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Spanish Dance Styles
This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region. These dances should also be listed on the general, noncategorized index list of specific dances. Albania *Dance of Osman Taka *Entarisi ala benziyor *Gusharaveli * Napoloni *Pogonishte *Rugovo (sword dance) *Shota (dance) * Vallja e cobanit Argentina *Carnavalito *Chacarera *Cueca *Cumbia Villera * Milonga *Tango * Zamba Armenia Note: in Armenian "bar" means "dance". *Berd *Entarisi ala benziyor *Kochari *Shalakho *Tamzara * Temuraga *Yarkhushta Austria *Ländler *Schuhplattler *Tyrolienne *Waltz Azerbaijan * Abayı * Agir Karadagi * Anzali * Asma kasma * Choban Regsi * Halay * Innaby * Jangi * Khanchobany * * Shalakho * Tarakama * Tello * Uzundara * Youz bir Belarus * Liavonicha ( Lyavonikha) * Karahod (Khorovod) *Trasucha (Poĺka-Trasucha) * Kryzhachok Bolivia *Awki awki *Caporales *Diablada *Kullawada *Llamerada *Morenada *Oruro Diablada *P'aquchi * Siklla * Tobas * Waka waka Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Dances
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: * List of dance styles * List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin * List of national dances Categories listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index. A * Abayı * Abbots Bromley Horn Dance * Acharuli (Georgian folk dance) * Acro dance * Adana (dance), Adana * Adowa dance * Affranchi (dance), Affranchi (Haiti) * Agbadza * Agir Karadagi * Agwara (dance), Agwara * Ai Georgis * Akogo * Alanta dance * Alkayida * Allemande * Amaggunju * An Dro * Angaliastos * Angama (dance), Angama (from Japan's Yaeyama Islands) * Angelica (dance), Angelica * Animal dance * Antikristos * Antipatitis * 'A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kochari
Kochari (; ; ; ) is a folk dance originating in the Armenian Highlands. It is performed today by Armenians, while variants are performed by Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, and Pontic Greeks. It is a form of circle dance. Each region in the Armenian Highlands had its own Kochari, with its unique way of both dancing and music. Etymology *In Armenian, "Kochari" literally means "knee-come". Գուճ (gudj or goudj) means "knee" and արի (ari) means "come". *In Azerbaijani Turkish, "köç" means "to move" used both as a verb and as a noun, with the latter used more in the context of nomads' travelling. "Köçəri" is also both an adjective and a noun, meaning a "nomad" and "nomadic" simultaneously. *In Pontic Greek, from the Greek "κότσι" (in Pontic Greek "κοτς") meaning "heel" (from Medieval Greek "κόττιον" meaning the same) and "αίρω" meaning "raise", all together "raising the heel", since the Greeks consider the heel to be the main part of the foot which the dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asma Kasma
Azerbaijani dances () are traditional dances developed and performed in the Republic of Azerbaijan. These dances are known for their quick tempo and the dancers' traditional clothing. Examples of dances in Azerbaijan * Abayi ( Azerbaijani: ''Abayı'') is an Azerbaijani dance with its origins in the Shaki and Zaqatala regions of Azerbaijan. The name of the dance refers to the middle-aged people who typically perform this dance with exaggerated movements for comedic effect. The dance's slow-tempo song was written by Shaki composers. This dance is traditionally performed as a group but has evolved into a solo dance. * Agir Karadagi ( Azerbaijani: ''Ağır Qaradağı'', meaning "heavy Karadakhi") is a dance song that originated in Karadakh. This slow dance is popular in Shaki and Zaqatala. * Anzali ( Azerbaijani: ''Ənzəli'') is a traditional dance that was created approximately in 1880–1890 in Baku. This slow dance is typically performed by older people at the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anzali (dance)
Bandar-e Anzali () is a city on the Caspian Sea in the Central District (Bandar-e Anzali County), Central District of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan province, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and the district. History Anzali is an old city in ancient Iran, first settled by the Cadusii. Owing to their pleasant relationship with Cyrus the Great, King of Anshan (Persia), and their military cooperation in Cyrus's founding of the Achaemenian Empire, the Cadusii adopted the name ''Anshan-e Pars'' (''Ανσνάν'' in Greek), meaning "the Anshans of Persia". This word in Middle Persian is ''Anzalag''; a variant Persian form is ''Anzalazh''. Anzali Gulf was a safe harbour for trade ships and fishing boats. It was renamed to ''Pahlavi'' in 1935. In 1919, with the collapse of General Anton Denikin's White Army, White Russian army, eighteen of his ships sought refuge in Anzali. On 18 May 1920, a Soviet flotilla of thirteen ships launched a surprise att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Agir Karadagi
Agir Karadagi (, meaning 'heavy Karadakhi') is an Azerbaijani melody of a dance that is created in Karadakh. It is very popular in the cities Shaki and Zaqatala in northwestern Azerbaijan, and performed slowly. References Azerbaijani dances {{folk-dance-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abayı
