Close embrace is a term used in partner dances. Partner dances are the Dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually It refers to a position where the leader and follower stand facing each other chest-to-chest. In partner dancing, the two partners are labelled as the leader and the follower, or lead and follow. The dancers usually stand offset from one another, such that each has his or her right toe in between the toes of his or her partner. When in close embrace, the dance is led (and followed) with the whole body, rather than with the arms or with visual cues. Various partner dances make use of this position, most notably Argentine Tango, but also Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Swing Walk, Blues, and others. Argentine Tango is a Social dance and a Musical genre that originated in Argentina and moved to Uruguay and to the rest of the world later on Balboa today is commonly used as a general term for dances that come from southern California during the 1920s and 1930s The Collegiate Shag is a form of Swing dancing, which has some visual similarity with balboa (another swing dance but with different footwork. Swing walk is a dance from the 1920s and 1930s It is related to other partner dances like Foxtrot and Balboa. Blues dancing is a modern term used to describe a family of historical dances that developed along side and danced to blues music or the contemporary dances that are danced in that aesthetic
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In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each otherDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic