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page 1Dance terminology
foxtrot
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is in a time signature instead of . Developed in the 1910s, the foxtrot reached its height of popularity in the 1930s and remains practiced today.
pasodoble
thumb|Festeros parading pasodoble as a military march
thumb|right|Pasodoble on ice: Luca Lanotte & [[Anna Cappellini]]
thumb|260px|Poster for a bullfight in Barcelona
cha-cha-cha
dance of Cuban origin
mambo
Latin dance from Cuba
charleston
American swing dance
lindy hop
American dance

cakewalk
thumb|George Walker (vaudeville)|George Walker, [[Aida Overton Walker, and Bert Williams link arms and dance the cakewalk in the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African Americans, In Dahomey.]]
thumbnail|right|Painting from 1913
thumbnail|right|1915 sheet music cover (late for cakewalk music): "Ebony Echoes: A Good Old-Fashioned Cake-Walk" by Dan Walker. New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
acro dance
style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements

One-Step
The One-Step was a ballroom dance popular in social dancing at the beginning of the 20th century.
thumb|right|180px|¡Si vas a París, papá!
collegiate shag
partner dance done primarily to uptempo swing and pre-swing jazz music
Juba dance
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