This usage seems to be diminishing in usage and the term is often used today to describe faster lindy hop based on moves from Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers from the Savoy ballroom.

Although this kind of dancing can be seen, for instance, in ballet, this term is usually applied to various forms of social dance, ballroom dance, folk dance, and similar forms.

The term dancesport applies only to the International Style of competitive ballroom ( often referred to as Standard or Modern ) dancing and Latin dancing.

" The term had previously appeared in the 1990 drag ballroom documentary Paris Is Burning.

The term sway has a specific meaning in the technique of ballroom dances.

* The social elite of New York City in the late 19th century ; term coined by Ward McAllister, supposedly the number of people Mrs William Backhouse Astor, Jr's ballroom could accommodate

The term comes from the image of a person isolating themselves from areas of social activities at ballroom dances, where the people who did not wish to dance ( or had no partner ) remained close to the walls of the dance hall.

Most often, the term describes those who create within a context of the fine arts or ' high culture ', activities such as drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, photography, and music — people who use imagination, talent, or skill to create works that may be judged to have an aesthetic value.

Later " shag " became a blanket term that signified a broad range of jitterbugging ( swing dancing ).

In England the particular style of dance described here is much more commonly referred to as " Playford ", and the term " country dancing " is used to cover the complete range of different English folk dance styles.

The minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental, who lived in the first half of the 13th century wrote several songs for dancing, some of which use the term " reigen ".

It was known as a dance in sixteenth-century England, often in 12 / 8 time, and the term was used for a dancing entertainment in 16th-century plays.

Later " shag " became a blanket term that signified a broad range of jitterbugging ( swing dancing ).

In this context, the term may refer to a piece of sheer cloth approximately 3 x 1. 5 metres, sometimes trimmed with sequins or coins, which is used in various styles of belly dancing.

of the band Bad Brains, regarded as a band that " put moshing on the map ," used the term mash in lyrics and in concert stage banter to both incite and to describe the aggressive and often violent dancing of the scene.

In many scenes outside the United States, the term " swing dancing " is used to refer to one, or all, of the following swing era dances: Lindy Hop, Charleston, Shag, and Balboa.

The origins of the name Casino are derived from the Spanish term for the dance halls where a lot of social Salsa dancing was done in Cuba during the mid-20th century and onward.

The word Lambazouk was originally used to refer to the dance style developed by Daniel and Leticia Estévez López, although they use the term M-zouk nowadays ( for Mallorca-zouk ) The Zouk-Lambada dancing styles are among the most popular non-ballroom dances for couples in Brazil, others being Forró, Lambada, Samba de gafieira and Salsa.

Maquis introduced many new dances over the years, including one, zembwela, ( from their 1985 hit " Karubandika ", which was so popular that the term has become synonymous with dancing.

In musical theater, the term swing is often used to refer to a member of the company who understudies several chorus and / or dancing roles.

It was known as a dance in the 16th century, often in 2 / 4 time and the term was used for a dancing entertainment in 16th century plays.

Bowdoin and Samuel Adams went after the Hancock-Cushing faction, seizing on the recently established and locally controversial social club ( known either as " Sans Souci " or the " Tea Assembly "), at which card play and dancing took place ( these activities had previously been banned in socially conservative Boston ), as a sign of moral decay that took place under Hancock's term.

In more recent decades, the dancing portion of the event has usurped the older meanings of the term, though the tradition of guests performing music, song, story telling and poetry still persists in some areas.

The word Lambazouk was originally used to refer to the dance style developed by Daniel and Leticia Estévez López, although they use the term M-zouk nowadays ( for Mallorca-zouk ) The Zouk-Lambada dancing styles are among non-ballroom dances for couples in Brazil, others being Forró and Samba de gafieira.

One usage of the term, " Cajun Jitterbug ", alludes to the style of Cajun dancing which contains more turns and spins, regardless of the basic step pattern.

* The term " 360 " ( assumed 360 °, see above ) refers to a trick in certain sports such as Freestyle skiing, Motorcycle stunt riding, ice dancing, and acrobatics, where the athlete rotates in the air a full 360 degrees.

Such ideas dated to at least the mediæval period ; The Middle English term elferingewort (" elf-ring "), meaning " a ring of daisies caused by elves ' dancing " dates to the 12th century.

The term “ hip hop ” encompasses all of these elements, including Rap, DJing, MCing, break dancing and graffiti.

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

So in these pages the term `` technology '' is used to include any and all means which could amplify, project, or augment man's control over himself and over other men.

It is of the utmost importance to the people of America and of the world how their governing President `` ends up '' during the four years of his term.

Only when that term is ended and he is a private citizen again can he be permitted the freedom and the courage to discount the dangers of his death.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

Let us not confuse the issue by labeling the objective or the method `` psychoanalytic '', for this is a well established term of art for the specific ideas and procedures initiated by Sigmund Freud and his followers for the study and treatment of disordered personalities.

Mr. Wagner might or might not be a `` new '' Mayor in this third term, now that he is free of the pressure of those party leaders whom he calls `` bosses ''.

This is done at varying speeds, ranging from the slow and fast Shifte Telli ( a musical term meaning double strings ) to the fastest, ecstatic Karshilama ( meaning greetings or welcome ).

the term of loans for working capital is 6 years.

Interim financing of construction costs is provided by a short term loan from The Chase Manhattan Bank.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

If you would feel happier with full collision insurance, there is a small additional charge, again varying from country to country and depending on the term of such insurance.

The collective by which I address you in the title above is neither patronizing nor jocose but an exact industrial term in use among professional thieves.

for, using the fact that N and N' commute Af and so when R is sufficiently large every term in this expression for Af will be 0.

The only other one I shall mention here is his use of the term capitalism.

This is not, however, the case, and development is a term which we can apply to Hardy only in a very limited sense.

`` Disaffiliation '', by the way, is the term used by the critic and poet, Lawrence Lipton, who has written several articles on this subject, the first of which, in The Nation, quoted as Epigraph: `` We disaffiliate.

This term refers to the ability of a material to resist bending stress and is determined by measuring the load required to cause failure by bending.

Incumbent Richard Salter seeks re-election and is opposed by Donald Huffman for the five-year term.

The term " anthropology " is from the Greek anthrōpos (), " man ", understood to mean humankind or humanity, and-logia (- λογία ), " discourse " or " study.

In some European countries, all cultural anthropology is known as ethnology ( a term coined and defined by Adam F. Kollár in 1783 ).

As amoebas themselves are polyphyletic and subject to some imprecision in definition, the term " amoeboid " does not provide identification of an organism, and is better understood as description of locomotion.