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The Arapaho are a tribe of Native Americans from the western Great Plains, in the area of eastern Colorado and Wyoming. Traditional Arapaho music, described by Bruno Nettl (1965, p. 150), includes sacred and secular songs. Traditional music uses terraced descent type melodic motion, with songs consisting of two sections, each with a range of more than an octave and scales of four to six tones. Arapaho music - Sun Dance. Main article: Sun Dance The Arapaho Sun Dance, performed in the summer whe ...

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• Arapaho music - Sun Dance
• Arapaho music - Secular music
• Arapaho music - Ghost Dance
• Arapaho music - Peyote songs
• Arapaho music - Sample

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Viennese Waltz is the name of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, dances to the music of Viennese Waltz. As the Waltz evolved, some of the versions that were done at about the original fast tempo of ballroom waltzes came to be called specifically "Viennese Waltz" to distinguish them from the slower waltzes. In the modern ballroom dance, two versions of Viennese Waltz ar ...

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• Viennese Waltz - History
• Viennese Waltz - Technique and styles
• Viennese Waltz - International Style Viennese Waltz
• Viennese Waltz - American Style Viennese Waltz

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The Viennese Waltz, called so to distinguish it from the Waltz and the French Waltz, is the oldest of all ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century from the German dance and the Ländler in Austria and in the beginning was disapproved-of on account of its "lasciviousness", e.g. because the ladies' ankles were visible. Later it gained official acceptance and even popularity due to the Congress of Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century and the famous compositions by Josef Lanner, Johann ...

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Viennese Waltz, Viennese Waltz - History, Viennese Waltz - Technique and styles, Viennese Waltz - International Style Viennese Waltz, Viennese Waltz - American Style Viennese Waltz

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Main article: Sun Dance The Arapaho Sun Dance, performed in the summer when the Arapaho bands come together for the occasion, is a ceremony performed in order to guide warriors on a vision, receiving a guardian spirit. The vision is inspired by intense self-torture. There are also Arapaho folk songs taught by guardian spirits, which are only supposed to be sung when the recipient is near death. ...

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Arapaho music, Arapaho music - Sun Dance, Arapaho music - Secular music, Arapaho music - Ghost Dance, Arapaho music - Peyote songs, Arapaho music - Sample

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The direction of a turn is indicated in one of the following ways. Clockwise (CW) vs. counterclockwise (CCW) turns. Right vs. left turns. Natural vs. reverse turns. Inside vs. outside turns. While the first two ways are fairly straightforward, the third one requires some explanation, and the fourth one is often a source of confusion. Direction ...

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Direction of movement, Direction of movement - Directions of progressive movement, Direction of movement - Basic directions of movement with respect to the room, Direction of movement - Basic directions of step with respect to body position, Direction of movement - Directions of turns, Direction of movement - Natural vs. reverse turns, Direction of movement - Inside vs. outside turns

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Footwork can have many different forms: Single Step: Rock-step, step-hold, step-hold. Double Step: Rock-step, kick-step, kick-step; or rock-step, tap-step, tap-step. Triple Step: Rock-step, triple-step, triple-step. Holds: Rock step, hold-hold, hold-hold. These forms can be mixed and matched, for example: Rock-step, triple-step, kick, hold. The reasons to choose different footwork are as follows. Learning: Beginning dancers can do sim ...

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East Coast Swing, East Coast Swing - Steps, East Coast Swing - Footwork

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The Viennese Waltz, so called to distinguish it from the Waltz and the French Waltz, is the oldest of all ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century from the German dance and the Ländler in Austria and in the beginning was disapproved-of on account of its "lasciviousness", e.g. because the ladies' ankles were visible. Later it gained official acceptance and even popularity due to the Congress of Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century and the famous compositions by Josef Lanner, Johann ...

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Viennese Waltz, Viennese Waltz - History, Viennese Waltz - Technique and styles, Viennese Waltz - Musical Form, Viennese Waltz - International Style Viennese Waltz, Viennese Waltz - American Style Viennese Waltz

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Beginning dancers generally focus on simple moves as they gain understanding of the dance. There are plenty of beginning WCS lessons available in any city. Often there are lessons before dances, but due to the difficulty of the dance prospective students may want to take longer classes (5-10 weeks). They may also want to try different teachers, to find what teaching and dance style best suits them. Typical beginners must concentrate much on being where they are supposed to be--including their feet or hands. Unfortunately, many teachers neglect to teach t ...

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West Coast Swing, West Coast Swing - History, West Coast Swing - West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing - Slot, West Coast Swing - Music, West Coast Swing - Classic WCS, West Coast Swing - Funky WCS, West Coast Swing - True WCS vs. ballroom WCS, West Coast Swing - Beginning dancers, West Coast Swing - Moves, West Coast Swing - Style, West Coast Swing - Advanced dancers, West Coast Swing - Advanced moves, West Coast Swing - Style

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There are many characteristics that may identify a style. There may be different step patterns, different timing of steps, particular movement on the dance floor (eg:slot, circular), dancer preference of turns and moves, attitude and others. The presence of one or more of particular elements does not necessarily define a particular style. For example, many styles can be danced "On One" or one style may be danced "On One" or "On Two". The following are brief descriptions of major "recognizable" styles. ...

