The volta (plural: voltas) (Italian: "the turn" or "turning") is an anglicised name for a dance for couples that was popular during the later Renaissance...
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Look up volta or Volta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Volta may refer to: Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric...
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Veeranatyam Verbunkos Vesnianky Vintage dance Vira Virginia reel Vlečenoto Vogue (dance) Volkspele Volta (dance) Waacking Waka waka Waltz Cross-step waltz...
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Borborbor (category Volta Region)
traditional dance performed by the Ewe people from the mid-Volta region of Ghana and Southern Togo including Kpalime and Lomé. The dance is performed...
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Volta is the sixth studio album by the Icelandic singer Björk, released on 1 May 2007 by One Little Indian Records. It features contributions from multiple...
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The Mars Volta is the seventh studio album by American progressive rock band the Mars Volta, released through Clouds Hill on September 16, 2022. Produced...
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Dance Gavin Dance is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2005. It consists of vocalist Jon Mess, lead guitarist Will Swan, clean...
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Penshurst Place formerly attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts. The scene, a volta dance at the French court, is sometimes said to include Elizabeth, Robert Dudley...
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Ewe people (redirect from Ewe dance)
Eʋeawó, lit. "Ewe people"; or Mono Kple Amu (Volta) Tɔ́sisiwo Dome, lit. "Between the Rivers Mono and Volta"; Eʋenyígbá Eweland;) are a Gbe-speaking ethnic...
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Agbadza (category African dances)
the Volta Region of Ghana and in Southern Togo. In order to train their warriors to be ready for battle, the Ewes used various songs and dances to encourage...
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choreographed, others were improvised on the spot. One dance for couples, a form of the galliard called volta, involved a rather intimate hold between the man...
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Volta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Merced County, California, United States. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest...
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well as the 16th century basse danse and la volta. The peasants from the countryside supplied new dances to the court as the old ones' novelty wore out...
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dances such as the galliard or sinkapace, volta, coranto, pavane, and canario, and stage directions indicate dancing in many plays including Romeo and Juliet...
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Villanella - Viol - Viola organista - Virelai - Virginals - Vitruvian Man - Volta (dance) Waddesdon Bequest - Wars of the Roses - Wernigerode Armorial - Weser...
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John Travolta (redirect from Tra Volta)
Plastic Bubble and two of his most noted screen roles: Tony Manero in the dance drama Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Danny Zuko in the musical Grease (1978)...
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Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present...
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Volta was a touring circus show by the Cirque du Soleil and was based on extreme sports; the principal character is a game-show host named Waz. It is...
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Burkina Faso (section Upper Volta (1958–1984))
estimated population of 23,674,480. Previously called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its...
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala (category The Mars Volta members)
He is the lead singer and lyricist of the progressive rock band the Mars Volta since its inception in 2001. He was the lead singer and only constant member...
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Björk (category Dance musicians)
(2001) Medúlla (2004) Volta (2007) Biophilia (2011) Vulnicura (2015) Utopia (2017) Fossora (2022) The Juniper Tree (1990) Dancer in the Dark (2000) Drawing...
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disable Volta's glass Aerospatiale Gazelle helicopter. When Volta mocks English's inability to use digital technology, he throws the tablet at Volta, hitting...
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Alice Deejay (category Dutch dance music groups)
original on 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-11-28. JUDITH VOLTA PARA O ALICE DEEJAY (ANUNCIA SUA VOLTA), archived from the original on 2021-12-12, retrieved...
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Hogbetsotso festival (category Volta Region)
(pronounced Hogbechocho) is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Anlo in the Volta Region of Ghana. Some major Anlo towns include Anloga (capital), Keta, Kedzi...
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Wagner Schwartz (category People from Volta Redonda)
Schwartz (Rio de Janeiro, Volta Redonda, 2 December 1972) is a Brazilian performer, choreographer and writer. He was born in Volta Redonda, in the State of...
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Rodríguez-López formed the Mars Volta while Ward, Hinojos, and Hajjar formed Sparta; Hinojos would later join the Mars Volta. At the Drive-In reunited in...
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Ghana (section Music and dance)
globally out of 172 countries. The White Volta River and its tributary Black Volta, flow south through Ghana to Lake Volta, the world's third-largest reservoir...
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Jon Theodore (category The Mars Volta members)
Stone Age since 2013, and is also known for being the drummer for the Mars Volta from 2001 to 2006. Known for his explosive, multi-textural playing style...
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Awards in Canada. Edem hails from Dzogadze, a small town in Abor, in the Volta Region of Ghana. Of two kids, Edem is the only son and Wendy Sefakor Agbeviadey...
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CAlifornia, at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival. City and Colour, The Mars Volta, The Strokes, Thundercat, St. Vincent, and King Princess will serve as opening...
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