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  • 1step — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pace, stride, footfall; footprint; gait, tread; stair, rung; interval, gradation; (pl.) measures, action. See degree, agency, nearness, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A movement of the foot] Syn. pace …

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  • 2dance — I. n. Measured movement, figured and rhythmic motion, poetry of motion. II. v. n. 1. Step rhythmically, move to music, take part in a dance. 2. Frisk, caper, hop about. III. v. a. Dandle, toss up and down …

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  • 3dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …

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  • 4Modern Western square dance — (also called Western square dance, contemporary Western square dance, modern American square dance or modern square dance) is one of two types of square dancing, along with traditional square dance. As a dance form, modern Western square dance… …

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  • 5arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 6dance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion to music Nouns 1. dance, dancing; ball, formal, tea dance, thé dansant, cotillion, promenade, dinner dance; masquerade, masked ball, bal masqué, fancy dress ball. Informal, drag, hop, prom, mixer …

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  • 7Rhythm — For other uses, see Rhythm (disambiguation). Rhythm, a sequence in time repeated, featured in dance: an early moving picture demonstrates the waltz …

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  • 8Strathspey (dance) — A strathspey 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 . A so called Scotch snap is a short note before a dotted note, which in traditional playing is generally… …

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  • 9stride — [strīd] vi. strode, stridden, striding [ME striden < OE stridan, akin to Ger streiten, to quarrel < IE * streidh < base * (s)ter , to be stiff, rigid > STARE, STARVE] 1. to walk with long steps, esp. in a vigorous or swaggering manner …

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  • 10chamber music — music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, esp. for two or more, but usually fewer than ten, solo instruments. [1780 90] * * * Music composed for small instrumental ensembles and performed without a conductor. Traditionally… …

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