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Salsa dance, Salsa dance - History, Salsa dance - Steps, Salsa dance - Basic Step, Salsa dance - On One and On Two, Salsa dance - Salsa styles, Salsa dance - Cuban style, Salsa dance - Colombian style, Salsa dance - Los Angeles style, Salsa dance - New York style or Eddie Torres style, Salsa dance - Power 2 / Palladium 2 / Ballroom Mambo, Salsa dance - On Clave, Salsa dance - Puerto Rican style, Salsa dance - Rueda style, Salsa dance - Shines

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The moves are frequently used in Lindy Hop. This is also used as a warm up before Lindy Hop classes. Note that the moves are very 8-count centered, like tap dance. That is, they almost all start on count 8. Apple Jacks: With feet close together take tiny steps in place. When stepping with the right foot, let the right knee cross in front of the left knee, twisting hips to the left. With upper body bend down, with fingers pointed at the floor, twisting shoulders oppostite hips. On the next step reverse the direction of knees, hips, shoulders. Each step is one count. Break a Leg: Bre ...

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Big Apple dance, Big Apple dance - Origins of the Big Apple, Big Apple dance - Moves, Big Apple dance - Related Dances, Big Apple dance - Examples

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Lindy Hop is a fusion of American dances that emerged in the late 1920s, and continues evolving today. In the 1920s and 1930s, ballrooms across the United States sponsored dance contests, where dancers invented, tried, and competed with new moves. In the 1910s and 1920s, at the circuit of Vaudeville halls across the U.S., professionals honed their skills in tap and other dances of the era. In the 1910s through the 1950s, Harlem was an entertainment district, where people from all walks of life, all races, and all classes came t ...

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Lindy Hop, Lindy Hop - Social and performance dancing, Lindy Hop - Social dancing, Lindy Hop - Performance dancing, Lindy Hop - Competition dancing, Lindy Hop - History, Lindy Hop - Pre-Lindy era 1920 to 1927, Lindy Hop - Classic era 1927 to 1935, Lindy Hop - Aerials era 1935 to 1941, Lindy Hop - World War II era 1941 to 1945, Lindy Hop - Post-war era 1945 to 1984, Lindy Hop - Revival era 1984 to present, Lindy Hop - Dance movement moves and patterns, Lindy Hop - Musicality, Lindy Hop - Partnering technique, Lindy Hop - Music, Lindy Hop - Music to dance to, Lindy Hop - Musical styling, Lindy Hop - Scenes, Lindy Hop - Choreographed Lindy Hop / Jazz Routines, Lindy Hop - Related Swing Dances, Lindy Hop - Lindy Hop Culture

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West Coast Swing is believed to have evolved from Lindy Hop, though both have evolved into different dances for different musical tastes since the fork. There is still a large amount of crossover between the two dances and between the various styles. The key differences of WCS from Lindy Hop are West Coast Swing - Slot. The follower travels back and forth along a shoulder width rectangle, called the slot, with respect to the leader. The leader is more stationary but will move in and out of the slot depending on the pattern led. A general rule is that the le ...

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West Coast Swing, West Coast Swing - History, West Coast Swing - West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing - Slot, West Coast Swing - Music, West Coast Swing - Classic WCS, West Coast Swing - Funky WCS, West Coast Swing - True WCS vs. ballroom WCS, West Coast Swing - Beginning dancers, West Coast Swing - Moves, West Coast Swing - Style, West Coast Swing - Advanced dancers, West Coast Swing - Advanced moves, West Coast Swing - Style

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It is believed that the origins of the WCS are in Savoy style Lindy. Dean Collins moved to California in 1930s and introduced the dancing scenes there to Lindy Hop, which that took a firm hold on the West Coast through the 30s and 40s. When swing fell out of mainstream's consideration as pop music around the 50s and was replaced by rockabilly, dancers on the West Coast began using swing moves to the new pop music, thus changing the dance and bringing about the variation now known as West Coast Swing. Step sheets from ballroom studios reveal that this particular style was known under different names u ...

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West Coast Swing, West Coast Swing - History, West Coast Swing - West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing - Slot, West Coast Swing - Music, West Coast Swing - Classic WCS, West Coast Swing - Funky WCS, West Coast Swing - True WCS vs. ballroom WCS, West Coast Swing - Beginning dancers, West Coast Swing - Moves, West Coast Swing - Style, West Coast Swing - Advanced dancers, West Coast Swing - Advanced moves, West Coast Swing - Style

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Lindy Hop is a partner jazz dance popular in the United States and much of Europe (Including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and other Eastern European countries). Large communities of dancers also exist in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Practitioners congregate to dance socially, in performances, or in competitions. While Lindy Hop is mainly practiced a partnered dance, it does contain many elements of jazz dance and early african-american dance forms such as jazz dance, tap, minstrel dancing, c ...

