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Partner dance

Coordinated dancing of two partners.

social dance
Partner dance
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About Partner dance

Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners. As such it occupies a middle ground between individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner.

From the Wikipedia article “Partner dance”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.