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dance and Dance Khon
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neof  dance.Character
izedby Thailand.Khonhasbeenper formedsi nce
mov ement softhisriverspiri
tinasinuous, Normal l
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medt ocel
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undulat
ingmanner .The dragondance  i
s i
mpor tantoccasi
ons.Thedanceis step,sl i
de,andst epin3/ 4 performedsol elyi
nt her
oyal courtbymen
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andcommonhar monybet ween thisgenrewi thfemaleperformersi scal
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Year
:206BC
Or
igi
n:I
ndonesi
a Or
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n:Ger
many Or
igi
n:Thai
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and

Year
:13t
hCent
ury Year
:13t
h–18t
hCent
ury Year
:16t
hCent
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engue
Capoei
ra Samba Kabuki
Capoeir
ai sanAf ro-Brazi
li
anmar t
ialartthat Samba, ball
room danceofBr azi
lianor
igi
n,
combineselement sofdance, acrobatics, populari
zedinwest ernEuropeandt he
andmusi c.I
twasdev el
opedbyensl av ed Unit
edSt atesintheearly1940s.  
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so 
kabuki 
play,
isanact i
vi
ty
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icansinBr azil
att hebeginningoft he Characteri
zedbysi mpleforwardand ordramacar riedouti
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ifei
na Partnersholdeachot heri
nacl osedposit
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ockingbody predi
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li
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on, r
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scent Thel eaderholdsthefoll
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swai stwi
ththe
andcompl exmaneuv er
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teni nvol
v i
ng mov ements, i
tisdancedtomusi c ofthe 
kabuki styl
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srighthand,whilehol
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n 4/4 t
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lower '
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Or
igi
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a Or
igi
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azi
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Year
:17t
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ury
Year
:16t
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:17t
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ury Or
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n:Domi
nicanRepubl
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I
ri
sh
Fl
amenco
Bal
l
et Haka
Dance
Haka,(Maor i
:
“dance”) Maori
 postur
e dance t
hatinvolv
est heentirebodyinv i
gorous
I
r i
shdances basedonFr enchquadr il
l
es
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etistheatr
icalper f
ormedonast aget
o  
Flamenco 
i
sasol odancecharacter
izedby rhyt
hmi cmov ement s,whichmayi nclude
thatwer eadaptedbyt he Ir
ish byi
ntegrat
ing
anaudienceut i
li
zingcostumes, sceni
c handcl
appi
ng,percussi
vefoot
wor k,and sway i
ng,slappi
ngoft hechestandthighs,
theirsean-
nós steps and I
rish 
music.Each
desi
gnandl ighti
ng.Itcant el
lastoryor i
ntri
cat
ehand,ar
m, andbodymov ement s. stamping,andgest uresofstyli
zedv i
olence.
partoftheset  
dance isdancedt oamusi c
tempo, mostlyreels,
jigs,polkasand expressathought ,conceptoremot i
on. Thedancei
susuallyaccompaniedbya
hornpipes. Ball
etdancecanbemagi cal,
exciti
ng, si
ngerandgui
tarplayer
.
provoki
ngordi sturbi
ng.
Or
igi
n:Spai
n Or
igi
n:NewZeal
and
Or
igi
n:I
rel
and Or
igi
n:I
tal
yandFr
ance
Year
:1869-
1910) Year
:1888
Year
:18t
hcent
ury Year
:1800

Sal
sa Jar
abe Raqs Bhangr
a
Shar
qi
Tapat
io

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saisasexy ,ener
geti
candf unpartner TheMexi canHat  Dance, alsoknownas A dance 
probably
 of 
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n or
igi
n, 
t
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ormeddur i
ngtheVaisakhi
dance.Unl
ikesomepar tnerdances,
itisa “el
 Jarabe,”isa dance off li
rt
at i
on.Inthe radi
ti
onall
y per
formed sol
o by 
a woman and
festi
valthatcel
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est he
ver
ysociabledance–y oudon’tneedto beginningoft he dance, t
hewomani sshy  
character
ized 
by si
nuous 
hip 
and abdomina
harvest.
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geti
cand
havearegularpart
ner. andt imid,whilethemani sattenti
veand l
 mov ements.
l
ivelytoneandt he dance i
sequall
y
persistent.I
nmostv ersions, t
heman
vivaci
ous.
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igi
n:Cuba tosseshi ssombr eroont hef l
oorsot hat Or
igi
n:Egy
pt
heandt hewomancan  dance  aroundit
Or
igi
n:I
ndi
a
Year
:1900s Year
:1920
Or
igi
n:Mexi
co
Year
:1940s
Year
:19t
hCent
ury
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Bachat
a Tango
Ti
nikl
i
ng
Hi
p
Hop

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isdancedwi del
yallovertheworl
d Thetradi
ti
onaldance,whichusual
ly
butnoti denti
call
y.Thebasicstothedance Hip-
hopcultur
ehasalway shadacomplex i
nvolv
esapai roftwobamboopol es,i
s The tangodance i
susuall
yperfor
medbya
aret hr
ee-stepwithaCubanhi pmot i
on, rel
ati
onshipwit
hrace.From i
tsi
ncepti
on, consi
deredtobet heoldesti
nthecountr
y manandawoman, expressi
nganelement
fol
lowedbyat apincludi
ngahi pmov ement therel
ati
onshi
pbetweenhi p-
hopandrace andit
sappeal hasspreadacrosst
heglobe. ofromancei nthei
rsynchroni
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ont he4t hbeat.I
tiscommonl yknownby hasbeenfragmented,decent
ral
i
zed,and, mov ements.
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nmanyway s,f
lui
d.
Or
igi
n:Ur
uguay&Ar
gent
ina
Or
igi
n:Domi
nicanRepubl
i
c Or
igi
n:Uni
tedSt
ates Or
igi
n:Phi
l
ippi
nes
Year
:1850-1890
Year
:1962 Year
:60s&70s Year
:19t
hCent
ury