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S: (n) ballroom dancing, ballroom dance (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)

S: (n) jitterbug (a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s)
S: (n) lindy, lindy hop (an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh))
S: (n) fandango (a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets)
S: (n) flamenco, gypsy dancing (a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet)
S: (n) gavotte (an old formal French dance in quadruple time)
S: (n) habanera (a Cuban dance in duple time)
S: (n) shag (a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn)
S: (n) shimmy (lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips)
S: (n) stomp (a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step)
S: (n) tarantella, tarantelle (a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons)
S: (n) twist (social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s) "they liked to dance the twist"
S: (n) ballroom dancing, ballroom dance (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)
S: (n) folk dancing, folk dance (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))