"exist. A dancer cannot be proficient in lyrical dance without knowledge and mastery of basic technique from jazz, ballet, and modern. Use in Popular Culture Lyrical dance is competition dance jargon and is only used to describe a specific style of dance in the world of competitive dance. “Lyrical” is used to describe a quality or movement type in other dance settings, but not as a style name such as Jazz or Ballet. There has only been one instance of lyrical being used in a professional setting. This was on Season 1 of the popular American dance show So You"
"en pointe, giving the appearance of gliding. The word originates from an old French dance resembling the gavotte.. (; meaning 'caper.') An allegro step in which the extended legs are beaten in the air. Cabrioles are divided into two categories: petite, which are executed at 45 degrees, and grande, which are executed at 90 degrees. The working leg is thrust into the air, the underneath leg follows and beats against the first leg, sending it higher. The landing is then made on the underneath leg. Cabriole may be done devant, derrière and à la seconde in any given position of"
"pleasing their partners, who take turns responding to the confrontations. The movements are frenetic and with a high content of eroticism. Those of the women are different and express themselves more exciting and erotic. The dancers move quickly and forcefully, jumping, falling, raising their arms, shaking their shoulders and hips, following the rhythm of the drums. Mapalé The Mapalé is an Afro-Colombian style of dance that was brought over by the slaves, and representing the fishermen after a long day of work. Its name comes from the ""Cathorops mapale"" (fish) when they are out of the water. The dance moves"
"Pasodoble Pasodoble (Spanish: ""double step"") is a Spanish military march, and also a modern dance that emulates the movements of a bullfight. Essentially, the Pasadoble dance involves role-playing. This two-person dance form has the man performing as the bullfighter and the woman as the cape. It is known as one of the fastest Latin ballroom dances because dancers make around 120 to 130 beats/steps per minute. In some versions, the man portrays the matador in the dance, and the woman portrays the bull. Flamenco-like qualities infuse the dance as the man and woman challenge each other. Pasodoble is a lively"
"Branle A branle ( or ; )—also ""bransle"", ""brangle"", ""brawl"", ""brawle"", ""brall(e)"", ""braul(e)"", ""brando"" (Italy), ""bran"" (Spain), or ""brantle"" (Scotland)—is a type of French dance popular from the early 16th century to the present, danced by couples in either a line or a circle. The term also refers to the music and the characteristic step of the dance. The name ""branle"" derives from the French verb ""branler"" (to shake, wave, sway, wag, wobble), referring to the side-to-side movement of a circle or chain of dancers holding hands or linking arms . Dances of this name are encountered from about 1500"
"""blòtjé"" is a musical movement found in all ""jwé dansé"" styles, occurring, for example, every four beats in the ""débòt"" dance. ""Quadrille"" is a Lucian Creole folk dance derived from the European quadrille. It is performed primarily at private parties which are organized by a host in a private home or rented hall, with musicians paid by the host. ""Kwadrils"" are held throughout the year, except during Lent. The modern ""kwadril"" has declined in popularity; it had come to be seen as a symbol of colonialism around the time of independence, and was shunned as old-fashioned and out-of-date. More recently,"
"of the quadrille. Popular in French music halls and cabarets throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, it derived from the ""chahut"", a rowdy dance performed at public ballrooms by students, working girls, and young clerks. Characterized by freedom from propriety and by enthusiastic abandon, it requires great flexibility and remarkable vivacity. With no set steps, it permits wild inventiveness of movement--spectacular leaps, high kicks, cartwheels, and jump splits. The popularity of the dance with young people began to fade in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was taken up, with great success, by performers in cabarets and music halls"
"this newly approved dancing time to secretly formulate uprisings to hasten their freedom. How ironic! Carriacou versions of the Quadrille feature four men and four women, forming a square and are accompanied by tambourine, bass drum, violin and triangle. Dance styles can be either formal, with couples gliding rigidly in turn, or a more free style where all couples dance at the same time with unfettered movements and improvisations. This dance surpasses the Big Drum in rhythm but does not have the variety and the significance of the African Nation Dance. You can view these dances at cultural celebrations. The"
