Ritualistic and combative dances that imitated epic deeds and martial skills were a familiar feature in Scottish tradition and folklore.

He accepted the chairmanship of the Royal Commission on Ritualistic Practices in the Church, and he did valuable work as an arbitrator ; and though when the fiscal controversy arose he became the first president of the Unionist Free Food League, his parliamentary loyalty to Balfour did much to prevent the Unionist free-traders from precipitating a rupture.

" Ritualistic work included lectures on the nobility of labor and the evils of wage slavery, monopoly, and accumulation.

'</ ref > Part of the contention was due to Obermeyer and Chaim's conflicting views on promotion of the Zohar .< ref > Abraham Stahl, ' Ritualistic Reading among Oriental Jews ', Anthropological Quarterly, 52 / 2 ( 1979 ), 115 – 20 < http :// www. jstor. org / stable / 3317261 >, p. 115 ; ' Jacob Obermeyer, a German Jew who lived in Baghdad from 1869 to 1880, found that many people read the Zohar although they did not understand its meaning.

Ritualistic decapitation after execution by some other means, sometimes followed by public display of the severed head, has also been common throughout history.

* Imperator Ralph M. Lewis in His Ritualistic Robe ( unofficial photograph published by Serafine Anthony Lemos, F. R. C., a member of AMORC )

Ritualistic elements of this was incorporated with Sarugaku to form Noh theatre.

* They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music.

Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway and Charleston.

Films based on her works tend to incorporate modern revival English Country Dance ; however, they rarely incorporate dances actually of the period and do them without the appropriate footwork and social style which make them accurate to the period.

It has two types: torimono ma, unmasked dances that include held objects, and shinno ( sacred No ), dramatic masked dances based on myths.

The various square dance movements are based on the steps and figures used in traditional folk dances and social dances from many countries.

Irish set dancing ( also referred to as " country set dancing ") are dances based on French quadrilles that were adapted by the Irish by integrating their sean-nós steps and Irish music.

These colourfully costumed, masked dances ( performed mostly by monks ) typically are moral vignettes, or based on incidents from the life of the 9th century Nyingmapa teacher Padmasambhava and other saints.

The feature film Meetings with Remarkable Men ( 1979 ), based on Gurdjieff's book by the same name, depicts rare performances of the sacred dances taught to serious students of his work, known simply as the movements.

In Chicago and in the south they had their own style of Swing, which was more two-step based, and most of these regional swing dances gave way to various influences, such as other dance forms of dance but also the decline of dance bands and partner dancing after WW2.

Common in all of Sweden are traditional ring dances, mostly in the form of dances where you are alternating dancing and making movements and gestures based on the songs, such as pretending that you are scrubbing laundry while singing about washing, or jumping as frogs during the song Små grodorna (" The little frogs ").

Many court dances were based on the events of the story.

Primus often based her dances on the work of black writers and on racial and African-American issues.

The movements are purportedly based upon traditional dances that Gurdjieff studied as he traveled throughout central Asia, India, Tibet, the Orient and Africa where he encountered various Indo-European and Sufi orders, Buddhist centers and other sources of traditional culture and learning.

The style was based upon a type of Jive that had evolved in France in the aftermath of World War II, when American dances such as the Jitterbug had been popular due to the presence of the American military ( but the French were entirely unable to comprehend ).

Folk dances often have melodies based on two tetrachords fused together.

Wayout Toys, under licence to Emson, introduced the Alvin Hula Hoop Doll, which dances with his hula hoop and sings the song based on wanting his hula hoop.

The dance is based on Russian khorovod dances.

Barbadian folk traditions include the Landship movement, which is a satirical, informal organization based on the British navy, tea meetings, tuk bands and numerous traditional songs and dances.

Fad dances are dances which are characterized by a short burst of popularity, while novelty dances typically have a longer-lasting popularity based on their being characteristically humorous or humor-invoking, as well as the sense of uniqueness which they have.

Greenlandic drum dances are, like the relatives found in Eastern and Central Canada, based around a single dancer who composes songs sung by his family while he dances, usually in a qaggi, a snow-house built just for community events such as the drum dance.

Marlene ( surname: Adamo ), 25, a Brazilian divorcee who learned the dance from Arabic friends in Paris, now lives on Manhattan's West Side, is about the best belly dancer working the Casbah, loves it so much that she dances on her day off.

So, for that matter, are the newer dances -- the `` Kalmuk Dance '' with its animal movements, that genial juggling act by Sergei Tsvetkov called `` The Platter '', the rousing and beautiful betrothal celebration called `` Summer '', `` The Three Shepherds '' of Azerbaijan hopping up on their staffs, and, of course, the trenchant `` Rock 'n' Roll ''.

The Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company, with music and dances that depict the many facets of Filipino culture, opens its 60-city U.S. tour in San Francisco ( through Sept. 24 ) then, via one-night stands, moves on to Los Angeles ( Sept. 29 thru Oct. 1 ).

* 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage " baby-boomers " by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.

It also included an innovative scene that would combine a series of on stage dances with singing from both solo protagonists and the chorus.

The definition of ballroom dance also depends on the era: balls have featured popular dances of the day such as the Minuet, Quadrille, Polonaise, Polka, Mazurka, and others, which are now considered to be historical dances.

In addition, they played dances in the evenings, including regular ones at the ballroom on Thursdays and Saturdays.

When squares were revived ( around 1925 to 1940, depending on the region ), contra dances were generally not included.

It is useful for community dances where “ keeping on the correct side ” is difficult because of a large gender imbalance, for children ’ s dances and for groups who want to add a little variety and a creative learning experience to their traditional dance venue.

With longer sets ( more than ~ 40 people ) this would require long enough sets that the caller will usually only run the dance all the way around on ( rare ) non equal-turn dances.

According to a Sinhalese legend, Kandyan dances originated 250 years ago, from a magic ritual that broke the spell on a bewitched king.

Today, there are various dances and dance show competitions on television and the Internet.

The dance combines many aspects including Sinhalese cosmology, the dances also has an impact on the classical dances of Sri Lanka.

In 2010, Hofstadter took up salsa dancing while on sabbatical in Paris, and his salsa passion led him to branch out to other dances.

I just say that if a man dances effeminately he dances badly — just as if a woman comes out on stage and starts to sing bass.

After gazing down at the wreckage, he dances away, picking out on his banjo Cat Stevens ' " If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out ".

Sunday afternoons and weekday nights ( especially Tuesday and Wednesday ) are common times for sessions to be scheduled, on the theory that these are the least likely times for dances and concerts to be held, and therefore the times that professional musicians will be most able to show.

Lavish festivals featuring African-based dances to drums were organized on Sundays at Place Congo, or Congo Square, in New Orleans until 1843.

Jazz in a dance form, however, originates from the vernacular dances of Africans when they were brought to the Americas on slave ships.