#folk_dancing__folk_dance a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
supertype: #social_dancing dancing as part of a social occasion
subtype: #farandole a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures
subtype: #mazurka a Polish national dance in triple time
subtype: #polka a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
subtype: #morris_dance__morris_dancing any of various English folk dances performed by men in costume
subtype: #sword_dance__sworddance__sword_dancing__sworddancing any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air
subtype: #rumba.folk_dancing a rhythmic syncopated Cuban folk dance in duple time
subtype: #hornpipe a British solo dance performed by sailors
subtype: #jig any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
subtype: #country-dance__countrydance__country_dancing__countrydancing__contredanse__contra_danse a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
subtype: #longways_dance__longways country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
subtype: #Virginia_reel__reel an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
subtype: #square_dance__square_dancing American country dancing in which couples form squares
subtype: #Scottish_reel__reel a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
subtype: #highland_fling a vigorous Scottish reel
subtype: #eightsome a Scottish reel for eight dancers
subtype: #quadrille a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples
subtype: #lancers a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
subtype: #do-si-do a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places
subtype: #promenade.country-dance a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
subtype: #sashay a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
subtype: #swing.country-dance a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
subtype: #landler a moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping
subtype: #round_dance__rounddance a folk dance; dancers form a circle
subtype: #schottische a German round dance resembling a slow polka
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