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	Glossary of partner dance terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This glossary lists terms used in various types of partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dancing, which have their own elaborated terminology.
		In contrast, the CPB during normal dancing (heads up, feet down on the floor) is always at the same place of the dancer body, although defined in a loose way: it is said that the CPB is in the general area of the solar plexus.
		In ballroom dances their common trait is that the dance couple moves (or intends to move) essentially sidewise to the leader's left while partners nearly face each other, with the leader's right side of the body and the follower's left side of the body are closer than the respective opposite sides.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glossary_of_partner_dance_terms (3651 words)

	Irish Set Dancing Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The hold may be termed 'closed' when partners face each other as in a slide* or a house around* and 'open' when partners face into the set as in a balance* or around the set as in the lead around* in the Fifth Figure of the Foraer a Neaintin jig set.
		It is danced on the ball of the foot in the 'down' jig and to slides but should be danced much flatter to polkas, particularly by the gents.
		Danced on count 4 of the preceding bar mainly in jigs and polkas, the ball of the foot briefly taps the floor and is lifted before being brought down again on count 1 of the step.
	www.setdanceteacher.co.uk /glossary.htm (2850 words)

	Dance Dictionary, Glossary, terms, courtesy of Carmichael Sacramento Arthur Murray Dance Center
		Apparently, the dance masters who were responsible for the evening's program at society functions gained favor with their socialite clients by imposing as much restraint as possible on the dances and creating an obviously reserved interpretation.
		The shoeing of the mare, the climbing of a rope, the courtship of the rooster and the hen, etc. It was done for amusement on the farms by the fl population of Cuba.
		The dance is executed both in closed position and in various types of extravagant dance relationships which incorporate a particular freedom of expression that is not present in the International style.
	www.sacramentodancesport.com /pag_cms_id_54_p_dance-dictionary.html (6699 words)

	Glossary
		Here he is in the midst of a lively, light-footed dance, which matches the humor in his wrinkled, bearded noborihige mask.
		Short dances to instrumental music that usually include some mimetic action, such as the shouldering of the burden in Yamamba, or express the state of mind of a character, as in the kakeri performed in crazed people plays (kyôran-mono).
		Jôruri came to be a general term for the puppet theater and for various styles of narrative music for shamisen and voice associated with the puppet and the kabuki theaters.
	www.glopac.org /Jparc/tjtglossary/mainGLOSS.html (14365 words)

	definitions
		Dance in which couples progress up and down a longways set by performing a sequence of figures with one or two couples (who are progressing the opposite way), then moving further along to repeat the sequence with a new couple or couples.
		In sets with mostly mixed-gender couples, lining up before a contra dance so all the men are in the left-hand line and all the women are in the right-hand line from the dancers' point of view looking toward the top of the set.
		Any longways dance for which a reel might be played, but the term is usually used in the name of a specific dance, as in the Virginia Reel or the Temperance Reel.
	www.fred.net /tds/contra-the-short.answer/glossary.htm (657 words)

	Dance Glossary Page 1
		There is no standard set of dance terms and I am not attempting to define (impose) one but rather to record the current Australian usage.
		In favour at the court of Elizabeth I as the brawl.
		The lady faces her partner with feet together, she touches her left foot behind her right and bends the knees slightly, lowering the body, then returns to normal position.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/4160 (2845 words)

	Our Dance & Music
		Technically, it is proper to start the dance in the following way: You walk onto the dance floor with your partner, set up the standard partner position frame, and then begin on the 6th beat of the measure, with the man stepping forward with his left foot and the woman stepping back with her right.
		Because when you are dancing to a great song with your partner, doing cross body leads, complicated turns, shines, and interacting with your partner and moving to the phrasing of the music, there is no time to be thinking about what beat and what foot you should be on.
		One can dance in many ways, and in connection with many different aspects of the music: rhythm, melody, mood, meaning of the words, tempo, harmony, intensity, etc. What matters most is what each dancer prefers.....and that they don't smash into their neighbors on the dance floor.
	www.salsanewyork.com /ourdancemusic.htm (8191 words)

	Glossary of English Country Dance Terms
		The space between the partners is inside the set; that the rest of the space is outside the set.
		In most English country dances, the set is divided into small groups who perform the dance and then progress, moving up toward the top or down toward the bottom of the set, to dance it again with another small group.
		Each member of the couple dancing the figure moves between a stationary couple, around his or her corner, between them again, and around his or her neighbour.
	www.torontoenglishdance.ca /ecd_glossary.html (2711 words)

	Cuban Ballroom Dancing Content \| Cuban Ballroom Dancing Information
		The term describes the particular style of ballroom dances developed in the USA, sometimes it is also called Cuban hip motion, although some prefer to.
		During the course of dance lessons, the instructors work on improving the mechanics of dance and the couple learns and practices the various steps.
		While social dancing, Western style, people who don't know each other can find themselves in each other's arms and in a public situation where they are judged by their performance as a team.
	www.learnballroomdancing.info /cuban-ballroom-dancing.html (1228 words)

	Ballroom dance glossary - dance terms and definitions
		Terms are sorted alphabetically, making this a handy reference for beginning and advanced dancers alike.
		One partner leans into or away from the other, and the non-leaning partner supports this figure.
		One partner counterbalances the other so as to keep him or her from falling.
	www.thedancestoreonline.com /dancer-dictionary/dictionary-l.htm (309 words)

