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the waltz 16x 6.2% stumper $556 avg J:6 DJ:10

J $200 1987 In Austria, this well-known dance developed from the 3/4 rhythm of the "landler"

J $600 2010 The name of this ballroom dance can be used as a verb to mean "to move breezily or casually"

DJ $1,200 2006 It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?

the tango 12x 8.3% stumper $525 avg J:6 DJ:6

J $400 1989 This sensual ballroom dance evolved from the Cuban habanera & the Argentine milonga

J $800 2013 Marlon Brando actually does (or attempts) this title dance at the end of a 1972 film

DJ $1,600 2015 With multiple alliteration, it means that both entities have to be willing

the polka 11x 9.1% stumper $718 avg J:8 DJ:3

J $200 2008 Roll out the "beer barrel" & name this "wunnerful, wunnerful" Bohemian dance

J $500 DD 1991 Title dance you'd do to thefollowingmusic:

DJ $1,200 2019 "Chatterbox" by Josef Strauss is this type of lively dance later to be featured by Lawrence Welk

Martha Graham 10x 50.0% stumper $1,140 avg J:1 DJ:9

DJ $600 1990 In 1958 this modern dancer premiered her first full-length work, "Clytemnestra"

J $1,000 2008 This great modern dancer was born in 1894 & she was still choreographing in 1990

DJ $800 1999 Agnes De Mille wrote the book on the "Life and Work of" this doyenne of modern dance

Fred Astaire 10x $211 avg J:4 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $100 1992 At the age of 4 he was enrolled in the same ballet school as his sister Adele

FJ 1984 Balanchine called him "the most interesting, inventive & elegant dancer of our time"

J $100 1989 He wore his trademark top hat & tails in his very 1st film, "Dancing Lady", with Joan Crawford

Flamenco 8x 25.0% stumper $688 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $300 1987 The translation of this term for Spanish Gypsy dancing is "Flemish", meaning a foreigner

DJ $600 1994 La Argentina & Argentinita were 2 of the most famous performers of this Andalusian gypsy dance

DJ $1,000 1995 Some movements in the baile grande, a type of this Andalusian dance, resemble classical Hindu dance

the tarantella 8x 12.5% stumper $1,075 avg J:1 DJ:7

J $400 1991 Some believe this fast Italian dance derived from mad movement caused by a tarantula's bite

DJ $800 1994 The 1842 ballet "Napoli" features one of these frenzied dances connected with spider bites

DJ $1,600 2016 The song "That's Amore" mentions this "gay" Italian dance

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the minuet 7x 33.3% stumper $917 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $400 2015 Kick up your heels to this Baroque dance in 3/4 time

DJ $600 1994 Perhaps the most famous use of music for this French court dance in opera is in Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

DJ $3,000 DD 2019 Jean-Baptiste Lully pioneered music for this dance whose name, from the Latin for "small", comes from its small, dainty steps

the conga 7x 14.3% stumper $557 avg J:3 DJ:4

DJ $400 1993 This Cuban dance with a 1-2-3-Kick was a U.S. craze around 1940

J $500 1989 Line dance invented in Cuba whose name is derived from an African country

J $1,000 2008 Let's line up for this Cuban ballroom dance; 3 steps forward, then kick, repeat until exhausted

the Charleston 6x $720 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1989 Named for a city, it was originally a Black folk dance & became a national craze in the 1920s

J $600 2008 Named for a city, it's a dance seen here

DJ $2,000 2016 This dance became popular in 1923 after inclusion in the Broadway musical "Runnin' Wild"

the bossa nova 6x 83.3% stumper $533 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $300 1985 Edie Gorme "blamed" this dance for her romance

DJ $500 DD 1991 Dance meaning "the latest thing" in Portuguese that Stan Getz took from Brazil to the U.S. in 1962

J $1,000 2026 This dance didn't even begin as a dance--blame it on the same-named Brazilian cool jazz musical form that evolved from samba

Isadora Duncan 6x $420 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1994 She gave her last performance in July 1927; a few weeks later, she was strangled by her own scarf

J $500 1989 This American woman taught dance in Moscow after the Revolution, probably in a flowing tunic

FJ 1984 American who founded dance schools in Fra., Ger. & Russia, but was played by Brit. actress in '68 film

the limbo 6x $667 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 2013 A more original pole dance? This West Indies dance uses a progressively lowered bar

J $800 2013 A "Rock" song about doing this dance says, "Lower now, how low can you go"

DJ $2,000 2011 In Catholic theology, it's a region reserved for unbaptized babies

the hula 6x $467 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $200 1994 This dance is often performed to the song "Aloha Oe"

DJ $2,000 DD 1988 Dance mentioned in the title of the following; it used to be a religious dance:

DJ $200 1992 Wristlets & anklets are often part of the costume for this Hawaiian storytelling dance

the foxtrot 6x $433 avg J:4 DJ:2

DJ $200 1987 Among the "sly' steps in this, the most popular ballroom dance, are the magic & the box

DJ $1,600 2011 The sixth letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet

J $100 1997 Some trace this American dance back to the musical theatre star Harry Fox

Mikhail Baryshnikov 5x $680 avg DJ:5

DJ $400 2001 Former Soviet:HI KIROV ASHY INK BALM

DJ $600 1999 The co-founder of the White Oak Dance Project in 1990, he is the company's most famous dancer

DJ $1,600 2003 When born in Riga back in 1948, this ballet star probably never figured he'd turn out to be a 2000 honoree

Hungary 5x 20.0% stumper $520 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1997 The czardas is the national dance of this country & Liszt used it as a basis for his rhapsodies

DJ $500 DD 1995 Liszt wrote 2 pieces for the csardas, a dance of this country: one "obstinate" & one "macabre"

J $500 1992 The czardas

belly dancing 5x $540 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1988 Popular at carnivals, the hootchy-kootchy is a form of this tummy twister

DJ $1,600 2005 The French call this dance associated with the Middle East la danse du ventre

J $200 2022 At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the "Street in Cairo" exhibit helped introduce this exotic dancing to America

the fandango 5x 20.0% stumper $600 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $400 2001 It's a lively Spanish-American dance, or a "Grim" computer game from Lucas Arts

J $600 2013 "Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do" this lively South American dance in triple time?

