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Cross-body lead. 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.
Dance notation is the symbolic representation of human dance movement and form, using methods such as graphic symbols and figures, path mapping, numerical systems, and letter and word notations. Several dance notation systems have been invented, many of which are designed to document specific types of dance while others have been developed with ...
Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, [1] [2] dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each other. However, more complex movements are influenced by musicality and lyrical relevance ...
Fire stick – Like a traditional devil stick, with wicks on both ends of the central stick. Torch – A club or baton, with a wick on one end, and swung like Indian clubs or tossed end-over-end like juggling clubs. Fire knife – Short stave with blade attached to the end and wicking material applied to the blade.
In dance (particularly ballet), arabesque (French: [aʁabɛsk]; literally, "in Arabic fashion") is a body position in which a dancer stands on one leg (the supporting leg) with the other leg (the working leg) extended, straight, behind the body. The arm positions can vary and are generally allongé.
Good morning, figure skater Kamila Valieva just blew everyone else’s Wednesday dance out of the water by incorporating it into her figure skating routine last week.. As Billboard was the first ...
Calinda is a kind of stick-fighting commonly seen practiced during Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. [1] It is the national martial art of Trinidad and Tobago. French planters with their slaves, free coloureds and mulattos from neighboring islands of Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Dominica migrated to Trinidad during the Cedula of Population ...
Maculelê ( Portuguese pronunciation: [makuleˈle]) is an Afro-Brazilian stick-dance from Bahia . Maculele, a stick fighting dance from Santo Amaro, was introduced to a wider audience by Viva Bahia, a capoeira theater group founded in 1963. [1] Viva Bahia's founder, Emília Biancardi, had researched Bahian folklore for many years and integrated ...
A tube man, also known as a skydancer, air dancer, inflatable man and originally called the Tall Boy, is an inflatable stick figure comprising sections of fabric tubing attached to a fan. As the fan blows air through it, the tubing moves in a dynamic dancing or flailing motion.
A skater's or team's highest score in ISU competition in a particular season. segment. A component part of a figure skating competition in which a specific program is performed by each competitor/team. senior age-eligible. A skater who has reached the minimum age defined by the ISU for senior-level competition.