Sentence examples for rapid footwork from inspiring English sources

Dances such as the jitterbug, popular throughout the 1930s and '40s, included lively turns and lifts with rapid footwork.

Monday's dancers paid terrific attention to taxing details of rapid footwork and charming posture while passing casually over matters like line, dynamic contrasts, expressive phrasing.

She moved with delicacy, reserving her emotions until the dance's last sequence, when she exploded into a flurry of rapid footwork, her skirt swirling around her.

When it was young, "The Dream" (1964) seemed one of the ultimate refinements of Ashton's style, with its rapid footwork, rich use of the upper body, dynamic contrasts, complex changes of direction, rich sense of line and vivid characterization.

(In addition to the well-known Bharatanatyam, students will also display lesser-known styles including Kuchipudi, an up-tempo dance involving rapid footwork, and Mohiniyattam, a graceful, more feminine variety known as the dance of the enchantress; detailed programs will help those new to Indian dance navigate their way through the elaborate story lines).

Whereas the Caribbean counterparts are known for movement above the waist, Cali's steles are its rapid footwork.

Like all students of flamenco, she started out learning castanet work, graceful arm positions and rapid, percussive footwork.

Its rapid-fire footwork, unexpected changes of direction and jumps that spring into the air from nothing are still slightly beyond the Ailey dancers' grasp.

FRESNO — Backstage at the Warnor's Center for the Performing Arts here, Ariana Ferrer, a junior from Monache High School in Porterville, Calif., was engaged in a critical ritual: spritzing hair spray onto nails embedded in the soles of her dance shoes to keep her from slipping during a barrage of rapid-fire footwork.

She has rapid and powerful footwork, but she doesn't wow you with any special trills or woodpecker tappings.

In the wide panoply of rapid, Irish-type footwork that characterizes much of the dance, heels pump the floor, feet flex and toes cross in the air.