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Lindy Hop, Lindy Hop - Social and performance dancing, Lindy Hop - Social dancing, Lindy Hop - Performance dancing, Lindy Hop - Competition dancing, Lindy Hop - History, Lindy Hop - Pre-Lindy era 1920 to 1927, Lindy Hop - Classic era 1927 to 1935, Lindy Hop - Aerials era 1935 to 1941, Lindy Hop - World War II era 1941 to 1945, Lindy Hop - Post-war era 1945 to 1984, Lindy Hop - Revival era 1984 to present, Lindy Hop - Dance movement moves and patterns, Lindy Hop - Musicality, Lindy Hop - Partnering technique, Lindy Hop - Music, Lindy Hop - Music to dance to, Lindy Hop - Musical styling, Lindy Hop - Scenes, Lindy Hop - Choreographed Lindy Hop / Jazz Routines, Lindy Hop - Related Swing Dances, Lindy Hop - Lindy Hop Culture

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A more contemporary style of WCS that matches American pop music, which has square rhythms. In this style the "split-beat" steps may well be counted in strict time: "1&2"; "3&4"; "&34"; etc., to match the music. The Classic WCS elements of standard step patterns were modified or replaced. For example, the anchor step, the cornerstone of the classic WCS, is often replaced by hook-replace-side triple-step. This was a short lived replacement, however, as it was realized that this terminal step destroyed any semblance of conne ...

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West Coast Swing, West Coast Swing - History, West Coast Swing - West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing - Slot, West Coast Swing - Music, West Coast Swing - Classic WCS, West Coast Swing - Funky WCS, West Coast Swing - True WCS vs. ballroom WCS, West Coast Swing - Beginning dancers, West Coast Swing - Moves, West Coast Swing - Style, West Coast Swing - Advanced dancers, West Coast Swing - Advanced moves, West Coast Swing - Style

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Here lies an ironic controversy. It is argued that WCS in its modern form was documented and elaborated by Lauré Haile of Arthur Murray Ballroom Dance Studios (franchise). Afterwards it broke away to evolve on its own. A renewed interest in WCS encouraged ballroom studios to include it in their curricula. Unfortunately, the original technique and style of this swing dance is being levelled out by the "averaged" ballroom technique of mass consumption, as it happened with many other dances such as Samba, Cha Cha Cha, and East Coast Swi ...

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West Coast Swing, West Coast Swing - History, West Coast Swing - West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing - Slot, West Coast Swing - Music, West Coast Swing - Classic WCS, West Coast Swing - Funky WCS, West Coast Swing - True WCS vs. ballroom WCS, West Coast Swing - Beginning dancers, West Coast Swing - Moves, West Coast Swing - Style, West Coast Swing - Advanced dancers, West Coast Swing - Advanced moves, West Coast Swing - Style

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Viennese Waltz - Musical Form. Fast triple time (usually 3/4 time) - as opposed to typical waltzes which can be between 60-80 beats per minute, Viennese Waltz music (such as the well-known "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss Junior) is typically in the range of 120-180 bpm. Slow harmonic pace - same chord is used throughout a whole bar and usually repeated for several bars. Simple Harmonies - occassionally uses chromatic or dissonant appogiaturas.

Main article: Ghost Dance The Ghost Dance was a religion, introduced from tribes further west than the Arapaho in the 1880s. In 1891, the religion was outlawed by the United States, leading to a rebellion among the adherents and culminating in the Wounded Knee Massacre. Music was an integral part of the Ghost Dance, and included folk songs that were retained long after the movement ended (ibid, 151). ...

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Arapaho music, Arapaho music - Sun Dance, Arapaho music - Secular music, Arapaho music - Ghost Dance, Arapaho music - Peyote songs, Arapaho music - Sample

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Advanced dancers will break the rules and won't remember what patterns they've just done. Rather than lead or follow pattern after pattern, both leaders and followers shorten or extend counts, play with the music, and express themselves with the dance. West Coast Swing - Advanced moves. Advanced West Coast Swing moves are merely variations of the basic moves done by using two hands connect ...

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West Coast Swing, West Coast Swing - History, West Coast Swing - West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing - Slot, West Coast Swing - Music, West Coast Swing - Classic WCS, West Coast Swing - Funky WCS, West Coast Swing - True WCS vs. ballroom WCS, West Coast Swing - Beginning dancers, West Coast Swing - Moves, West Coast Swing - Style, West Coast Swing - Advanced dancers, West Coast Swing - Advanced moves, West Coast Swing - Style

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Main article: Peyote song Peyote is a cactus found natively in Mexico. The buttons of the cactus, when chewed, act as a hallucinogen used in the ancient Aztec religion and continued by area tribes to the present. Peyote ceremonies spread north and east, reaching the Apache tribes in the 18th century and then spreading to most every tribe in North America, along with some Apache music and Plains-Pueblo characteristics. Peyote songs accompany the peyote ceremonies, and are mostly the same throughout the area of peyote's entheogen ...

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Arapaho music, Arapaho music - Sun Dance, Arapaho music - Secular music, Arapaho music - Ghost Dance, Arapaho music - Peyote songs, Arapaho music - Sample

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