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The following is a list with the most notable dances. Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os.This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively.
Carter, A. (1998) The Routledge Dance Studies Reader.Routledge. ISBN 0-415-16447-8; Sharp, C. J. (1924) The dance; an historical survey of dancing in Europe.Rowman and Littlefield.
Traditional Valencian dances. A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances.
Danza de la moza donosa ("Dance of the Graceful Girl") is a gentle dance in 6 8 time. A piquant melody meanders its way through the first section, constantly creating and releasing tension through the use of chromatic inflections.
The piece begins with an introduction in G major, with vocal assistance in the form of a recitative which is omitted in the symphonic version. Then follows in sequence: the dance of the hours of dawn, the hours of day, the hours of the night and the morning.
Highland dance or Highland dancing (Scottish Gaelic: dannsa Gàidhealach) [1] is a style of competitive dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games.
Danzi is known today chiefly for his woodwind quintets, in which he took justifiable pride for the idiomatic treatment of the individual instruments.He composed in most major genres of the time, including opera, church music, orchestral works, and many varieties of chamber music.
A courtly basse dance. The basse danse, or "low dance", was a popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court.The word basse describes the nature of the dance, in which partners move quietly and gracefully in a slow gliding or walking motion without leaving the floor, while in livelier dances both feet left the floor in jumps or leaps.