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  2. Basic (dance move) - Wikipedia

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    Box step, the basic move in some American style ballroom dances: rumba [3] and arguably waltz [4] and bronze-level foxtrot. [5] Cha-cha-cha. There are several variants of the basic movement in cha-cha-cha: basic, open basic, basic in place. [6] Lindy basic in lindy hop [7] Mambo basic in mambo; Salsa basic in salsa [8] Zydeco basic in zydeco

  3. Glossary of dance moves - Wikipedia

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    Cross-body lead is a common and useful move in Latin dances such as salsa, mambo, rumba and cha-cha-cha. Basically, the leader, on counts 2 and 3 of their basic step (assuming dancing on 1), does a quarter-left turn (90° counter-clockwise) while still holding on to the follower.

  4. List of DanceSport dances - Wikipedia

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    The Smooth and Rhythm categories of American style DanceSport roughly correspond to the Standard and Latin categories of International style. In Smooth, dancers wear costumes not greatly dissimilar to those worn by their counterparts in Standard---Standard dresses often have prominent floats embellishing the arms and fuller skirts which are typically absent in Smooth, due to the open movement ...

  5. Box step - Wikipedia

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    Box step in rumba and left box in waltz. Box step is a basic dance step named after the pattern it creates on the floor, which is that of a square or box. It is used in a number of American Style ballroom dances: rumba, [1] waltz, [2] bronze-level foxtrot. While it can be performed individually, it is usually done with a partner.

  6. List of dances - Wikipedia

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    This is the main list of dances.It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances.

  7. Cuban rumba - Wikipedia

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    Rumba instrumentation has varied historically depending on the style and the availability of the instruments. The core instruments of any rumba ensemble are the claves, two hard wooden sticks that are struck against each other, and the conga drums: quinto (lead drum, highest-pitched), tres dos (middle-pitched), and tumba or salidor (lowest-pitched).

  8. Ballroom dance - Wikipedia

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    Rumba came to the United States from Cuba in the 1920s and became a popular cabaret dance during prohibition. Rumba is a ballroom adaptation of son cubano and bolero (the Cuban genre) and, despite its name, it rarely included elements of Cuban rumba . [ 19 ]

  9. Strictly Dancing - Wikipedia

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    The competition has three rounds, each consisting of two similar dance types. The styles range from basic ballroom dances, such as Cha-Cha and Rumba, to modern styles of Hip-Hop, to strange hybrids. Competitors are picked via auditioning, which is done around Australia before each season.