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Dance in West Rand

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  • Ballet 3 entries

    Classical dance built on turnout, the five positions and a set vocabulary of steps.

  • Contemporary 3 entries

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

  • Freestyle 1 entry

    Fast solo dance to high-energy pop, built on jazz technique and carrying kicks, spins, leaps and gymnastic tricks. Also called freestyle disco.

  • Jazz 1 entry

    Theatre dance built on isolations, syncopation and a grounded, weighted line.

  • Line Dance 1 entry

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

  • Lyrical 1 entry

    Dance that follows a song's words and feeling, on ballet's line with jazz's give.

  • Modern 2 entries

    Theatre dance in a balletic line, worked through set turns, leaps and travelling steps, also called Modern Theatre.

  • Partner Dance 1 entry

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

  • Social Dance 1 entry

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

  • Tap 1 entry

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

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