J $400 1995 The name of this Spanish or Spanish-American dance may be derived from fado, a type of Portuguese song

Bolero 5x $520 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 2015 This intricate Spanish favorite with sudden pauses & sharp turns is also the name of a 1928 Ravel composition

DJ $800 1992 A Spanish dance, or the jacket you might wear to perform it

J $1,000 2021 You can do this Spanish folk dance solo or as a couple, perhaps to Ravel's 1928 music of the same name

tap 5x $620 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 2006 We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style

J $500 1988 World Book says blacks in the U.S. combined African dances with English clog & Irish jig to create this form

DJ $1,000 1986 Some of its steps are cramp roll, ball change, & shuffle

a reel 5x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $200 1988 One could be Scotch or Virginia

DJ $800 2002 A word meaning "to stagger", or a dance in a circular pattern that may leave you staggering

DJ $1,600 2009 In Virginia, they know this as a fishing accessory, or a dance for multiple couples

Spain 4x $325 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1997 The bolero

J $300 1997 Pablo Casals composed music for the Sardana, a dance of this country's Catalan people

DJ $400 1995 The jota is a lively folk dance from the Aragon region of this country

Mexico 4x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1996 The Jarube Tehuano is a folk dance from this North American country

DJ $200 1995 This country's jarabe tapatio dance is so named because a tapatio is a person from Guadalajara

J $400 1994 The jarabe, a type of folk dance from this country, was inspired in part by the Spanish seguidilla

Italy 4x 25.0% stumper $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1996 Playing with an apron is the feature of the saltarello, a lively dance that originated in this country

J $400 1997 The tarantella

DJ $400 1994 Renaissance pageants called Trionfi played an important role in the dance history of this country

India 4x $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1987 Many of this country's dances act out the life of god Krishna

DJ $800 1995 Bharata natyam, which originated in temples in this country, features symbolic hand gestures called mudras

DJ $400 1993 The Kathakali dances of this country dramatize Hindu epics

a square dance 4x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1991 "Birdie hop out & crow hop in" is part of a call for "Birdie in the Cage", one of these dances

J $200 2019 Though sounding a bit Ru Paul-ian, "Roll away to a half sashay" is actually a call made during this "shapely" dance

J $400 2008 Bow to yer partner, bow to yer corner, now allemand left & do-si-do, yer doin' this dance now, dontcha know

the twist 4x $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2013 Chubby Checker had hits singing about this dance; Joey Dee & the Starliters sang about the "Peppermint" one

DJ $800 2011 An unforeseen & clever plot change towards the end of a movie

DJ $200 1989 Chubby Checker was on the Top 40 charts with this dance in 1960, '61 & '62

jig 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1987 The European "gigue" is better known as this in Ireland

DJ $1,600 2006 This centuries-old English dance "was up" for the bank robber when the cops arrived

J $300 2000 If this lively dance "is up", it's all over

a cakewalk 4x 50.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $800 2015 Thisdance's name is today a synonym for something easily accomplished

J $1,000 2011 This promenade dance, done by couples to win a certain baked item, is also something easy, as in "Winning that game was a..."

DJ $2,000 2006 Our team won 55-0--you could call it this 19th century African-American dance

Worth Knowing (87)

the Watusi 3 the jitterbug 3 the hora 3 the cancan 3 square dancing 3 Scotland 3 Savion Glover 3 Sammy Davis, Jr. 3 Ravi Shankar 3 Jose Greco 3 Japan 3 France 3 Elvis Presley 3 castanets 3 Brazil 3 Bali 3 Argentina 3 the cha-cha 3 the Castles 3 the can-can 3 mambo 3 lambada 3 Gene Kelly 3 a hornpipe 3 Vernon & Irene Castle 2 the United States 2 the Soviet Union 2 the samba 2 the Maoris 2 the Kirov 2 the Highland Fling 2 the Beach Boys 2 the American Ballet Theatre 2 the "Chicken Dance" 2 tap shoes 2 tap dance 2 swans 2 Sombrero 2 Saturday Night Fever 2 Salsa 2 Ruby Keeler 2 Ray Bolger 2 Poland 2 Paris 2 mazurka 2 Margot Fonteyn 2 Leslie Caron 2 Jerome Robbins 2 Hinduism 2 Greece 2 Flashdance 2 drive it 2 drink it 2 do-si-do 2 Debbie Allen 2 Cuba 2 clog dancing 2 clog 2 Bob Fosse 2 Austria 2 Astaire & Rogers 2 Arthur Murray 2 Agnes de Mille 2 a pas de deux 2 a gigue 2 a conga line 2 a circle 2 8 2 (Johann Sebastian) Bach 2 Twyla Tharp 2 ballet 2 the rumba 2 the Mexican hat dance 2 the "Macarena" 2 cut a rug 2 Rudolf Nureyev 2 a polonaise 2 a Maypole 2 Marge 2 Israel 2 Frederic Chopin 2 Frank Sinatra 2 a dance marathon 2 Anna Pavlova 2 an allemande 2 Alvin Ailey 2 A Chorus Line 2

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