country dance in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for country dance in the English»French Dictionary

I.dance [Brit dɑːns, Am dæns] N

II.dance [Brit dɑːns, Am dæns] VB trans

III.dance [Brit dɑːns, Am dæns] VB intr lit, fig

country [Brit ˈkʌntri, Am ˈkəntri] N

country dance in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for country dance in the English»French Dictionary

I.dance <-cing> [dɑ:nts, Am dænts] DANCE VB intr

II.dance <-cing> [dɑ:nts, Am dænts] DANCE VB trans

III.dance [dɑ:nts, Am dænts] DANCE N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This was the way with the country dance and all previous popular dances.
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Most country dances and ballroom dances originated from folk dances, with gradual refinement over the years.
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Country dance overlaps with contemporary folk dance and ballroom dance.
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In the early part of this period, up to the early 1810s, the ballroom was dominated by the country dance, the cotillion, and the scotch reel.
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By the 1920s he was a member of the local dance band, playing mainly country dance music.
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Court dances required the dancers to be trained and were often for display and entertainment, whereas country dances could be attempted by anyone.
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Knowledge of court dances has survived better than that of country dances as they were collected by dancing masters in manuscripts and later in printed books.
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On the weekends during the 1940s, he joined in with his parents playing at country dances.
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Young dancers dressed as the various races and ethnic groups of the country dance about, with that year's theme song as one of the numbers.
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Country dances are strictly recreational, however, and use different songs and dances than the jumbie dance.
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