skirt dance

skirt dance
noun
Etymology: skirt (I) + dance, n.
1. : a ballet dance popular in the 19th century distinguished by the dancer's manipulations of her long flowing and varicolored skirts or drapery
2. : a folk dance (as the chiapanecas) accompanied by the manipulation of full skirts or drapery

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