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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.
Cariñosa or Karinyosa is a well known dance around the Philippines with the meaning of the word being affectionate, lovable, and amiable. The dancers use a handkerchief and go through the motions of hide and seek or typical flirtatious and affectionate movements. The dance comes in many forms but the hide and seek is common in all. [31] Kuratsa
The Thistle (Scottish ladies' solo step dance)) Tiger dance; Tinikling (Philippines) Time Warp; Tinku (Bolivia, Peru) Tobas; Tondero ; Topeng dance; Tourdion (historical) Toycular yarcan; Toyi-toyi; Traditional dance; Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance) Tranos Choros; Trata ; Trepak (The Nutcracker) (Russian dance; character dance from the ballet ...
Originally, the cariñosa was danced with María Clara gown and barong tagalog for it is a Spanish dance. In addition, Filipino wore the patadyong kimona and camisa de chino to reveal nationalism. (a native dress of the Tagalog regions), camisa (a white sleeve) or patadyong kimona (a dress of the Visayan people) and for boys, a barong Tagalog ...
Milonga was frequently danced in establishments whose customers were of African descent and sailors. Along with milonga, dances such as habanera were associated with whorehouses and prostitution. This association was so prominent that to dance the dances in establishments or dance halls you needed a permit from the city.
Habanera or contradanza, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century Habanera , a work for violin and piano by Pablo de Sarasate , part of the Spanish Dances Habanera , a work for piano of 1885 by Emmanuel Chabrier , arranged for orchestra by him in 1888
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.
The steps of a dance or pattern may be listed in a step sheet. Dance patterns may be described by difficulty. [7] Dance patterns may be described according to combinations of quick and slow steps and often by the rhythm or meter of the music, for example waltz steps (three-count step patterns danced to waltz music), swing steps (four-count ...