1) Dance form in classical music 2) European folk dance
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A country dance is a social dance form in which two or more couples dance together in a set. Country Dance may also refer to: ...
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• (n.) See Contradance.
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genre of social dance for several couples, the characteristic form of folk and courtly dances of the British Isles. In England after about 1550, the ... [4 related articles]
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English Folk dances as opposed to the court dances of bygone times. During the Colonial days of America these Country dances became our present day square dance, jig reels, as well as our Virginia Reel, Arkansas Traveler and Paul Jones.
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Traditional English dance in which dancers form two facing lines.
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Coun'try-dance` noun [ Prob. an adaptation of
contradance .] See
Contradance . « He had introduced the English
country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies.
Macaulay. »
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Country dance is a traditional form of British folk and aristocratic dance, from which many variations developed. Flirtatious and social, it is danced by a 'set', or group of couples, who execute various patterns or figures with one another. A set can have various formations. In a longways set, for example, partners face each other in parallel line...
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[
n] - a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
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country dancing noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
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a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
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