social dancing

Noun
  1. Dancing as part of a social occasion (synset 100533147)
    is a type of: dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
    subtypes:
    • jitterbug - a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
    • lindy, lindy hop - an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
    • fandango - a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
    • flamenco, gypsy dancing - a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
    • gavotte - an old formal French dance in quadruple time
    • habanera - a Cuban dance in duple time
    • shag - a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
    • shimmy - lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
    • stomp - a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
    • tarantella, tarantelle - a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
    • twist - social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
    • ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
    • folk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

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