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  2. Country-western two-step - Wikipedia

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    The country/western two-step, often called the Texas two-step[ 2] or simply the two-step, [ 3] is a country/western dance usually danced to country music in common time. "Traditional [Texas] two-step developed, my theory goes, because it is suited to fiddle and guitar music played two-four time with a firm beat [found in country music].

  3. Castle Walk - Wikipedia

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    Castle Walk is a dance originated and made famous by Vernon and Irene Castle. The moniker was coined from the Castle's signature dance step styling, and their touring stage show of 1913 lead with this as their signature. [ 1] The Castle Walk became popular through its introduction into the Tango. "Castle Walk" is also a popular American song ...

  4. Cross-step waltz - Wikipedia

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    3. 4. Cross-step waltz (originally, the French Valse Boston) is a social ballroom dance in triple ⓘ time, performed primarily in closed position, to slower tempo waltz music (around 110 to 120 beats per minute ). It is characterized by a "primary cross-step" where the Lead role crosses the right foot over the left, as the Follow role crosses ...

  5. Waltz - Wikipedia

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    In folk dance from the Alsace region, waltzes in odd metres such as 5 4, 8 4 and 11 4 are found. In modern bal folk, waltzes in even higher metres are played and danced. Estonian folk dance Labajalavalss (flat of the foot waltz) performed in 3 4 time. [26] Sama'i (also known as usul semai) is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6 ...

  6. Reel (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Reel (dance) The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. Of Scottish origin, reels are also an important part of the repertoire of the fiddle traditions of Britain, Ireland and North America. [ 1] In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey ...

  7. Gavotte - Wikipedia

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    It is notated in 4 4 or 2 2 time and is usually of moderate tempo, though the folk dances also use meters such as 9 8 and 5 8. [2] In late 16th-century Renaissance dance, the gavotte is first mentioned as the last of a suite of branles. Popular at the court of Louis XIV, it became one of many optional dances in the classical suite of dances.

  8. Argentine tango - Wikipedia

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    Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. [ 1] It typically has a 2. 4 or 4. 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC.

  9. Nightclub two step - Wikipedia

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    Nightclub two step ( NC2S, sometimes disco two step or California two step) is a partner dance initially developed by Buddy Schwimmer in the mid-1960s. The dance is also known as "Two Step" and was "one of the most popular forms of contemporary social dance" as a Disco Couples Dance in 1978. [ 1] It is frequently danced to mid-tempo ballads in 4.