social dancing

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social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasiondancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to musicjitterbug - a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940slindy, lindy hop - an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)fandango - a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanetsgypsy dancing, flamenco - a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feetgavotte - an old formal French dance in quadruple timehabanera - a Cuban dance in duple timeshag - a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turnshimmy - lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hipsstomp - a dance involving a rhythmical stamping steptarantelle, tarantella - a lively whirling Italian dance for two personstwist - social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; "they liked to dance the twist"ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroomfolk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)