country-dances
Line dancing ancestors
Country-dances are traditional social dances performed by couples arranged in lines or circles facing each other, typically to lively folk music.
The dancers progress through set figures—weaving, turning, and changing partners—in coordinated patterns.
Popular in England since the Renaissance, they influenced later forms like square dancing and contra dancing: The evening concluded with country-dances in the great hall.
Scottish social dance gathering
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- jigSpirited folk dance
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- fandangoSpirited Iberian couples dance
tarantella · mazurka · schottische · clogging · caller · do-si-do · promenade · sashay
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- two-stepFast paired ballroom dance
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
schottische · hornpipe · slip jig · gavotte · minuet · mazurka · quickstep · clogging
Lively rural dance gathering
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- feteElaborate public celebration
gala · shindig · village fete · merrymaking · revelry · celebration · gathering · soiree
Tall ribbon-wrapped post
- harvest festivalAutumn event thanking for crops
- midsummerPeak of warm months
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- fertility riteCeremony promoting reproduction
courtship · procession · tradition · custom · folklore · ancestral · seasonal · ritualistic
ceilidh
Scottish social dance gathering
fandango · tarantella · mazurka · schottische · clogging · caller · do-si-do · promenade · sashay · allemande
jig
Spirited folk dance
waltz · schottische · hornpipe · slip jig · gavotte · minuet · mazurka · quickstep · clogging · stomping
hoedown
Lively rural dance gathering
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
fete · gala · shindig · village fete · merrymaking · revelry · celebration · gathering · soiree · cotillion
maypole
Tall ribbon-wrapped post
- harvest festivalAutumn event thanking for crops
- midsummerPeak of warm months
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
fertility rite · courtship · procession · tradition · custom · folklore · ancestral · seasonal · ritualistic · blessing
country-dancesballroom dances
Formal paired choreography
cotillions · minuets · debutante balls · Viennese waltz · ballet
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