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Rock and Roll

Type of sport; athletic, competitive form of partner dance.

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Rock and Roll
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About Rock and Roll

Acrobatic rock and roll (spelled rock'n'roll by its organizing body, the World Rock'N'Roll Confederation) is a fast, athletic, physically demanding form of partner dance that originated from Lindy Hop but has evolved to a choreographed sport, often done in formal competition. It is danced by both couples (usually of mixed gender) and groups, either all-female or four to eight couples together.

From the Wikipedia article “Rock and Roll (dance)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.