a dance form, originally Italian, established at the French court in the sixteenth century, formal and courtly, originally danced both by professionals and guests but now danced by professionals
Ballet
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Baile
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Spanish
dance or ballet; flamenco dance
Bayle
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Spanish
dance or ballet; flamenco dance
Bergamasca
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Italian
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Bergamasque
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French
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Bergomask
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German
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Bolero
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Spanish dance in 3/4 time; Cuban dance derived from the Spanish bolero, initially into 2/4 time then eventually into 4/4, but…
Borre
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English
a French dance similar to the gavotte but beginning on the fourth beat of four rather than the third of four as in the gavotte
Borree
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English
a French dance similar to the gavotte but beginning on the fourth beat of four rather than the third of four as in the gavotte