slow dancing

Couples' intimate movement

Slow dancing is dancing with a partner to slow music, typically with bodies close together and arms around each other.

The form requires little skill—couples sway and shuffle rather than execute steps.

Slow dancing is associated with romance, from middle school dances to wedding receptions: They slow danced to their song.

Related

danceable · soft music · intimacy · waltz · courtship · nostalgia · romance · tempo · prom · dip · foxtrot · grace · sway · movement · connection · rumba · two step · rhythm

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Opposites
tempo and movement style

slow dancingjitterbug

Energetic swing-era partner dance

jiving · jitterbugging · swing dancing · breakdancing · moshing

intimacy and emotional register

slow dancingmoshing

Violent crowd dancing

slam dancing · crowd surfing · line dancing · dance battle · breakdancing

structure/formality

slow dancingballroom dancing

Formal partnered dance styles

tango · Viennese waltz

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G