dance marathon
Stamina ballroom event
A dance marathon is an endurance competition where couples dance continuously for hours or days, with the last pair standing winning a prize.
Popular during the Great Depression as both entertainment and desperate income source, these events pushed participants to physical extremes.
The term now applies loosely to any extended dancing event, often for charity: The sorority hosted a dance marathon to raise money for pediatric cancer research.
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- couplesRomantic partners together
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Brief maximum-speed effort
dash · speed round · flash mob · quick step
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Cessation of activity
sleep · stillness · motionlessness · bed rest · standing still
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