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    Danish folk dance is characterized by being easy going, gentle, and relatively easy to learn. Danish folk dance is mainly a social dance involving groups...
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    Square dances are part of a broad spectrum of dances known by various names: country dances, traditional dances, folk dances, barn dances, ceilidh dances, contra...
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    Danish folklore consists of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs, myths and traditions communicated by the inhabitants of towns...
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  • Lavani Manipuri dance Mohiniyattam Odissi Sattriya Yakshagana Assyrian folk dance Hacha'a Khigga Bandari Choobazi Lurish dances Tapurian dance Irish Stepdance...
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  • "Village dance", with further discussion of Norwegian Springar traditions Danish folk music Finnish folk music Folk dance Gammaldans - "Oldtime dance" in Nordic...
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    Danish traditional music (Danish: spillemandsmusik) is the music genre that has its roots in pre-modern Denmark. In this period it was common for towns...
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    "English") or Danish Engelsk is a 16-bar Scandinavian folk dance in 2 4. Its name comes from the adoption in Scandinavia of English country dances and contra...
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    Folk high schools (also adult education center, Danish: folkehøjskole; Dutch: volkshogeschool; Finnish: kansanopisto and työväenopisto or kansalaisopisto;...
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    performers and venues as traditional folk music. The terms folk music, folk song, and folk dance are comparatively recent expressions. They are extensions of the...
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    formation of the Danish Folk Council to actively promote folk music both at home and abroad has helped raise the profile. Curiously, Danish folk music received...
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    The Faroese chain dance (Faroese: Føroyskur dansur, Danish: Kædedans) is the national circle dance of the Faroe Islands, accompanied by kvæði, the Faroese...
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  • interchangeably. The dance might be accompanied by other instruments such as Tharai in Tamil festivals and folk arts.< Puliyattam is a folk dance usually performed...
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  • Nordic folk music includes a number of traditions of Nordic countries, especially Scandinavian. The Nordic countries are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and...
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  • University International Folk Dance Ensemble is a Brigham Young University (BYU) performing group that performs folk dances from many parts of the world...
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    began to revive the music, dances and costumes of past generations. In 1901, the Society for the Promotion of Danish Folk Dancing (Foreningen til Folkedansens...
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  • troupe - Dances of Georgia - Dances of Sri Lanka - Dances of Universal Peace - Dancing ban - Dancing mania - Dancing with the Stars - Danish folk dance - Danse...
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    Danish traditions are carried on in Kimballton, such as Danish folk dancing. The Kimballton Danes have long enjoyed performing their authentic Danish...
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    togetherness. Circle dances are choreographed to many different styles of music and rhythms. Modern circle dance mixes traditional folk dances, mainly from European...
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    upon dance alone, but performance dance may also appear in opera and other forms of musical theatre. Participatory dance, whether it be a folk dance, a...
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    Traditional Nordic dance music is a type of traditional music or folk music that once was common in the mainland part of the Nordic countries — Scandinavia...
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    Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers in costume...
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    Greek folk dress Turkish folk dancer in traditional dress Bulgarian traditional folk costume Romanian teens in traditional dress Hungarian folk dress...
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    A Folk Tale (Danish: Et Folkesagn) is a ballet in three acts, created in 1854 for the Royal Danish Ballet by the Danish ballet master and choreographer...
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    Chapelloise (category European folk dances)
    bears no similarity with Swedish folk dances. Instead, this dance is known in Scandinavian dance collections (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian) as “All American...
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    The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. Of Scottish origin, reels are also an important part of the repertoire of the...
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    The Halling (hallingdansen) is a folk dance (bygdedans) traditionally performed in rural Norway, although versions of the halling can also be found in...
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    Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes all Greenlandic music except the drum dances as influenced by external styles. The Inuit and the Danish peoples...
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  • of Switzerland Yodeling Nordic/Scandinavian States Nordic folk music Music of Denmark Danish traditional music Music of Finland Ålänningens sång Rautalanka...
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    Galop (redirect from Gallop (dance))
    In dance, the galop, named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see Gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade, is a lively country...
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  • Motora (category Folk dance companies)
    Motora is a folk dance group from Eastern Finland, city of Joensuu. Motora is specialized in Karelian folk dance. Karelia is a frontier; it is partly in...
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