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Dance in Durban

Inside Dance, in Durban

  • Acrobatics 1 entry

    Acrobatic floor skills trained solo, from handstands and cartwheels up to walkovers and handsprings.

  • Contemporary 2 entries

    Concert dance that puts ballet's legwork together with the free torso of modern dance, and adds floor work and improvisation.

  • Line Dance 1 entry

    Danced in rows to a counted sequence everybody knows, facing the same way and without a partner.

  • Partner Dance 2 entries

    Dance for the social floor, danced as a couple or among couples.

  • Social Dance 2 entries

    Dance you learn in order to dance it with the people around you, at a party rather than on a stage.

  • Spanish Dance 1 entry

    Dance from the Spanish tradition, danced to guitar, song and castanets, with the rhythm driven through the feet and the line carried in the arms and hands.

  • Street Dance 2 entries

    Dance that grew up in clubs and public space rather than in a studio, danced largely on improvisation.

  • Tap 1 entry

    Dance that makes its own rhythm audible, through metal plates at the toe and heel.

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