"of the drums are the steps of the mixture of 'saya' and 'negritos'. The rhythm is slightly different from the 'Saya'. This dance became one of the most popular dances in Bolivia, especially appreciated by young people of the middle and upper class who identified themselves with 'the caporal' and the macho antics of the dance, they form huge Caporales groups for Carnival, Gran Poder and other ""entradas"". Caporales The Caporales is a traditional Andean dance originated in Los Yungas of La Paz Caporales were recreated and presented to the public for the first time in 1969 by the Estrada"
"Mapalé The Mapalé is an Afro-Colombian style of dance that was brought over by the slaves, and representing the fishermen after a long day of work. Its name comes from the ""Cathorops mapale"" (fish) when they are out of the water. The dance moves are compared with the agility and strength of those who are performing it. From the clothing to the precise moves of the hips and shoulders, the Mapalé is deemed to be very sexual. The body movements during the dance are swiftly made to follow the beating of the drums and represent the fish out of the"
"meete two doubles, fall backe, and then honour. The opening is the same as the Maltese branle described by Arbeau, but starting with ""three singles side"", there is an interpolation of ""something presumably more athletic"". The male dancer moves away from his partner before performing a ""galliard trick of twenty""—apparently a number of capers or leaps in the manner of the galliard—before returning to the conventional ending . Branle A branle ( or ; )—also ""bransle"", ""brangle"", ""brawl"", ""brawle"", ""brall(e)"", ""braul(e)"", ""brando"" (Italy), ""bran"" (Spain), or ""brantle"" (Scotland)—is a type of French dance popular from the early 16th century to"
"Shuffle dance The shuffle dance, also known as the Melbourne Shuffle or simply the shuffle, is a rave and club dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1990s. Many of the movements used in shuffling are typical jazz dance steps but with a contemporary twist. The style is also influenced by a Chicago based ghetto house dance called footwork and a style called the crip walk that originates in Compton LA. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Most variants also incorporate arm movements."
"Bourrée The bourrée (; also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a quarter-bar anacrusis or ""pick-up"", whereas a gavotte has a half-bar anacrusis. In the Baroque era, after the Academie de Dance was established by Louis XIV in 1661, the French court adapted the bourrée, like many such dances, for the purposes of concert dance. In this way it"
"Farandole The farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in Provence, France. The farandole bears similarities to the gavotte, jig, and tarantella. The carmagnole of the French Revolution is a derivative. The farandole was first described in detail by the English folklorist Violet Alford in 1932. The following description is from the county of Nice: Traditionally led by the ""abbat-mage"" holding a ribboned halberd, the dancers hold hands and skip at every beat; strong beats on one foot, alternating left and right, with the other foot in the air, and weak beats with both feet together. In the village of"
"Cabriolet (carriage) A cabriolet is a light horse-drawn vehicle, with two wheels and a single horse. The carriage has a folding hood that can cover its two occupants, one of whom is the driver. It has a large rigid apron, upward-curving shafts, and usually a rear platform between the C springs for a groom. The design was developed in France in the eighteenth century and quickly replaced the heavier hackney carriage as the vehicle for hire of choice in Paris and London. The ""cab"" of taxi-cab or ""hansom cab"" is a shortening of ""cabriolet"". Other horse-drawn cabs include: One who"
"A ""cabriolet"" is a type of horse-drawn carriage, from the French word ""cabrioler"" (""leap, caper""), from Italian ""capriolare"" (""to jump""), from Latin ""capreolus"" (""roebuck"", ""wild goat""). An alternative, folk-etymology holds that it was named for Franz von Taxis, a 16th-century postmaster for Philip of Burgundy, and his nephew Johann Baptiste von Taxis, General Postmaster for the Holy Roman Empire. Both instituted fast and reliable postal services (conveying letters not people) across Europe. The taxicabs of Paris were equipped with the first meters beginning on March 9, 1898. They were originally called ""taxamètres"", then renamed ""taximètres"" on October 17, 1904. Horse-drawn"
"is performed as an International Standard dance. The pasodoble originated from Spain and its dramatic bullfights. The dance is mostly performed only in competitions and rarely socially because of its many choreographic rules. The man plays the role of the matador while the woman takes the role of the matador’s cape, the bull, or even the matador. The chassez cape refers to the man using the woman to turn her as if she is the cape, and the apel is when the man stomps his foot to get the bull's attention. Pasodoble is performed as an International Latin dance. The"
