country dance
Barn floor tradition
Country dance is a traditional social dance in which couples form lines or circles and execute figures together, often changing partners throughout.
The term covers various folk dances from Britain and America, including square dances and contra dances.
We learned the steps for an English country dance at the wedding reception.
Scottish social dance gathering
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- jigSpirited folk dance
- hoedownLively rural dance gathering
- do-si-doBack-to-back dancing figure
allemande · sashay · promenade · clogging · hornpipe · maypole · old-time music · fiddle
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- two-stepFast paired ballroom dance
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
swing · schottische · mazurka · gavotte · quadrille · tarantella · tempo · syncopation
Lively rural dance gathering
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- shindigBoisterous social gathering
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- festivalOrganized public celebration
gala · merrymaking · revelry · fiddling · gathering · conviviality · hootenanny · social
Joint venture participants
- callerOne who phones
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- setArrange in position
circle · swing your partner · grand chain · ladies chain · cast off · mixer · formation · progression
Custom passed through generations
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- customHabitual group practice
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
revival · ancestry · legacy · ethnology · provenance · cultural memory · oral tradition · regional style
ceilidh
Scottish social dance gathering
do-si-do · allemande · sashay · promenade · clogging · hornpipe · maypole · old-time music · fiddle · accordion
jig
Spirited folk dance
waltz · swing · schottische · mazurka · gavotte · quadrille · tarantella · tempo · syncopation · downbeat
hoedown
Lively rural dance gathering
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- shindigBoisterous social gathering
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
festival · gala · merrymaking · revelry · fiddling · gathering · conviviality · hootenanny · social · community hall
partners
Joint venture participants
set · circle · swing your partner · grand chain · ladies chain · cast off · mixer · formation · progression
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- customHabitual group practice
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
preservation · revival · ancestry · legacy · ethnology · provenance · cultural memory · oral tradition · regional style
- folk dancefolk traditions, folk costumes, folk musicians, folk revival, polka
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
- American dancebreakdancing, hip hop, hustle, Charleston, lindy hop
- dance stylesballet, tango, salsa, waltz, hip hop
- folk dancesjig, polka, hoedown, hopak, czardas
- Ceilidhceilidh, Scottish reels, reels, reel, jig
country danceballroom dance
Formal coupled movement style
ballroom dancing · court dance · cotillion · minuet · gavotte
country dancesolo performance
Unaccompanied artistic presentation
breakdancing · street dance · interpretive dance · modern dance · freestyle
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