The word derives from the Greek symbolon meaning token or watchword. It is an amalgam of syn- "together" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam." The sense evolution in Gre ...
Vocabulary is commonly defined as "all the words known and used by a particular person". Knowing a word, however, is not as simple as simply being able to recognize or use it. There are several aspect ...
An erotic dance is a dance that provides erotic entertainment and whose objective is the stimulation of erotic or sexual thoughts or actions in viewers. Erotic dance is one of several major dance cate ...
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic.This compares to other major dance categories based on purpose:Cla ...
Particular (real) audiences In rhetoric, particular audiences depend on circumstance and situation, and are characterized by the individuals that make up the audience. Particular audiences are subject ...
Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing. Social dances can be danced with a variety o ...
Many dance styles are principally performed in a concert dance context, including these:Ballet originated as courtroom dance in Italy, then flourished in France and Russia before spreading across Euro ...
Elimination rules disqualify a dancer or dancers. This can be include of lack of endurance, entering a particular part of the floor, a specific age, and so on.Follow the leader A designated leader mak ...
Traditional jazz dance, having existed since the late nineteenth century, is perhaps one of the oldest street dances of urban America. Street dance is often considered urban folk dance. Since many con ...
Battle of the Year (BOTY) was founded in 1990 by Thomas Hergenr?ther in Germany. It is the first and largest international breaking competition for b-boy crews. BOTY holds regional qualifying tournam ...
The terminology used to refer to b-boying (break-boying) changed after promotion by the mainstream media. Although widespread, the term "breakdancing" is looked down upon by those immersed in hip-hop ...
Step dance is the generic term for dance styles where the footwork is the most important part of the dance. Limb movements and styling are either restricted or considered irrelevant.Tap dancing is pro ...
The Electric (better known as The Electric Slide) is a four wall line dance set to the Marcia Griffiths' song "Electric Boogie". Choreographer Ric Silver created the dance in 1976.Controversy Ric Silv ...
Main types of square dances Terminology: In America, in general, people go to square dances and call it square dancing. In England, Ireland and Scotland people go to all sorts of dances at which some ...
Queer tango is a new way to dance Argentine tango free from traditional heteronormative codes. Its proposal is to dance tango without pre-established roles according to the gender of the dancers and t ...
