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  2. Partner dance - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the 13th century and during the 14th century, nobles and wealthy patricians danced as couples in procession in a slow dignified manner in a circle, while farmers and lower classes danced in a lively fashion. The burgher middle class combined the dances with the processional as a "fore dance", and the turning as an "after dance". [6]

  3. Mixer dance - Wikipedia

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    A mixer dance, dance mixer or simply mixer is a kind of participation dance in a social dance setting that involves changing partners as an integral part. Mixing can be built into the dance choreography or can be structured to occur more randomly. Mixers allow dancers to meet new partners and allow beginners to dance with more advanced dancers.

  4. Jack and Jill (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Jack and Jill is a format of competition in partner dancing, where the competing couples are the result of random matching of leaders and followers. Rules of matching vary. Rules of matching vary. The name and format were created by Jack Carey at Hank & Stans in Norwalk, California in the early 1950s to encourage a variety of dancers to enter ...

  5. Laine Theatre Arts - Wikipedia

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    Laine Theatre Arts, sometimes referred to as Laines, is an independent performing arts college, based in the town of Epsom in Surrey, England. The college was founded in 1974 by former professional dancer and dance teacher Betty Laine OBE, [1] [2] and developed from an earlier school, the Frecker-Laine School of Dancing. It provides specialist ...

  6. Ballroom dance - Wikipedia

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    The first was a movement away from the sequence dances towards dances where the couples moved independently. This had been pre-figured by the waltz, which had already made this transition. The second was a wave of popular music, such as jazz. Since dance is to a large extent tied to music, this led to a burst of newly invented dances.

  7. Contra dance form - Wikipedia

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    Couples consist of two people, traditionally but not necessarily one male and one female, referred to as the gent or gentleman and lady. Couples interact primarily with an adjacent couple for each round of the dance. Each sub-group of two interacting couples is known to choreographers as a minor set and to dancers as a foursome. (Not all dances ...

  8. DanceSport BC - Wikipedia

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    DanceSport BC (DSBC), founded in 1968, is the governing body for competitive ballroom dance in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. It is a member of the Canadian Amateur DanceSport Association. [1] DSBC is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization that promotes ballroom dancing in British Columbia.

  9. Dance education - Wikipedia

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    Dance workshops generally go from a day to a week, often in Summer, and offer a variety of dancers an opportunity to hone their skills. [7] Dance intensives are generally for higher-level dancers. They have a more focused lesson plan than workshops, and last between two weeks and a month. [7]

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