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Strathspey

Entertainment; Dance

Reel-like Scottish dance of moderate tempo. It is a type of dance tune in 4/4 time. It is similar to a hornpipe but slower and more stately, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps'.

Stomp

Entertainment; Dance

The term "Stomp Dance" is an English term, which refers to the "shuffle and stomp" movements of the dance. It is jazz dance featuring heavy stamping of the feet.

Shuffle

Entertainment; Dance

The shuffle dance is originally a Malaysian tribal dance, but recently teenagers have adapted it as a street dance. Dance featuring sliding or scraping of the feet.

Two-step

Entertainment; Dance

Ballroom dance with two main steps. It seems to take its name from the 19th century dance related to the Polka.

Tarantella

Entertainment; Dance

The Italian folk dance. It is characterised by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time (sometimes 18/8 or 4/4).

Caribbean disco dance and corresponding type of fast rhythmic music. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still ...

Tamzara

Entertainment; Dance

Is an Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani and Greek folk dance. Name is derived from an Armenian village located in the region of Nikopolis (now Sebinkarahisar).