Balboa (dance)

Balboa (original Balboa or Pure-Bal) is a dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and 1930s. Balboa also now refers to a fusion of dances that originated from that era.

The original Balboa dance is a form of swing dance that started as early as 1915 and gained in popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. It is danced primarily in close embrace, and is led with a full body connection. The art of Balboa is in the subtle communication between the lead and follow, including weight shifts, which most viewers cannot see. As a result, Balboa is considered more of a "dancer's dance" than a "spectator's dance". Its exact origins are obscure, especially as most of the original Balboa dancers have since died.

Balboa is danced to a wide variety of tempos. Because the basic step takes up such a small space, Balboa can be danced to fast music (over 300 beats per minute). Balboa is also danced to slow music (under 100 beats per minute), which allows more time for intricate footwork and variations.

Generic top-level domain

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. A top-level domain is the last label of every fully qualified domain name. They are called generic for historic reasons; initially, they were contrasted with country-specific TLDs in RFC 920.

The core group of generic top-level domains consists of the com, info, net, and org domains. In addition, the domains biz, name, and pro are also considered generic; however, these are designated as restricted, because registrations within them require proof of eligibility within the guidelines set for each.

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Dance (Disco Heat)

"Dance (Disco Heat)" is the title of a 1978 single by American disco singer Sylvester James, who performed using just his first name, Sylvester. The song became Sylvester's first Top 40 hit in the US, where it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1978; it also reached #29 on the UK Singles Chart. The song appears on his 1978 album, Step II.

A 12" single was released in 1978, with "Dance (Disco Heat)" as the A-side and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" as the B-side, and these two extended dance mixes proved to be very popular in the dance clubs at the time. The two songs held down the top spot on the Billboard Dance/Disco chart for six weeks in August and September of that year and helped to establish Sylvester's career as a noted disco and dance music performer, both in the U.S. and abroad.

References

External links

  • "Dance (Disco Heat)" / "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" 12" single info Discogs.com.
  • Dance (surname)

    Dance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bill Dance (television host) (born 1940), American fisherman
  • Charles Dance (born 1946), British actor
  • George Dance the Elder (1695–1768), English architect
  • George Dance the Younger (1741-1825), English architect and surveyor
  • George Dance (politician), politician and political activist
  • James Dance (politician) (1907-1981), British Conservative Party politician
  • Nathaniel Dance, (1748-1827), English sailor and commodore
  • William Dance (1755-1840), English pianist and violinist
  • Dallas Dance (Born 1979) Superintendent of Baltimore County Schools
  • See also

  • Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735–1811), English portrait painter and politician
  • Balboa

    Balboa may refer to:

    Places

  • Balboa, León, a Spanish village and municipality
  • Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California, also called Balboa
  • Balboa, Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia
  • Balboa High School (California), an American public high school of San Francisco, California
  • Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California
  • Balboa (lunar crater), a lunar crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon
  • Balboa, Panama, a port city in Panama
  • Balboa District, a district of Panamá Province in Panama
  • Balboa Park (disambiguation), any of several
  • Balboa (Los Angeles Metro station), a station on the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line
  • Balboa, Risaralda
  • Naval Medical Center San Diego, a US Navy medical treatment facility informally known as "Balboa Hospital"
  • People

  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
  • Javier Balboa (born 1985), Equatoguinean football midfielder
  • Marcelo Balboa (born 1967), American former soccer defender
  • Balboa, León

    Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈβoa]) (Valboa in Galician language) is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain).

    It is one of Galician speaking councils of El Bierzo

    Pedanías

    The parish s belonging to the municipality are:

  • Balboa
  • Cantejeira
  • Pumarín
  • Ruidelamas
  • Castañeira
  • Source Olive
  • Chandevillar
  • Ruideferros
  • Valverde do Camín
  • Villarmarín
  • Villafeile
  • Lamagrande
  • Quintela
  • Villanueva
  • Parajís
  • Villarino
  • Brown
  • Although Galician names are unofficial, are the original and commonly used by the inhabitants of the municipality, since the names in Castilian are mere translations of the original names.

    References

    Coordinates: 42°42′26.7″N 6°55′16.37″W / 42.707417°N 6.9212139°W / 42.707417; -6.9212139

    Balboa (Los Angeles Metro station)

    Balboa is a station on the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line, in the Los Angeles County Metro Liner system. It is named after adjacent Balboa Boulevard, which travels north-south and crosses the east-west transitway route. The station is in the Lake Balboa district of Los Angeles, in the central San Fernando Valley.

    Layout

    Metro Liner BRT service

    Metro Liner Orange Line BRT (bus rapid transit) service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.

    Bus connections

  • Metro Local: 164, 236, 237
  • LADOT Commuter Express: 573, 574
  • Destinations

    Attractions

  • Metro Orange Line bicycle path - adjacent.
  • Lake Balboa Park - L.A. city park
  • Sepulveda Dam Basin city parks, recreation fields, and golf course.
  • Birmingham High School
  • Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
  • Los Angeles River bicycle path
  • Victory Boulevard bike path
  • Shopping

  • Singing Store
  • Dining

  • Taqueria Juanitos Mexican Food
  • Encino Park Cafe
  • Stop In Donuts
  • References

    External links

  • LA Metro: Orange Line Timetable - schedules
  • LA Metro: Orange Line map and stations - route map and station addresses and features
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    San Diego Union-Tribune 19 Mar 2025
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    Telegram & Gazette - Worcester 18 Mar 2025
    Oakmont baseball holds first practice of the spring. The Oakmont baseball team gets ready for the 2025 season ... “Our mentality is we’re just dancing with the other opponent,” said Hessel, a fitting boxing analogy coming from the Rocky Balboa fan ...
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    San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Mar 2025
    Spring is in the air, friends, inspiring classical and cultural dance companies to express love in all of its dramatic forms ... Trinity Irish Dance Company ... Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., downtown ... Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., downtown.
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    San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Mar 2025
    Highlights include performance art by Liquid Mercury Fusion Dance, Orange Cat Tarot, live music by Ron Horvitz and live art auction led by auctioneer Eric Lehew ... Square Dance Festival in Balboa Park.
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