ballroom dance

Noun
  1. Any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom (synset 100535886)
    is a type of: social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion
    subtypes:
    • beguine - a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
    • carioca - a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba
    • cha-cha, cha-cha-cha - a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips
    • one-step - an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot
    • fox-trot, foxtrot - a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
    • two-step - a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps
    • bunny hug - a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US
    • charleston - an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century
    • conga - a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file
    • cotilion, cotillion - a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century
    • minuet - a stately court dance in the 17th century
    • paso doble - a ballroom dance in fast duple time
    • quickstep - a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
    • rhumba, rumba - a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
    • samba - a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
    • round dance, round dancing - a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement
    • tango - a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
    • valse, waltz - a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
    same as: ballroom dancing

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