Dancing
created 9/24/2008
by Dean S.
With the popularity of Reality TV dancing shows "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing with the Stars", here are some words related to dancing:
audience
http://www.conservapedia.com/Audience An audience is the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert. It can also mean the viewers of a film on DVD, or the readers of a book
Broadway
http://www.conservapedia.com/Broadway Broadway is the name of a street in Manhattan, New York City, known for its concentration of theatres; hence, 'Broadway' is a term used to describe popular (and especially musical) theatre in New York ...
dance
http://www.conservapedia.com/Dance Dance is an art and is a form of movement, motions, and steps. Dance is also a way of communicating, and has been around since the beginning of time. Dance comes in many different forms and categories. Such as the Waltz, Polka, Quadrille, Mazurka, Tango, Country Western Dancing, Irish Dance, Jazz, Charleston, Modern, Ballet, Breakdancing, Rumba, Salsa, Swing, Merengue, and many more.
foxtrot
http://www.conservapedia.com/Foxtrot The foxtrot is a fast dance of the early 20th century consisting of four basic steps. The dance was extremely popular in the United States well into the 1950s. Its dancers are called trotters (male) and foxes (female), an analogy to fox hunting performed on horseback.
jazz
http://www.conservapedia.com/Jazz Jazz is an American style of music that reflects Americans' roots in Africa and Europe and which originated in New Orleans during the early years of the 20th century. The first jazz recording was made in 1917 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, who drew heavily on African-American influences, as well as the marching bands that were popular at the time. It combines African American music, ragtime, and the blues. Jazz is typified by complex collective musical improvisation.
judge
http://www.conservapedia.com/Judge A judge is a official charged with overseeing court cases and interpreting laws. A judge an instrumental part of common law governments, as they have the authority to make binding law. There are several different types of judges with different names in the United States.
music
http://www.conservapedia.com/Music Music as an art, is a form consisting entirely of organized sound interspersed with periods of silence. It takes its name from three Greek goddesses known as the Muses, who specialized in stimulation of an artist's or poet's mind.
waltz
http://www.conservapedia.com/Waltz Waltz is a form of ballroom dance, performed to music with a 3 count rhythm - historically classical waltz music. Two popular styles of waltz are American-style waltz and Viennese waltz. Both are danced from closed position. The basic movement in American-style waltz is the box-step. Featured also are various swiveling patterns known as "twinkles". Viennese waltz is significantly faster than American-style waltz and features a succession of clockwise and counterclockwise rotations.
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