folk dances
Cultural group movements
Folk dances are traditional dances that develop organically within a community, passed down through generations rather than formally choreographed.
They typically accompany cultural celebrations, rituals, or social gatherings: We learned folk dances from the old country at my grandmother's house.
The term distinguishes these from classical ballet, ballroom, or contemporary dance forms.
- traditional costumesCulturally inherited formal attire
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- tarantellaLively Italian folk dance
- circleCurved closed shape
- hand holdingExcessive guidance or support
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- cultural heritagetraditions, customs, museum collections, museums, language revival
- folk collectionsproverbs, legends, myths, fairy tales, nursery rhymes
- Bosnian musictraditional music, love songs, mountain songs, wedding music, epic songs
- Romanian musichora, traditional music, wedding music, wedding songs, ritual songs
- Turkic folklorejinn, peri, evil eye, grey wolf, trickster tales
- danceballet, breaking, b-boying, ballroom, waltz
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Classical dance on pointe
classical ballet · ballroom dancing · contemporary dance · modern dance · ballroom dances
folk dancesballroom dancing
Formal partnered dance styles
cotillion · minuet · courtly dance · waltz · pavane
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