traditional dance

collocation in English

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traditional
adjective
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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dance
noun
uk
/dɑːns/us
/dæns/
a particular series of movements that you perform to music or the type of music that is connected ...
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(Definition oftraditionalanddancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When talking about dance music, he is careful to distinguish betweentraditionaldancemusic and jazz (which for him, as seen in the above quotation, also includes the tango).
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A beaded necklace may be worn with this outfit, particularly during weddings or by the musicians duringtraditionaldanceperformances.
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The image stops periodically to receive homage from the manytraditionaldancegroups and mariachi bands along the way.
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Courses ontraditionaldance, karawitan, and batik are the most popular study programs for foreign students.
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Traditionaldancechoreography left the actives doing much more than the inactives.
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Modern-daytraditionaldancemusic is based mostly around schottisches, polkas and waltzes with instrumentation including fiddle, mandola, accordion and banjo.
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It has so manytraditionaldance, music etc.
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Pasha replaces theirtraditionaldanceteacher and many in the neighborhood are unwilling to learn the dance as they think it indecent.
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It was this experience with other types of dance that inspired him to push beyond the traditional understanding of khon to revitalize thistraditionaldance.
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One of their traditional music and dance styles (albeit a fairly modern one) is "kpanlogo", a modernizedtraditionaldanceand music form developed around 1960.
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For other cultures the terms ethnic dance ortraditionaldanceare sometimes used, although the latter terms may encompass ceremonial dances.
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The school has many programs that demonstrate cultural diversity and equality, one of which focuses ontraditionaldanceand clothes.
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Lyrically the song is written as atraditionaldancenumber about a strong, independent woman who has relationship troubles.
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There are, however, variations that run counter totraditionaldancetechniques.
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Perhaps the most important part of thetraditionaldancecostume is the more.
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The theatre is often used for everything from modern multimedia performances totraditionaldance.
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The mosttraditionaldanceis called the dance of the giants.
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The hand carved and hand painted masks intraditionaldancedramas are both vibrant and colorful.
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They were unprepared to accept the idea of thetraditionaldancein relationship to the theatre.
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