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Usually performed by couple for pleasure and satisfaction either in private function or in public dancing hall

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Ballroom dancing

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Term for ballroom dancing

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Social or popular dancing

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They are created from man’s basic movements

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Dance steps

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Some most important features of ballroom

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Rhythm
Arrangement of music 
Design 
Mastery of steps 
Variation
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Techniques of leading and following the dance:

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Knowledge of basic steps
Basic position
Alert and move with your partner as one
Consciousness of various musical tempo and style

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General rules in leading the dance

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Hold partner firmly but not tensely
Listen to the music
Start with a new step with a left foot lead
Lead to execute new 
Start with easy steps
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Types of Ballroom Dance

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World Dance Council

A. International standard
B. international Latin
C. Formation Show Dance

American Style Competition (US and Canada)

A. American Smooth
B. American Rhythm

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International Standard

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Waltz
Tango
Vienesse
Foxtrot
Quickstep
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International Latin

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Samba
Chacha
Rumba
Paso Doble
Jive
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Formation show dance

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Classic

South American

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American Smooth

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Waltz
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Foxtrot

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American Rhythm

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Chacha
Rumba
East Coast
Mumbo
Bolero
Swing
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Literal meaning in Spanish of Pasodoble

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Double step

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A typical Spanish-March like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple

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Pasodoble

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It is the type of music typically played in bullfights during the bullfighters’ entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill

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Pasodoble

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Ring

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Paseo

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Faena

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Passes

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It is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march like Pasodoble music

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Paso doble

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It actually originated in Southern France, but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish bullfight

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Paso Donleo

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The leader of the paso doble

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Matador

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Paso doble origin day of the French military march with the name

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Paso Redole

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This was a fast paced march, which if why this a fast paced Latin American dance modeled after the Spanish bull fighting

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Paso doble

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This new dance became popular in the 1930s

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Swing

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It dominated the dance floor in the 80s until today

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Swing

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It is characterized by frequent turns and intricate variations alongside with good sense of rhythm, poise, grace, and confidence. This is a very lively ballroom dance

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Swing

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Newest and the most popular Latin-American dances

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Cha cha

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It’s the easiest to learn because the music has a definite and unmistakable beat

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Chacha

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Although you should be able to master the basic patterns very quickly, you will need to achieve attractive style in the dance

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Cha cha cha

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The originally came from Cuba and its forerunner is the mumba

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Cha cha

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Cha cha developed a gradual slower more pronounced and clearer interpretation of the rhythm

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Tribe Mambo

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History of Modern Dance

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Early 20th century

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It all started as free dance

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Modern dance

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Burlesque skirt dancer who experimented with gas lighting and silk

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Loie Fuller

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Introduced her own dancing techniques based on Nietzche’s philosophy and the Greek’s natural and free dancing

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Isabela Duncan

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Translated Indian Culture and mythology into dance

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Ruth St. Denis

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Early modern dance school

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Denishawn school and dance company in 1915

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They collaborated on works exploring gravity

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Weidman and Humphrey

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Explored and introduced new language in movement

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Graham

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It prides in its expressionist dance that has been related to German expressionist movement

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Europe

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It became a major part of college and university curricula

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Modern dance

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It started out as a component of physical education before it became a performing art

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Modern dance

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It has served as an effective expression of one’s feelings as well as of different perspectives on various issues that affect the society as a whole

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Dance

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Characteristics of modern dance

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Emotion and mood

Use of gravity

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First dance craze it came out in the 50s but it’s popularity was still present in the 60s

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The stroll

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Made the song famous in January 1958 and played today at many parties and wedding

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The Diamonds

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It’s a rock and dance popular in the early 1960s

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Twist

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It was the first major international rock and roll dance style in which the couples did not have to touch each other while dancing

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Twist

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Twist was popularized by him in 1960 cover when the 1959 minor hit “The Twist was written by __

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Chubby Checker

Hank Ballard

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A dance craze popular of 1962. It was danced to Dee Dee Sharp’s Mashed Potato Time

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The Mashed Potato

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He had two mashed potato related hits Do the Mashed Potatoes 1960 and Mashed Potato USA 1962

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James Brown

50
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Two ways to count cha cha

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1,2,3&4-dance position

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Mashed Potato dance was also referred to in

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Connie Francis’ 1962 hit “V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N”
The Contours “Do you love me”
Ray Stevens 1963 “Harry the Harry Ape”
Wilson Pickett “Land of 100 dances”

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A novelty dance most popular in 1963

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The Monkey

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The Monkey was popularized by two R and B records

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Major Lance’s “The Monkey Time”

The Miracles “Mickey’s Monkey”

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Novelty dance that was popular in the late 1950s to mid 1960s

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The Madison

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The Madison was created and first danced

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Columbus, Ohio

1957

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1960s

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Stroll
Diamonds
Twist
Mashed Potato
Monkey
Madison
Watusi
57
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Line dance that features a regular back-and-forth pattern interspersed with called steps

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Madison

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It’s popularity inspired dance teams and competitions and recordings still performed as a nostalgic dance

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Madison

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It was featured in the movie and Broadway musical “Hairspray”

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Madison

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Solo dance that enjoyed brief popularity during the early 1960s

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Watusi

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Puerto Rico jazz musician had his first hit in 1961

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El Watusi

Ray Barretto

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A vocal quarter from Philadelphia, had the biggest got of their career “The Wah Watusi” June 9, 1962

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The Orlons

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The most common dances in the 1970s gained popularity by the middle part of the decade

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Disco

Punk genres

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They’re very different with disco style being very sexy and flashing colored dance floor lighting and clingy dance wear

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Two genres 1970s

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Became a huge name in disco and helped make disco dances popular during the 1970s

