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Comical 18th-century country dance; engraving by Hogarth. A country dance is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in England in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a group of people, usually in couples, in one or more sets.
Country-western 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 ...
Archaeology delivers traces of dance from prehistoric times such as the 10,000-year-old Bhimbetka rock shelters paintings in India and Egyptian tomb paintings depicting dancing figures from c. 3300 BC. Many contemporary dance forms can be traced back to historical, traditional, ceremonial and ethnic dances of the ancient period.
Katherine Dunham. Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) [ 1 ] was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance."
Country. Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.
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 "first dance" of a married couple is a popular element at modern European and American wedding receptions or post-wedding celebrations. The newly married couple, as the guests of honor at a dance, open the dancing. [ 3] The style of dance is a personal choice. Some couples opt for a rehearsed, choreographed dance, whereas sources like ...
The first man and the second woman are first corners, while the first woman and second man are second corners. In other dance formations, it has similar meanings. counter-clockwise The opposite of clockwise - in a ring, move right. In a turn single, turn to the left. cross hands Face and give left to left and right to right. cross over