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Post by Cynthia on May 29, 2005 13:03:13 GMT -5
Thought we might add a new one. I'll start and see if anyone's interested.
A ... Argyle Strathspey, a Scottish country dance
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Post by Cynthia on May 29, 2005 13:14:53 GMT -5
B ... bouree The bourree was a dance common in Auvergne and Biscay in Spain in the 17th century, danced in quick double time, somewhat resembling the gavotte. The musical form was also used by some composers, often as a dance-movement in a suite, but also for independent pieces.
Frédéric Chopin composed two bourrees for the piano. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote two short bourrees in his Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach and his contempory George Frideric Handel wrote several in his solo chamber sonatas.
The bourree is also a dance step used in ballet consisting of a rapid movement of the feet while on pointe or demi-pointe.
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Post by Cynthia on May 29, 2005 13:17:03 GMT -5
C ... Conga It may come as a surprise to some that the conga-drum was not so called until the 1920s. In Cuba it is called the tumba or tumbadora, depending on its pitch, and Puerto Rico has a similar, but smaller, drum called the quinto. Most Americans had seen nothing like these drums until the conga dance craze of the 1920s, hence they were all called conga-drums. But whence the term conga dance? It comes from the Spanish word conga meaning" a Congolese woman". Isn't it odd how so many dances are named "woman of [place]"?
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Post by NorthernDancer on May 29, 2005 20:07:48 GMT -5
Debutante's Waltz.
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Post by sootycat on May 30, 2005 10:04:17 GMT -5
English folk dance
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Post by Cynthia on May 30, 2005 14:40:59 GMT -5
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Post by sootycat on Jun 1, 2005 9:27:24 GMT -5
Gay Gordons
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Post by Cynthia on Jun 1, 2005 18:07:46 GMT -5
H ... Highland Fling
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Post by sootycat on Jun 2, 2005 10:10:53 GMT -5
Irish Jig
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Post by Cynthia on Jun 2, 2005 10:29:59 GMT -5
J ... Jive
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Post by sootycat on Jun 4, 2005 12:11:55 GMT -5
Kathak
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Post by Cynthia on Jun 5, 2005 17:52:19 GMT -5
L ... Lindy Hop, the original swing dance In the late 1920's in Harlem Lindy Hop was breaking out wherever people were partying... But it wasn't until the opening of the Savoy Ballroom that Lindy Hop got its name and a home. At the Savoy the Lindy Hop got hotter and hotter, as people danced to the top Big Bands in the land. And it got better and better, as the popular Saturday night competitions pushed good dancers to greatness. New steps were born every day. The styling got refined and was executed so well that the dance was a joy to watch as well as do. When it looked like it couldn't get any better, a young dancer named Frankie "Musclehead" Manning created the first airsteps in 1935, and the Lindy Hop soared.
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Post by Cynthia on Jun 5, 2005 17:56:38 GMT -5
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Post by sootycat on Jun 6, 2005 9:43:07 GMT -5
New York Hustle
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Post by NorthernDancer on Jun 7, 2005 10:49:33 GMT -5
Oklahoma Swing.
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