"Caporales The Caporales is a traditional Andean dance originated in Los Yungas of La Paz Caporales were recreated and presented to the public for the first time in 1969 by the Estrada Pacheco brothers, who were inspired in the character of the 'Caporal' this is the overseer of the black slaves and was usually mixed race, wore boots and held a whip, a dance that belongs to the region of the Yungas, Bolivia The dance, however, has a prominent religious aspect. One supposedly dances for The Virgin of Socavón (patroness of miners), and promises to dance for three years of"
"Capoeira Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. It was developed in Brazil at the beginning of the 16th century. It is known for its quick and complex maneuvers, predominantly using power, speed, and leverage across a wide variety of kicks, spins, and other techniques. The most widely accepted origin of the word ""capoeira"" comes from the Tupi words ""ka'a"" (""jungle"") ""e pûer"" (""it was""), referring to the areas of low vegetation in the Brazilian interior where fugitive slaves would hide. A practitioner of the art is called a capoeirista (). On"
"wore out. During the Baroque Era court balls served to display social status. A formal ball opened with a branle in which couples stood in a line in order of their place in the social hierarchy, the most highly-regarded couples dancing first. The Menuet and the Gavotte gained popularity. Balls often ended with an English country dance. France gained a pre-eminence in dance, but the French Revolution created a shift away from formality. During the Regency Era, from 1811-1830, the Quadrille became the most popular dance in England and France. The Quadrille consisted of a large variety of steps that"
"Contra body movement Contra body movement (CBM) is a term used in ballroom dances, such as Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep. It describes a specific coordination of the movement of a dancer's body when doing or preparing to do a step which involves rotation. CBM is turning the right side of the body towards a left moving leg or turning the left side of the body towards a right moving leg. The body and the leg must move at the same time, and not one after the other. CBM occurs on forward or backward steps only (or diagonal steps which still"
"revolve around stylized courtship between a male and female dancer, known as the ""kavalyé"" and ""danm"" respectively. The bélé song-dances include the ""bélé soté"", ""bélé priòrité"", ""bélé djouba"", ""bélé contredanse"", ""bélé rickety"" and ""bélé pitjé"". The quadrille is a dance form that is an important symbol of French Antillean culture, not just in Dominica, but also Martinique, Guadeloupe and other Francophone islands. Dominican quadrilles are traditionally performed by four sets of couples in subscription picnics or dances, and in private parties. However, the quadrille tradition now only survives at holidays and festivals. The Dominican quadrille generally has four figures, the"
"Quadrille The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. Performed by four couples in a rectangular formation, it is related to American square dancing. The Lancers, a variant of the quadrille, became popular in the late 19th century and was still danced in the 20th century in folk-dance clubs. A derivative found in the Francophone Lesser Antilles is known as ""kwadril"", and the dance is also still found in Madagascar and is within old Jamaican / Caribbean culture. The ""quadrille"" consists of a chain of four to six ""contredanses"", courtly versions"
"Quebradita A quebradita (Spanish: ""Little break"", referring to the breaking of a wild horse and a female dancer's back bends) is a Mexican dancing style. It is usually performed to a modified form of Sinaloan banda music, and often the word """"quebradita"""" can also refer to the music style. In the ""quebradita"" there is a male dancer and a female dancer. The male dancer lowers the female dancer backwards almost to the point where she touches the floor. Then the male dancer quickly pulls her up. This is what the ""little break"" refers to. Compared to the ""brinquito"" or ""caballito"""
"the game's 1 year anniversary. Shuffle dance The shuffle dance, also known as the Melbourne Shuffle or simply the shuffle, is a rave and club dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1990s. Many of the movements used in shuffling are typical jazz dance steps but with a contemporary twist. The style is also influenced by a Chicago based ghetto house dance called footwork and a style called the crip walk that originates in Compton LA. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Most"
