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The United States of America is the home of the hip hop dance, swing, tap dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance (associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country—twenty three U.S. states have designated it as their official state dance or official folk dance) and one of the major centers for modern dance.
Many states of the United States have adopted official dances as one of their state symbols.The practice has extended to U.S. territories and Washington, D.C. [1]. Starting in the 1970s, many states adopted square dance as their state dance, the result of a campaign by square dancers to make it the national dance.
Pages in category "Dances of the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Dance in the United States — in the performing arts and American popular culture; Subcategories. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. ...
United States: No national dance, swing and square dancing unofficially; see List of U.S. state dances; hoop dance, Grass dance, jingle dance, Fancy dance and Native American tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by Native American tribes. Uruguay: Tango, Pericón, Candombe: Uzbekistan: Lazgi, Tanovar: Venezuela: Joropo: Virgin ...
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She often based her dances on the work of black writers and on racial issues, such as Langston Hughes's 1944 The Negro Speaks of Rivers, and Lewis Allan's 1945 Strange Fruit (1945). Her dance company developed into the Pearl Primus Dance Language Institute. [6] Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) studied under Lester Horton, Bella Lewitzky, and later ...
Before they became household names, Julia Stiles, Kerry Washington and more stars danced for their lives in 2001’s Save the Last Dance. The teen drama follows Sara Johnson (Stiles), a promising ...