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coun·try danc·ing

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  1. country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradancenoun

    a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

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  1. country dancing

    A country dance is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a group of people, usually in couples, in one or more sets. The figures involve interaction with your partner and/or with other dancers, usually with a progression so that you dance with everyone in your set. It is common in modern times to have a "caller" who teaches the dance and then calls the figures as you dance. Country dances are done in many different styles.As a musical form written in 24 or 68 time, the contredanse was used by Beethoven and Mozart.Introduced to South America by French immigrants, Country Dance had great influence upon Latin American music as contradanza. The Anglais (from the French word meaning "English") or Angloise is another term for the English country dance. A Scottish country dance may be termed an écossaise. Irish set dance is also related.

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  1. country dancing

    Country dancing is a genre of folk dance involving sequences of traditional steps, which are often tied to a particular country or region. It is typically performed in organized groups or sets, including couples in lines, circles, or square formations. Dancers often move to the rhythm of various types of music, such as country, folk, and traditional tunes. Popular forms of country dancing include square dancing, contra dancing, and English country dancing. It is not only a form of recreation but also a part of cultural tradition and community bonding.

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  1. Country dancing

    A country dance is a social dance form in which two or more couples dance together in a set. In the course of the dance each dancer dances to his or her partner and each couple dances to the other couples in the set. The longways set in which the men form a line facing the women, who form a second line is the most common formation. However, the English term country dance, first coined in print by John Playford of London in 1651, has always applied not only to dances in the longways formation, but to square dances, "round about the room" sets and even triangular sets- for three couples. Country dancing is generally recognized to be a form of folk dance, that is a traditional dance of the people, it should be clearly understood that it is a dance for participation rather than demonstration. Its participatory nature sets country dancing apart from folk dance forms such as Clogging- which is primarily demonstration dancing. The social concourse implicit in the communal nature of country dancing also distinguishes it from the ballroom dances, couple dances in which dancers dance intimately with their partners but independently of the other couples on the dance floor.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of country dancing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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    The numerical value of country dancing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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