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5Rhythms[1] is a movement meditation practice devised by Gabrielle Roth in the late 1970s. [2] It draws from indigenous and world traditions using tenets of shamanistic, ecstatic, mystical and eastern philosophy. It also draws from Gestalt therapy, the human potential movement and transpersonal psychology. Fundamental to the practice is the ...
New Vogue. The New Vogue dance style is an Australian form of sequence dancing that originated in the 1930s. Since then it has become an important part in the Australian and New Zealand ballroom scene, holding as much importance in social and competition dancing as Latin or International Standard dances.
Sequence dancing is a form of dance in which a preset pattern of movements is followed, usually to music which is also predetermined. Sequence dancing may include dances of many different styles. The term may include ballroom dances which move round the floor as well as line, square and circle dances. Sequence dancing in general is much older ...
The original Shim Sham from 1927, a 32-bar chorus composed of four steps and a break. The Freeze Chorus, circa 1930s, the original Shim Sham without the breaks. The Joe Louis Shuffle Shim Sham, 1948, a tap-swing dance 32-bar chorus number that Leonard Reed performed with the World Heavyweight Boxing champ Joe Louis.
Quickstep. "Quick Step" dance rhythm figure. [ 1 ] The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events.
The bourrée (Occitan: borrèia; [1] also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. [2] 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 ...
There can be many varieties and expansions of Bartenieff Fundamentals, but a group of movement sequences have become known as the Basic Six.Descriptions can be found in various sources but they were originally written down in the Bartenieff's book, Body Movement: Coping with the Environment.
Line dance. A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each other. [1][2][3] Unlike circle dancing, line dancers are not in physical contact with each other.