Difference between dance and polonaise
Definitions
verb
- move in a graceful and rhythmical way
- skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
- move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
noun
- an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- a party of people assembled for dancing
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- a party for social dancing
Examples
Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in
If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex.
But a couple of months ago, in a Times Square studio, congas were pounding out Afro-Cuban rhythms, dancers in high heels were twirling to fast-paced mambos, and just about everyone in sight was a shade of brown.
Definitions
noun
- a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
Examples
I would recommend Vladimir Horowitz's recordings of the études and mazurkas, Artur Rubinstein's recordings of the polonaises and concertos, and Luiz de Moura-Castro's recordings of the ‘Ballade in G minor’ and the nocturnes.
The film ends with Poles dancing their traditional polonaise to celebrate a military victory over the Russians.
There would be no lines of wilis in arabesque drawn magnetically together in Giselle, nor any grand polonaise for the ensemble in Theme and Variations.
