ring dance
Dancers holding hands
A ring dance is a dance performed in a circular formation, with participants holding hands or linking arms as they move around together.
The form appears across many cultures in folk traditions and children's games.
In American usage, ring dance sometimes refers to a formal high school dance celebrating the junior class receiving their class rings.
- holding handsGripping another's palm
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- horaTraditional circular folk dance
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
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- circle danceshora, sardana
- academy traditionsparents weekend, military ball, commissioning, dining in, dining out
- Air Force Academycadets, cadet life, cadet training, firsties, terrazzo
- Naval Academymidshipman, midshipmen, Annapolis, plebe, plebes
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
ring danceline dance
Group choreography in rows
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