Shall We Dance
Polite ballroom query
Shall We Dance is a conventional invitation to dance, typically offered when music begins playing at a social gathering.
The phrase carries old-fashioned formality and gallantry: He extended his hand and asked, "Shall we dance?".
It also titles several films, most notably the 1937 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical and its 2004 American remake.
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- partnerOne who shares activity
- twirlRotate rapidly, often playfully
- musicOrganized auditory art
big band · romance · Gershwin · Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · tango · foxtrot · orchestra · evening gown · invitation · sway · glide · lead · follow · rhythm · elegance · moonlight · cheek to cheek
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- Stage MoviesA Chorus Line, All That Jazz, Cabaret, Chicago, West Side Story
Shall We Dancesolo performance
Unaccompanied artistic presentation
wallflower · sitting out · leave me alone · solitary · solo act
Shall We DanceThe Red Shoes
Tale of bewitched ballet slippers
tragedy · film noir · weepie · melancholy
Shall We Dancestanding still
Absence of motion
stillness · motionlessness · inactivity · paralysis · silence
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