dance form

American  

noun

Music.

1. the binary form used in most of the movements of the 18th-century suite.

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dance form

I scanned the map of nearby studios and, to my excitement, found one that offered salsa, another dance form I had missed terribly, only 15 minutes away.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

“The Olympics will be another iteration of this dance form and stand alongside the other cultural branches on this tree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

Parson said the context of disco — “an ecstatic dance form that tips quickly into despair” — is intentionally ambiguous.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Adindu says he was able to overcome his sadness and find joy by keeping himself occupied with salsa, a little-known dance form in the African country.

From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2023

The "Invitation to the Dance," moreover, was the first salon piece idealized from a popular dance form.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)