2. Flamenco dance is called baile, while a flamenco dancer is known as a bailaor (male) or bailaora (female).

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The Spanish dancer is a large dorid nudibranch which can grow up to a maximum length of 60 cm. However, the commonly observed size is between 20 and 30 cm long. Its body coloration is generally orange-red speckled with multiple small white dots but it also can be uniformly bright red or yellow with red scattered spots.

Just as other nudibranch display bright colors as a warning to predators the Spanish Dancer’s red coloration serves as a danger warning. Toxins from the Halichondria sponges, which the Spanish Dancer consumes, are stored within this its body and make it a highly toxic snack!

They are poisonous and very few animals will eat them. The Spanish Dancer is one of the largest sea slugs reaching 15 inches long (40 cm).

Flamenco

Pasodoble (Spanish: double step) is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its name).

The Paso Doble (meaning “double-step” in Spanish) refers to a style of ballroom dancing included in DanceSport categories of competition that began in the 16th century in the country of France. It is a progressive dance in which dancers take strong steps forward with the heels, and incorporate artistic hand movements.

The music of the Paso Doble has strong Flamenco influences. The bold, inspiring music has a simple 1-2-1-2 march rhythm, with very few rhythm changes. The tempo of Paso Doble music is usually 120-124 beats per minute, 60 measures per minute. The Spanish Gypsy Dance has become the universal anthem of the Paso Doble.

The main characteristics of Paso Doble dance are sharp movements and quick moves around the floor. To acquire the proper feeling, it’s helpful to visualize the pageantry of the matadors, as they make their grand entry into the bull ring and feel the attitude that they portray during the fight.

When entering a formal ballroom competition, many dance styles prohibit lifts, including Rhumba, Cha Cha, Jive, Paso Doble, Samba, Tango, Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot, and Quickstep. Where lifts are allowed, however, are in dances such as the Jitterbug, Argentine Tango, the Charleston, Salsa, Jazz, and Contemporary.

Paso Doble is a dance performed in Dancing with the Stars. It is a Latin dance, originated in Spain and related to bullfighting. The leader of the dance is the male and he represents the bullfighter, also known as the matador, while the woman represents the bullfighter’s cape.

Dance can effectively promote good health by improving cardiovascular fitness, strengthening the muscles, increasing circulation, decreasing blood pressure, lowering the risk of coronary heart disease, reducing stress, and many other positive benefits.

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The Paso Doble is considered one of the easiest Latin dances to learn. It is even thought to be less complicated than learning the Rumba. In various regions of Europe, this simple latin dance is taught in conjunction with other dances such as the Jive and Cha Cha.

In many parts of Europe, Paso Doble is learnt from the beginning along side Cha Cha and Jive. It isn’t often taught to beginner Latin Dancers in some parts of the world, which is a shame, because it is truly the easiest of the five Latin dances, even easier than Rumba. …

Paso Doble dance music is written in 2/4 time and is counted 1 2,1 2 with one step danced to each beat of music. Two other ways of counting are 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4 and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. The Paso Doble dance is in the International Style Latin competition dance program and is also danced in shows.

Some of the instruments used are the trumpet, trombone, oboe, piano, tuba, guitar, and percussive instruments such as the clapper. It’s purpose is to represent the high intensity and excitement as a matador goes up against the bull.

The tango evolved about 1880 in dance halls and perhaps brothels in the lower-class districts of Buenos Aires, where the Spanish tango, a light-spirited variety of flamenco, merged with the milonga, a fast, sensual, and disreputable Argentine dance; it also shows possible influences from the Cuban habanera.

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Definition of foxtrot (Entry 2 of 3) 1 : a short broken slow trotting gait in which the hind foot of the horse hits the ground a trifle before the diagonally opposite forefoot. 2 : a ballroom dance in duple time with slow walking steps, quick running steps, and the step of the two-step. fox-trot. verb.

The challenge of the foxtrot is all in the timing. The “slow, slow, quick, quick” rhythm is done in time to a four-beat bar of music. Usually, the first and third beats are accented. It is based on a walking motion that is enhanced to create a smooth, gliding movement across the floor.

F = Foxtrot (FOKS trot) G = Golf (GOLF)

The dances are classified in categories of (modern) standard dances, and Latin American dances [3] and others. The modern standard dances include Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, and Viennese Waltz, and the Latin American Dances include Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Samba, Jive, and Paso doble.

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