is suited to fiddle and guitar music played two-four time with a firm beat [found in country music].
For a time he worked in a western show owned by early cowboy actor Tom Mix. In 1940 he traveled to South America , where he competed in rodeos for two years. After his return to the U.S., he played small parts in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen , and the big budget 1944 film Janie , both having him billed as "Michael Harrison".
As the cowgirl seeks the attention of her quarry, she mimics the surrounding cowboys, reflected in the heavy use of the tune "If He'd Be a Buckaroo" in this section. The theme is repeated by various solo instruments before being realized in triple canon by the full orchestra. After a brief return to the quiet Cowgirl theme, the fanfare returns.
Kirsten Gleissner, left, and Andrew Church dance together during a rodeo swing workshop at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 4. (Bridget Bennett / For The Times)
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As a dance form, modern western square dance grew out of traditional square dance in the American West. The term western square dance, for some, is synonymous with "cowboy dance" or traditional western square dance. Therefore, this article uses the term "modern western square dance" to describe the contemporary non-historical dance which grew ...
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