Abayi () is an Azerbaijani dance with its origins in the Shaki and Zaqatala regions of Azerbaijan. The subject matter of the dance is middle age Middle age (or middle adulthood) is the age range of the years halfway between childhood and old age. The exact range is subject to public debate, but the term is commonly used to denote the age range from 45 to 65 years. Overall This time span .... In this area middle-aged people are called "Abayi" and this kind of dance is generally performed by middle-aged men or women. Creators of the melody of this dance are the Shaki composers. It's a little exaggerated and funny and has a slow dancing tempo. This kind of dance used to be performed in groups, but later changed to an individual dance. Traditional Azerbaijani musical instruments such as a tar, kamancha, saz, daf are used in this dance style. This form of dance not only entertains, but also brings many health benefits, such as improving the health of the cardiovascular system, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Waltz
The waltz ( , meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom dance, ballroom and folk dance, in triple (3/4 time, time), performed primarily in closed position. Along with the ländler and allemande, the waltz was sometimes referred to by the generic term German Dance in publications during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance, including ''volte'', that would evolve into the waltz that date from 16th-century Europe, including the representations of the Printmaking, printmaker Sebald Beham, Hans Sebald Beham. The French philosopher Michel de Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched. Kunz Haas (of approximately the same period) wrote, "Now they are dancing the godless ''Weller'' or ''Spinner''."Nettl, Paul. "Birth of the Waltz." In ''Dance Index'' vol 5, no. 9. 1946 New York: Dance Index-Ballet Caravan, Inc. pages 208, 211 "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tyrolienne
The tyrolienne is a type of Tyrolean folk dance.Jacques Marais, Lisa De Speville, ''Adventure Racing'', ...." Notes Dance forms in classical music Austrian folk dances {{Europe-dance-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Schuhplattler
The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the Eastern Alps, specifically originating in Upper Bavaria, Tyrol, and Salzburg (state), Salzburg. In this dance, the performers stomp, clap, and strike the soles of their shoes (''Schuhe''), thighs, and knees with their hands held flat (''platt''). The more than 150 basic Schuhplattlers, as well as marches and acrobatic feats, are often interspersed with the basic dance in performance. They may be seen today in Europe and in German-immigrant communities around the world. While the Schuhplattler is still largely performed by adults, it has become increasingly popular with youngsters, who love its colorful costumes and its bouncing, leaping, kicking, and choreographed horseplay. History and style One of the earliest accounts of the Schuhplattler may date from 1030 AD, when a monk in the Tegernsee Abbey of Bavaria described a village dance containing leaps and hand gestures. Over the centuries, the form gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ländler
The Ländler () is a European folk dance in time. Along with the waltz and allemande, the ländler was sometimes referred to by the generic term German Dance in publications during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Despite its association with Germany, the ländler was danced in many European countries. Composers from a variety of European nations wrote music for the ländler dance; including Austria, Switzerland, Bohemia, Moravia, Slovenia and northern Italy in addition to Germany. History The ländler is a partner dance that strongly features hopping and stamping. It might be purely instrumental or have a vocal part, sometimes featuring yodeling. When dance halls became popular in Europe in the 19th century, the Ländler was made quicker and more elegant, and the men shed the hobnail boots that they wore to dance it. Along with a number of other folk dances from Germany and Bohemia, it is thought to have influenced the development of the waltz. A number of cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yarkhushta
Yarkhushta ( (modern orthography) or Եարխուշտայ (classical/traditional orthography), ) is an Armenian folk and martial dance associated with the highlands of the historical region of Sasun in Western Armenia. Yarkhushta belongs to a wider category of Armenian "clap dances" (ծափ-պարեր, ''tsap parer''). The dance is performed by men, who face each other in pairs. The key element of the dance is a forward movement where participants rapidly approach one another and vigorously clap onto the palms of hands of dancers in the opposite row. History and tradition Yarkhushta is believed to have its origins in the early Middle Ages as it is mentioned in the works of Movses Khorenatsi, Faustus of Byzantium, and Grigor Magistros. Yarkhushta has traditionally been danced by Armenian soldiers before combat engagements, partly for ritualistic purposes, and partly in order to cast away fear and boost battle spirit for more effective hand-to-hand combat. Euphorigenic effect Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