	Square Dance Term Glossary - Mike Dust Fascinatum! - Volume 3 - No. 7
		Knowing the growing demand for square dancing in every phase of social life, it is our intent to bring to the uninitiated this square dance term glossary, whereby all may gain insight and enjoy participating in this amazing form of group recreation.
		They remain as Active Couples until they have danced with all the In-Active Couples in the Set and have reached the Foot of the Set.
		OPPOSITE - Dancer directly opposite (In Introduction, Chorus and Ending of the Honor Your Partner Dance Opposite refers to the Lady the Gents have at that moment for the Swing or Do-si-do).
	www.mikedust.com /fascinatum/2003/fasc-0719-square-terms.html (1051 words)

	Backgammon Glossary
		A term used to describe a situation where one player has relative freedom to build his position or attack the opponent as he chooses, while the other player is reduced to making forced plays and trying to stave off disaster.
		A term used in the late 1920's and early 1930's for the new rules of the time, including the use of the doubling cube and chouette play.
		A term used in the late 1990's and early 2000's for a style of play inspired by computer analysis.
	www.bkgm.com /glossary.html (9952 words)

	GLOSSARY of Education Terms
		A term utilized by many, including President Clinton and leading educators, to summarize a major task of educators: to change our schools, our children, our nation, and the world.
		As Starhawk, founder of the Covenant of the Goddess, wrote in The Spiral Dance, spell casting and magic are based on a four-fold formula: relaxation, concentration, visualization, and (mental projection).
		The terms "integrated" and "infused" were used in the early 90s in Iowa's global education curriculum to describe this new method of teaching.
	www.crossroad.to /glossary/education.html (6145 words)

	ballet dance terms - 3rd ballet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ballet and modern dance classes geared toward children and adults at all levels are held at the university.
		This Cecchetti dictionary of ballet terms is the second part of...
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	ballet.heekfpif.info /dir2/ballet-dance-terms.html (444 words)

	The Information Super Dance Floor - Glossary
		This list was compiled using glossaries form other sources, most notably, Country Dance Lines, R K Publishing, Joyce Warren, and and organization who's President has asked that I remove it's name, since some people think I'm saying it's their glossary.
		All types of social dances were once called round dances.
		If you have a term you think should be here but isn't or you have a different name for a move shown here, let me knowby sending mail to drdeyne@apci.net.
	homepages.apci.net /~drdeyne/glossary.htm (2070 words)

	Line Dance Glossary Of Terms
		You will find step sheets for all of her dances, and a video clip for many of them.
		This is MY glossary, meaning, it's the terms I use in my classes and in my step descriptions.
		The use of Don's glossary is an attempt to help standardize terms among those of us who write the dance steps and who try to interpret dance steps written by others.
	www.country-time.com /ldinfo/glossary.htm (1934 words)

	La Milonguera \| Club archives
		This should never be done during a milonga, where the purpose is just to dance and have a good time.
		Second: it is a specific type of music, a close relative and predecessor to the tango known by its steady rhythm.
		It allows the dancers to get into the feeling of the music with their partner for more than one dance.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~tango/glossary.htm (386 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Dictionary P - Pd
		He used the term in 1956 to describe a type of improvised melody that lies between two extremes: the unaltered, original melody (called the "head" by jazz musicians) and the ostensibly new melody (called the "chorus phrase") created by the jazz improviser over the harmonic framework of the original melody, as in a contrafact
		Beginning in Germany in the late-17th century, 'parody' was generally applied to the alteration or substitution of a song text, usually from a secular to a sacred sense.
		dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner
	www.dolmetsch.com /defsp.htm (10208 words)

	Shambhala Training Glossary
		This glossary is compiled from the writings and teachings of the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the Dorje Dradul of Mukpo, and his students.
		An incarnate lineage holder in the Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, he was Supreme Abbott of the Surmang Monasteries, where he received, at age 18, the degree of Khyenpo (comparable to a doctorate in theology, philosophy and psychology).
		Queen: "To have a queen, wife or husband (partner), represents the decency in your household.
	www.glossary.shambhala.org (13172 words)

	Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		brings you the phrases, terms and slang to help make sense of it all.
		away: Term used to describe the ball farthest from the hole and, thus, next to be played.
		The terms "Handicap Index" and "USGA" are trademarks and service marks of the United States Golf Association.
	www.golf.com /apps/tools/glossary.asp (4731 words)

	Glossary of partner dance terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A dance connection by means of physical contact.
		Types of physical connection are body contact, compression, leverage.
		Visual connection by no means should replace the physical connection, and some consider it to be an inferior form of connection.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Glossary_of_partner_dance_terms (3654 words)

	StreetSwing's Dance History Archives- Old Ballet Dance Terms- Main1
		StreetSwing's Dance History Archives- Old Ballet Dance Terms- Main1
		"Aqua">Many of you have e-mailed me asking what this or that means, so to save me some time from answering you all indivdually, here are some dance terms I have ran across from various sources, as dance terms mean different things from country to country, dance to dance and different eras in time.
		"Verdana"the lifted leg crosses the calf of the standing leg almost as in the hungarian folk dance.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/d5terms1.htm (744 words)

	Tennis Footwork -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If you are looking for information of partner dance terminology, see Glossary of partner dance terms
		Persons looking for Footwork are most likely to be looking for information on the Formula One constructor, but as this was a redirect to a dance glossary, i'm going to leave that here too rather than change the redirect.
		Each surface provides a difference in the speed and bounce of the ball.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/146/tennis-footwork.html (1307 words)

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