Lambada Lambada Lambada () is a dance from Pará, Brazil. The dance became internationally popular in the 1980s, especially in the Philippines, Latin America and Caribbean countries. It has adopted aspects of dances such as forró, salsa, merengue, maxixe and the carimbó. Lambada is generally a partner dance. The dancers generally dance with arched legs, with the steps being from side to side, turning or even swaying, and in its original form never front to back, with a pronounced movement of the hips. At the time when the dance became popular, short skirts for women were in fashion and men wore
Glossary of country dance terms complete circular, clockwise turn to place. Turn by right or left - dancers join right (or left) hands and turn around, separate, and "fall" to places. Turn single - dancers turn around in four steps. 'Turn single right shoulder' is a clockwise turn; 'turn single left shoulder' is a counterclockwise turn. Up a double and back - common combination in which dancers (usually having linked hands in a line) advance a double and then retire another double. Glossary of country dance terms An alphabetic list of modern Country dance terminology; Active Couple - for long-ways sets with more than one