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Facts About a Hoedown Dance
Hoedown dances are a type of American dance stemming from rural American culture. What's unique about a hoedown is that there's no specific dancing style associated with it, though square dancing is...
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Snowflake Dance Ideas
The snowflake dance is an annual tradition among middle and high schools across the country where students celebrate winter wonderland with dancing and sparkly, winter-themed decorations. The...
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What Makes Ballet, Modern and Jazz Different From Each Other?
Ballet, a formal, graceful dance style that uses conventional steps, is regarded as the foundation of all modern dance. Jazz and modern dance both have their roots in ballet, but are less formal and...
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Steps to the Slow Rumba
Known as the Latin waltz and the dance of love, the rumba focuses on a simple box step. Unlike the foxtrot or the waltz, the dance requires the dancers remain in one location rather than move across...
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Ideas for Planning an 8th Grade Formal Dance
Planning an 8th grade formal dance means making sure that students have a good time in a safe environment. A formal dance for this age group can take many forms, so it pays to spend time brainstorming...
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Dance Studios in Gwinnett County, Georgia
Located less than 30 miles north of the bustling activity of Altanta, Georgia, parts of Gwinnett county fall under the greater metro Atlanta area. As such, Gwinnett hosts a large performing arts and...
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Places to Dance in Bakersfield, California
The location of Bakersfield, California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley makes it hot and dry in the summer and cold and wet in the brief winters. To entertain yourself and meet new people...
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How Has the Jive Dance Developed?
Jive dancing has been known by many names -- the jitterbug, swing dancing and "boogie woogie" -- but at its heart it has always been jive. It became popular during the 1940s in Europe when the British...
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Ideas for a Children's Daddy-Daughter Dance
The idea seems to grow from year to year -- a night for dads and daughters to spend time together on a special date that celebrates everything that is special in the relationship between daddies and...
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Decade Dance Ideas
Decade-themed parties and dances add extra festivity and ambiance to special celebrations and events. Regardless of age, party-goers can get into the spirit of the night with decade-inspired costumes,...
View ArticleDancing Places in Waukegan, Illinois
Students looking to learn different dance forms, or those who view dancing as healthy exercise, will find many opportunities and instructors in and around the city of Waukegan, Illinois. Several clubs,...
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Types of Dance Steps
More even than ability to dance, the innate urge to dance is one of the defining features of humanity. Over time, some cultures have embraced and glorified that natural urge, others have vilified it,...
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How to Make New Dance Routines
Music and dancing go together, but not without hard work. Choreographing a dance routine, much like composing a music piece, initially sounds like an impossible task. If you don't know dancing...
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Sammy Davis Jr.'s Facts on Tap Dancing
In May 1990, the Las Vegas Strip went dark for 10 minutes to honor one of America's premier entertainers, Sammy Davis Jr. Davis began his professional life on a vaudeville stage tap dancing at the age...
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Meaning of Colors in Spanish Folk Dancing
The most well-known Spanish folk dancing style is the Flamenco dance style. This form of dancing has roots that go back thousands of years. The meaning behind the Flamenco dance is that of passion,...
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Cultural Functions of African Dance
Every culture has vehicles by which it defines itself and passes on its own stories, norms and mores. These can take the form of legends, music, dance, or any number of communal events. African dance,...
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Types of Dance Leaps
Dancing was first described in Sri Lankan manuscripts from 2,500 years ago, but it was not until the 1400s that ballet and other formalized dance became commonplace. Dance as it is known today in its...
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What Is Jive Dancing?
Jive is one of five international Latin competition dances. It came out of Europe during World War II in response to the Jitterbug and East Coast Swing, both popular in the United States. Similar to...
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Different Forms of Jazz Dancing
Early jazz dance had its roots in African-American dance styles, many of which had African or Caribbean influences. Several of the trendy jazz steps being done by members of high society in the 1920s...
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What to Know Before Moving to Austin, TX
Austin, the capital city of Texas, is a trending city in which to live due to an expansive list of reasons. Austin is continuously receiving accolades for its forward-moving attitude, earning spots on...
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