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  2. Glossary of dance moves - Wikipedia

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    Cross-body lead is a common and useful move in Latin dances such as salsa, mambo, rumba and cha-cha-cha. Basically, the leader, on counts 2 and 3 of their basic step (assuming dancing on 1), does a quarter-left turn (90° counter-clockwise) while still holding on to the follower. On counts 4 and 5, the follower is led forward across the leader ...

  3. Glossary of ballet - Wikipedia

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    In dance (particularly ballet), arabesque (French: [aʁabɛsk]; literally, "in Arabic fashion") is a body position in which a dancer stands on one leg (the supporting leg) with the other leg (the working leg) extended, straight, behind the body. The arm positions can vary and are generally allongé. The foot of the supporting leg may be flat on ...

  4. The Rite of Spring - Wikipedia

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    The Rite of Spring [n 1] (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.

  5. Figure skating spins - Wikipedia

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    Spins are an element in figure skating in which the skater rotates, centered on a single point on the ice, while holding one or more body positions. They are performed by all disciplines of the sport, single skating, pair skating, and ice dance, and are a required element in most figure skating competitions. As The New York Times says, "While ...

  6. Glossary of figure skating terms - Wikipedia

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    The scoring abbreviation for the upright spin[1] under-rotated. A jump or throw jump that is missing more than a quarter, but less than one-half, of a revolution. unison skating. Two or more skaters performing the same step s or element s at the same time – the opposite of mirror skating. upright spin.

  7. Camel spin - Wikipedia

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    The camel spin (also called the parallel spin) is one of the three basic figure skating spin positions. British figure skater Cecilia Colledge was the first to perform it. The camel spin, for the first ten years after it was created, was performed mostly by women, although American skater Dick Button performed the first forward camel spin, a variation of the camel spin, and made it a regular ...

  8. Upright spin - Wikipedia

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    Spin. The upright spin is one of the three basic figure skating spin positions. The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating, defines an upright spin as a spin with "any position with the skating leg extended or slightly bent which is not a camel position". [1] It was invented by British figure skater Cecilia ...

  9. Figure skating - Wikipedia

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    They advanced between World War I and World War II; by the late 1930s, all three basic spin positions were used. [50] There are two types of spins, the forward spin and the backward spin. [51] There are three basic spin positions: the upright spin, the sit spin, and the camel spin. Skaters also perform flying spins and combination spins. [52]