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While "Concheros" is the oldest and most common name for the dance as performed today, other names are used such as Huehuenches, Chichimecas, Aztecas and Mexicas. Some are regional and some are names that have been used more recently to mark how the dance has evolved. [1] [2] The dance emerged shortly after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec ...
Angel Corella López [1] is a Spanish former principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (the only Spaniard to have achieved such a position in history) and guest artist with The Royal Ballet, Kirov Ballet, New York City Ballet, La Scala and the Australian Ballet among many others.
Stiletto dance (American contemporary solo dance) Stomp dance; Strathspey; Street dance; The Strictly (British television dance) Striptease; Strip the willow; Subli; Suleiman Aga; Sundanese dance; Surra de Bunda; Suscia; Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance) Sword dance; Syrtos Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos)
María Woesha Benítez (née Díaz; April 14, 1942 – September 3, 2024) was an American dancer, choreographer, and director in Spanish dance and flamenco. [1] Benítez is best known for the work of the company she and her husband Cecilio founded and directed, Teatro Flamenco.
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In addition to her memoirs, La Meri published a number of magazine articles and books, including The Gesture Language of Hindu Dance (1941) and Spanish Dancing (1948). [8] The latter book is considered to be a definitive text on the subject of Spanish dance. In 1938 La Meri published a book Songs and Voyages, with 82 pages of poetry, now very rare.
The box step is a dance figure named so because the steps rest in the four corners of a square. It is used, e.g., in American Style ballroom dances: rumba , waltz , bronze-level foxtrot . The leader begins with the left foot and proceeds as follows.
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France.