"one's life. Caporal or caporales today is a folklore dance very popularly in the festivities of not only Bolivia, but also Argentina, Chile, Perú, Spain and the United States. In June 2011, through a Supreme Decree, Caporales along with other dances were declared Cultural and Intangible Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia; according to the government entity, this measure was taken to curb the attempts of appropriation by neighboring countries. In June 2011, through a Supreme Decree Caporales was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia There are many groups founded in US that participate and"
"Beguine (dance) The beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rhumba. It was popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where in local Creole ""Beke"" or ""Begue"" means a White person, and ""Beguine"" is the female form. It is a combination of Latin folk dance and French ballroom dance, and is a spirited but slow, close dance with a roll of the hips (a movement inherited from rumba) After Cole Porter wrote the song ""Begin the Beguine"", the dance became more widely known beyond the Caribbean. The song was introduced in"
"Twerking Twerking () is a type of dance originating as part of the bounce music scene of New Orleans in the late 1980s. Individually-performed, chiefly but not exclusively by women, dancers move throwing or thrusting their hips back or shaking their buttocks, often in a low squatting stance. Twerking is part of a larger set of characteristic moves unique to the New Orleans style of hip-hop known as ""Bounce"". Moves include ""mixing"", ""exercising"", the ""bend over"", the ""shoulder hustle"", ""clapping"", ""buttcheeks clapping"", and ""the wild wood""—all recognized as ""booty shaking"" or ""bounce"". Twerking is but one choreographic gesture within bounce."
"with one end on the belly and the other on a door or wall and scraped with both hands. A konmandé completes the ensemble. Kwadril In French Caribbean culture, especially of the Lesser Antilles, the term kwadril is a Creole term referring to a folk dance derived from the ""quadrille"". On the island of Saint Lucia, kwadrils are social occasions held in private homes; Lucian kwadrils were formerly viewed as old-fashioned, but are increasingly being adopted as a symbol of Lucian culture. These ""kwadrils"" are very formalized, and are accompanied by a cuatro, rattle, chak-chak, violin, banjo and bones (zo)."
"Aldo and Andre Gusmão also use capoeira as their base. Notes Bibliography Further reading Capoeira Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. It was developed in Brazil at the beginning of the 16th century. It is known for its quick and complex maneuvers, predominantly using power, speed, and leverage across a wide variety of kicks, spins, and other techniques. The most widely accepted origin of the word ""capoeira"" comes from the Tupi words ""ka'a"" (""jungle"") ""e pûer"" (""it was""), referring to the areas of low vegetation in the Brazilian interior where fugitive"
"Adagio (acrobatics) Adagio is the performance of partner acrobalance poses and associated movements that involve stationary balances by a pair of performers. It is performed in professional circus, in various dance disciplines including acro dance and ballet, in pair skating, and as a hobby in university circus groups. An adagio pair consists of one person acting as a ""flier"" and another as a ""base"". The base remains in contact with the floor and the flier is balanced in the air. The base may move between a variety of positions including lying on the floor, crouching, standing and kneeling. The flier"
"of spectators. The ""cavalier"" and ""dam"" take turns dancing. The ""cavalier"" first demonstrates his prowess, then the ""dam"" reacts. The ""cavalier"" again courts with the ""dam"", and the both dance in the wildest part of the bélé. In the West Indies, the dance incorporated into work and periods of festivity and lamenting. Because the bélé dance ranged through so many diverse events and life-events, the dance and music continued to evolve over time from slavery into freedom. The French named the dance ""Belaire,"" or good air, which shortened to bélé. All bélé are accompanied by an eponymous drum, the ""tanbou"
"contemporary and hip hop movements with immense control from the dancers. In 2011 the National Film Board of Canada recorded a section of this piece and released it as ""Lost Action: Trace"". While creating for Kidd Pivot, Pite was also commissioned to choreograph dances for other companies in Canada and around the world. In 2006 Pite returned to Ballet British Columbia to create ""Arietta"". The title of the piece shares the same name as the second movement in Beethoven's ""Piano Sonata No. 32"", which is also the music that the choreography is danced to. The dance departed from Pite's usual"