Historical dance

Historical dance

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Historical dance

La volta, ( Italian: "the turn," or "turning") also spelled Lavolta, Lavatoe, and Levalto, 16th-century leaping and turning dance for couples, originating in Italy and popular at French and German ...

Malaguena

Dance; Historical dance

Spanish dance performed by a couple, similar to the fandango. Towards the second half of the 19th century, some interpreters gave the first steps in transforming this folkloric songs into real ...

Qochari

Dance; Historical dance

Is an old folk dance, danced today by Pontic Greeks, Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Assyrians, Turks and Kurds.The dance is danced to a 2/4 rhythm. Dancers form a closed circle, putting their hands on each ...

Quadrille

Dance; Historical dance

Square dance for four couples; card game for four people. It is also a style of music. The term quadrille came to exist in the 17th century, within military parades, in which four horsemen and their ...

Rigadoon

Dance; Historical dance

It is a French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. Its hopping steps were adopted by the skillful dancers of the French and English courts, where it remained fashionable through the 18th ...

Farruca

Dance; Historical dance

Spanish gypsy dance with sudden tempo and mood changes. Origin: 1930s: Spanish, feminine of farruco 'Galician or Asturian', from Farruco, pet form of the given name Francisco.

Fandango

Dance; Historical dance

It is a lively couples dance, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars and castanets or hand-clapping. Fandango is one of the main folk dances in Portugal.