Meanings
plural circle dances
- A style of social dance in which performers form a circle and dance to musical accompaniment.
The circle dance is characterized not only by the circle formation (which other dances may share) but by the fact that couples or individuals keep progressing around the circle and dancing with new couples or individuals […]
1950, Lloyd Shaw, The Round Dance Book: A Century of Waltzing, page 371Synonyms: ring dance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA style of social dance in which performers form a circle and dance to musical accompaniment.
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