or who undertook to set records for remaining erect on a dance floor, with or without a partner ; ;

Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world.

It was essential, if popular dance was to flourish, for dancers to have some basic movements they could confidently perform with any partner they might meet.

The contra dance tradition in North America is to change partners for every dance, while in the United Kingdom typically people dance with the same partner the entire evening.

Booking ahead ( lining up a partner or partners ahead of time for each individual dance ), while common at some venues, is often discouraged.

Connection is essential to all partner dancing and is the primary means to communicate synchronized dance movement between the lead and follow.

It is especially important in Argentine Tango, Lindy Hop, Balboa, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Salsa, Contra dance, Modern Jive and other styles of partner dance.

Following and leading in a partner dance is accomplished by maintaining a physical connection called the frame that allows the leader to transmit body movement to the follower, and for the follower to suggest ideas to the leader.

The connection between two partners has a different feel in every dance and with every partner.

The Collegiate Shag ( or " Shag ") is a partner dance done primarily to upper tempo jazz music ( usually 200 + beats per minute ).

Dance categories by number of interacting dancers are mainly solo dance, partner dance and group dance.

For example, tango is traditionally a partner dance.

* Glossary of partner dance terms

East Coast Swing ( ECS ) is a form of social partner dance.

The degree to which the Lead controls the dance ( and, by implication, " controls " the Follower ) depends on the dance style and dancer sensitivity, the social context in which the dance exists, the experiences and personalities of each partner, and a range of other factors.

For partner dancers, using weight transfers is a way for a Lead to communicate a ' lead ' for a dance step to a Follow.

Syncopations are easier for the lead to cope with, since the lead does not have to change the intended dance figure, although experienced dancers try and match the fancy footwork of the partner, at least in rhythm.

Traditionally, the male dance partner is the Lead and the female dance partner is the Follow, though this is not always the case.

The dance was of Haitian origin.

With shout and slow dance, with tears and song, with scream and contortion, the corner group was beset by hysteria and shivering, wailing, shouting, possession of something that seemed like an alien and outside force.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island, the first incorporated group, was formed for the purpose of extending knowledge of the art of ballet in the Community, to promote interest in ballet performances, to contribute to the cultural life of the State, and to provide opportunity for gifted dance students who, for one reason or another, are unable to pursue a career and to develop others for the professional state ; ;

Diane loved to dance in the nude, something she was to demonstrate time and again.

Or what was it that, before Via, Sonny, Walter and all, I began almost to dance with shuddering and cry out, `` I knew she'd do it!!

I stopped the tractor and I shouted down to the boy, and I knew he could hear me, for the morning was clear and still, but he did not even hesitate in that brutal, murdering dance.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

However, this division into two groups is considered by some modern scholars to be too simplistic and often it is practically impossible to know whether a lyric composition was sung or recited, or whether or not it was accompanied by musical instruments and dance.

She was punished by the goddess for not having performed a ritual dance.

During this time, he was employed and mentored by fellow racketeer Frankie Yale, a bartender in a Coney Island dance hall and saloon called the Harvard Inn.

The first authoritative knowledge of the earliest ballroom dances was recorded toward the end of the 16th century, when Jehan Tabourot, under the pen name " Thoinot-Arbeau ", published in 1588 his Orchésographie, a study of late 16th-century French renaissance social dance.

In 1650 the Minuet, originally a peasant dance of Poitou, was introduced into Paris and set to music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and danced by the King Louis XIV in public, and would continue to dominate ballroom from that time until the close of the 18th century.

The dance was initially met with tremendous opposition due to the semblance of impropriety associated with the closed hold, though the stance gradually softened.

The third event was a concerted effort to transform some of the dance crazes into dances which could be taught to a wider dance public in the US and Europe.

He was especially fond of the asymmetrical dance rhythms and pungent harmonies found in Bulgarian music.

" The Big Apple " was a popular song and dance in the 1930s.

The same basic technique was used both at social events, and as theatrical dance in court ballets and at public theaters.

The general picture seems to be that during most of the 17th century, a style of hip hop was of late Renaissance dance was widespread, but as time progressed, French ballroom dances such as the minuet were widely adopted at fashionable courts.

The leading figures of the second generation of historical dance research include Shirley Wynne and her Baroque Dance Ensemble which was founded at Ohio State University in the early 1970s and Wendy Hilton ( 1931 – 2002 ), a student of Belinda Quirey who supplemented the work of Melusine Wood with her own research into original sources.

In 1986 Francine Lancelot's catalogue raisonné of baroque dance, entitled " La Belle Dance " was published.

In 2004, Dick Clark, with the help of Ryan Seacrest, announced plans to revive the show in time for the 2005 season ; although this did not occur ( due in part to Clark suffering a severe stroke in late 2004 ), one segment of the revived Bandstand — a national dance contest — eventually became the series So You Think You Can Dance.

* The Clark Studio Theater a 120-seat dance theater ; a part of the facilities of the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education

In 1984, Bruce Gilbert extended his field of music into dance after a commission to write music for dancer Michael Clark.

" But the simple dance that we now know as the Twist seems to have come from Chubby Checker in his preparation to debut the song to a national audience on August 6, 1960, on The Dick Clark Show, a Saturday night program that, unlike disc jockey Clark's daytime American Bandstand, was a stage show with a sitting audience.

Clark then turned to Willis and said, " Victor, think you can work this dance into your routine?

* Moon Bowl ( added c. 1961 )-A performing arts stage and dance floor that featured celebrity performers and guests, including Paul Anka, Count Basie, Dick Clark, Brenda Lee, Patti Page, the Everly Brothers, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, the Harry James Orchestra, Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane, Ricky Nelson, the Lennon Sisters, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin, and the stars of Car 54, Where Are You ?, Fred Gwynne and Joe E. Ross.

* In Superman III, the song was played in the high-school reunion dance with Clark Kent and Lana Lang.

In 1958, he became the sidekick of Dick Clark on WFIL-TV's afternoon dance program, American Bandstand.

Clark Gable singing and dancing to Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin's Puttin ' on the RitzTwenty years later, after a number of jobs, Harry is the impresario and co-performer with Les Blondes, a dance group of six women on a trip through Europe.

In Paris, Clark throws Rusty's beret cap off the Eiffel Tower observation deck, causing a lady's dachshund to jump off after it ; later, young Rusty meets a hooker at a bawdy Paris can-can dance show.

Clark manages to turn a lively thigh-slapping Bavarian folk dance stage performance, into an all-out street brawl, after which he, fleeing hastily, gets their Citroën DS stuck in a too-narrow medieval archway after knocking down several street vendors ' stands.

Russ goes off gambling ( he has more success at this than Clark does ) for cars, Ellen goes to eat with Wayne Newton, and Audrie goes to a strip club with Vickie, and begins to dance like a stripper, leaving Clark alone without money.

The arrogant football athlete Kenny taunts Clark at a high school dance.

In 1981 Alston's dance company ' stride ' merged with choreographer Siobhan Davies ' company Siobhan Davies and Dancers to form ' second stride ' During that time he created 25 works for Rambert as well as the Royal Danish Ballet ( 1982 ), the Royal Ballet ( 1983 ), and two solo works for Michael Clark ( Soda Lake and Dutiful Ducks ).

The same technique would later be used to simulate a zero gravity environment in 2001: A Space Odyssey, to allow Lionel Richie to perform a similar dance in the video for " Dancing on the Ceiling ," and to enable Clark Kent to walk up walls to change a light bulb in the pilot episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.