Square Dance

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ffa551;">All of us are aware about the fact that dancing is an exercise and fun at the same time. However, very few dances have a research evidence for it. There is one such dance that stands the criteria. It is the American Square Dance. According to a recent study, researchers attached pedometers to the square dancers and found that each person covered over four miles in a single evening; the result of which may be burning calories, strengthening of bones and achieving cardiovascular conditioning. Also called as Modern Square Dancing in the English language, it is estimated that about six million dancers perform Square Dance regularly in the clubs of US alone. An ‘official national folk dance’ of America, Square Dance has been an integral part of American social life for centuries. Every year, 29th of November is regarded as the Square Dance Day in the United States. As the name suggests, Square Dance is a dance of four couples, one couple on each side facing the middle of the square. Let us discuss the dance in detail. </p>
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Dabke

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ffe5d6;">Despite the astonishing fact that a new generation of Palestinian Arabs is growing up in Israel where tattooed arms are stretching out throughout the country with bands, parties and bars with cultural renewal and alternative lifestyles, it has retained its traditions and culture to its extreme. Indeed, this can be well reflected in its traditional folk dance–Dabke. An Arabic folk dance, Dabke is popular in the Palestinian territories and several Arab countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Syria. The word ‘Dabke’ is derived from the Arabic word meaning ‘stamping of the feet’. It is performed during joyous occasions and weddings in both, circle and line forms. A defiant dance, Dabke is characterised by rhythmic stamping of the feet whose formation is often led by a leader who determines the steps. It is a dance that is traditionally celebrated since years and hence, has become closely associated with the political and national aspirations in Palestine.</p>
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Seguidilla

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ff2626;">We all know that the fierceness and passion of the Spanish culture is symbolized in its traditional music and dance. Despite the fact that there is no form of the country’s varied culinary repertoire and it being influenced by varied cultures that settled the region, there is yet one genre that reflects the Spanish fervour. It is the Seguidilla dance. One of the chief musical and dance exports of the country, Seguidilla is a traditionally performed dance to a piece of music which is also called Seguidilla. In context to the piece of music, the Seguidilla is also considered as a love song. Along with a word form widely used in the Spanish folk song, Seguidilla has many regional variants; prominent among them are the seguidillas or sevillanas.</p>
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