![]() ![]() Slip Jig (soft shoes) - is the most graceful of Irish dances and features light hopping, sliding, skipping and pointing. Single Jig - Dancers perform single or soft jigs in soft shoes. Shim Sham - A lazy shuffling "soft shoe" step produced by the dancers at the Old Cotton Club in Harlem. It is a shaking of the shoulders and a whole body. Shimmy - Started as an African American dance of the late 1880's. Shape (ballroom) - the combination of turn and sway to create a look or position. The dance was done to up tempo Swing or Foxtrot music and was instantly recognizable by the flicking of the feet backwards with a pronounced hopping action. Shag - Not to be confused with the Carolina Shag which is a slow laid back type of Swing, became popular in the late 30's along with the Jitterbug and Lindy Hop. It is performed by couples and furnished an excellent foundation for all forms of Spanish dance. Each part begins with an "Entrada" and ends with a "Pasada". Sevillanas - A Spanish folk dance consisting of seven "Coplas." Each Copla is a little dance in itself divided into three parts and consisting of twelve measures of music. Also, some of the tunes have accompanying words. Some tunes are more than 250 years old, but most of the dances are of more recent origin, developed by dance masters. Sets contain two parts, the first is the "lead around" (from 8 to 16 measures), the second is the "set" (12 to 16 measures). Regular jigs and hornpipes follow a particular structure of the number of measures per tune, but sets vary. In one case, "Is the Big Man Within?" the time changes mid-tune. (In the jig, reel, and hornpipe competitions, the particular tune may vary depending on the musician.) The dances can be either in jig or hornpipe time. Because the tune is always the same and the dancer knows the tune, adjudicators expect greater interpretation of the music. Competitions begin at the level of "Open" because of the difficulty of the dances. Both males and females dance sets in hard shoes. Set Dances - A set dance is performed to a specific tune which has remained set over time (at least during the 20th Century). Second position - feet in a straight line, heels apart. It is characterized by the clapping of hands after having taken three hopping steps. Schottishe - A dance similar to the Polka. It was a stately affair during which couples paraded forwarded for four steps and then back of four steps in an endless variety of patterns according to the number of couples taking part. Sarabande - One of the most ancient court dances of the 16th century. The Samba was introduced in the United States in 1939 by the late Carmen Miranda. The style is to bounce steadily and smoothly in 2/4 meter. ![]() The difference is mostly in the tempo played since the steps in all three dance are very similar. It is sometimes referred to as a Samba, Carioca, a Baion or a Batucado. Samba - This Brazilian dance was first introduced in 1917 but was finally adopted by Brazilian society in 1930 as a ballroom dance. ![]()
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