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Donna Summer
Love to Love you, Baby
Hot Stuff
MacArthur Park
She works hard for the money
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The Hustle

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Van McCoy 1975

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One of the most common dances from the 1970s

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Hustle

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It’s slower than the LA version and has more footwork

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New York Hustle

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His moves to Bee Gees songs in the 1977 movie SNF inspired many dances in the 1970s

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John Travolta

Staying Alive and Night Fever

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Travolta Movie, Urban Cowboy released in 1980 for the hottest dance trend

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Texas Two Step

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1970s

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Love to Love You Baby
Hot Stuff
MacArthur Park
She works hard for the money
Hustle
Staying Alive
Night Fever
72
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Saw the start of some dance ads that have stood the test of time and remain popular today

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1980s

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Also known as mosh pits

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Breakdancing and “slam dancing”

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It saw an explosion in many different kinds of music, which spawned some very interesting and popular dances

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1980s
Hiphop
Electronic
Latin
Dance
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Became the most popular dance craze of the 1980s growing along the popularity of rap and hip hop

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Breakdancing

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Encompasses a variety of movements from head spins and back spins to rhythmic popping and locking of the joints

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Breakdancing

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Usually operated in teams or crews competing each other in battles

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Breakdancing

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The movies of breakdancing in the 80s

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Breakin’

Breakin’ 2: Sequel 1984

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A dance developed in the punk, hardcore and heavy-metal scenes but doesn’t look like a dance

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Mosh

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Consists of a crowd of people usually near the stage during a concert, slamming their bodies against each other or jumping up and down in time to the music being played

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Mosh pits

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Dance for couples originated in South America though it’s in dispute

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Lambada

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The dance caught on 1989 when the French Group ___ recorded a song “Lambada” to a traditional Lambada tune

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Kaoma

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Two movies of Lambada

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Lambada

The Forbidden Dance 1990

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One of the easiest dance to and fairly self-explanatory

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Robot

85
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The dancer simple moves their arms, legs and torso in a jerking motion as a robot would. Make small motions instead of big sweeping ones

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The Robot

86
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Also known as Centipede popular for breakdancers to perform

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Worm

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Made popular by Michael Jackson in the 80d looks simple but takes a lot of practice to get right

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Moonwalk

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80s

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Lambada
Breakdancing
Moshing
Robot
Moonwalk
Worm
89
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There are a wide variety of musical genres represented in the best pop song

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Mariah Carey

Britney Spears

90
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Recovered for its dive underground in the wake of the end of disco

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1990

91
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Golden era of hip hop experimentation with sampling

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1990

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Longest running number one song in American music history and VH1s #1 Greatest One-hit Wonder of all time” in 2002

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Macarena

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Spanish song coordinated with an eight-step line dance illustrated in the song’s music video

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Macarena (1995&1996)

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Consists of simple arm movements and a pivot, suitable for all ages

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Macarena

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Creators of Funky Charleston

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Kid ‘n Play

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Also know as the Kid ‘n Play Kickstep

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Funky Charleston

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Dance is aerobic, consisting of large steps and jumps from side-to-side.

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Funky Charleston

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Its origins and inspiration step from the Charleston dance from Charleston South Carolina made popular by flappers in the 1920s

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Funky Charleston

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Created the Tootsee Roll dance in 1994

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69 Boyz

100
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Dance it by moving your bent knees in and out simultaneously which also include further instructions to the dance from the lyrics

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Tootsee Roll

101
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They popularized the Rump Shaker

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Wrecks-n-Effect

102
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Criticized for women in bikinis shaking their rumps (Teddy Riley) WH I will always love you

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Rump Shaker

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Originating from a reggae dance move and emerged into the hip-hop dance in the 1990s

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Butterfly

104
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Performed in dance clubs and parties to reggae, rap, and R&B music, the dance consists of moving the legs in and out in a smooth, butterfly like manner.

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Butterfly

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Mentioned in the Tootsee Roll song it resembles but slightly slower than the Tootsee Roll Dance

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Butterfly

106
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Electric Slide top dances in 90s

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Richard Silver 1976

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A four part line dance performed to the song “Electric Boogie” by Marcia Griffith

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Electric Slide

108
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Will Smith’s 1998 hit song “Gettin’ Jiggy with it” (Michael Joyner’s)

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Jiggy

109
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Used this term to confront the derogatory term for African Americans “jigaboo” and transform it to empower black people.

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Jiggy

110
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Dance consists of standing and doing slight wiggles to the rhythm of the beat

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Jiggy

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Da Dip

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1997 Freak Nasty

112
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Done by placing hands on hips and dipping the pelvis in low scoops.

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Dip

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1990s

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Macarena
Electric Slide
Rump Shaker
Tootsee Roll
Funky Charleston
Butterfly
Dip
Jiggy
114
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Single by Soulja boy

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Crank that

115
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Recognized by looping steel pan riff produced by FL Studio

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Crank that

116
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Horse dance

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Gangnam Style

117
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Best 2012 Dance Songs

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Jennifer Lopez (Dance Again, On the Floor-Casper Smart)
Crank that
118
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Queen of booties

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Jennifer Lopez

119
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Created by GSpot Boys that’s dominating the airwaves

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Da Stanky Legg

120
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They endorsed the crazy southern phenomenon

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Bow Wow and Soulja Boy

121
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Multi-step dance that mainly involves the movement of the dancer’s leg moving in a circular motion then alternating to the opposite leg

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Stanky Legg

122
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Dances of Stanky Legg

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Booty Dew

Dougie

123
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2009 FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP USA Jozy Altidore and Charlie Davies used this dance as their goal celebration making it a popular reference in the underground US Soccer scene

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Stanky Legg

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