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Apache (dance) Apachentanz by Leo Rauth [ de] (1911) Apache ( French: [a.paʃ] ), or La Danse Apache, Bowery Waltz, Apache Turn, Apache Dance and Tough Dance is a highly dramatic dance associated in popular culture with Parisian street culture at the beginning of the 20th century. The name of the dance is pronounced ah-PAHSH, not uh-PATCH-ee.
The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. [1] Originally danced by couples, it is now traditionally associated with a chorus line of female dancers. [2]
People dancing bourrée in a folk ball. The bourrée ( Occitan: borrèia; [1] also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. [2] The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a ...
The style of dance is commonly known to modern scholars as the French noble style or belle danse (French, literally "beautiful dance"), however it is often referred to casually as baroque dance in spite of the existence of other theatrical and social dance styles during the baroque era. Primary sources include more than three hundred ...
Branle d'Ossau by Alfred Dartiguenave, 1855–1856. A branle (/ ˈ b r æ n əl, ˈ b r ɑː l / BRAN-əl, BRAHL, French: ⓘ), also bransle, brangle, brawl(e), brall(e), braul(e), brando (in Italy), bran (in Spain), or brantle (in Scotland), is a type of French dance popular from the early 16th century to the present, danced by couples in either a line or a circle.
Minuet in the Classical period. A minuet ( / ˌmɪnjuˈɛt /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3. 4 time. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet. The term also describes the musical form that accompanies the dance, which subsequently developed more fully ...
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Bacchu-ber. The bacchu-ber ( French: [ba.ky.bɛʁ] ), derived from Occitan bau cubèrt ( Occitan: [baw ky'bɛʁ], covered dance or indoor ball), is a traditional folk dance performed with swords. This dance takes place in the district of Pont-de-Cervières, city of Briançon ( Hautes-Alpes, France ). Its origin dates back to many centuries ago ...