#477 fandango

fandango- an old Spanish courtship dance in triple time between a couple who dance closely and provocatively; a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

C18 Spanish

She felt them twirling around in her brain, the same way she herself had been twirling these last months, her feet and legs learning to dance the complex steps of the alegría and the bulería and the fandango.

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