What's the difference between quickstep and rigadoon?
Quickstep
Definition:
(n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is quite an energetic Quickstep, with lots of gurning from Patrick and some nice footwork.
(2) Tonight they’re dancing the Quickstep to 'Man With the Hex' by Atomic Fireballs.
(3) On the other hand, he is open to the possibility, but as Sutton says, it depends on how it dovetails with Omega-Pharma-Quickstep’s need for road race success.
(4) Bruno thought it was a spooky riot of a Quickstep, although Patrick's frame was a bit loose in places.
(5) Cavendish's Omega Pharma-QuickStep finish 0.75sec behind, while Team Sky – including Geraint Thomas, riding with a broken pelvis sustained in the crash on day one – finish three seconds adrift Winner Orica GreenEdge Overall 1 Simon Gerrans 2 Daryl Impey same time 7 Chris Froome +3sec Stage 5 Wed 3 July Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille 228.5km Cavendish defies bronchitis for his first stage win of this year's Tour and his 24th in total, outsprinting Sagan and Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen to the line.
(6) Rutherford, 30, and Lowe performed a quickstep in the Blackpool special that earned them a score of 32 points.
(7) Rutherford, 30, and his partner, Natalie Lowe, had performed a quickstep in the Blackpool special that earned them a score of 32 points.
(8) If their abrasive, siren-driven racket proved tough for the Beasties' fratboy fans to fathom, that was nothing compared to their stage show: quickstepping S1Ws in military fatigues brandishing plastic Uzis, offset by the bendy-limbed Flav spouting slang: 'Yeah, boyeee!'
(9) Nearby, at a Prestwich Conservative club dance night, Marjorie Jones, 70, shakes the maracas while pensioners quickstep round her.
Rigadoon
Definition:
(n.) A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.