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| has gloss | (noun) lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips shimmy |
| has gloss | eng: A shimmy is a dance move in which the body is held still, except for the shoulders, which are alternated back and forth. When the right shoulder goes back, the left one comes forward. It may help to hold the arms out slightly bent at the elbow, and when the shoulders are moved, keep the hands in the same position. In 1917 a dance-song titled "Shim-Me-Sha_Wobble" by Spencer Williams was published, as was "The Jazz Dance, which included the "Shimmy-She", among others. Flappers performed dance in the 1920s. The origin of the name is often attributed to Gilda Gray, a Polish emigrant to America. An anecdote says that when she was asked about her dancing style, she answered, in heavy accent, "I'm shaking my chemise". However, in an interview Gilda denied having said this, and earlier usages of the word are recorded. In the late 1910s others were also attributed as being the "inventor" of the shimmy, including Bee Palmer. Mae West, in her autobiography Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It, claimed to have retitled the "Shimmy-Shawobble" as the Shimmy herself, after seeing the moves in some black nightclubs. |
| lexicalization | eng: shimmy |
| subclass of | (noun) dancing as part of a social occasion social dancing |
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| lexicalization | cat: balanceig |
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| lexicalization | ces: shimmy |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Shimmy ist ein aus dem Foxtrott entstandener Gesellschaftstanz, der etwa um 1918 in den USA kreiert wurde. |
| lexicalization | deu: Shimmy |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Le shimmy est une danse qui trouve ses fondements aux États-Unis, dans la danse noire de la fin du . Elle évoque la notion de chatoiement et de vibration. |
| lexicalization | fra: shimmy |
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| lexicalization | fra: flottement des roues avant |
| Japanese | |
| has gloss | jpn: シミー（Shimmy）とは、ダンスの一種。 |
| lexicalization | jpn: シミー |
| Polish | |
| has gloss | pol: Shimmy (zw. też: Shimmy-sha-wabble, Hootchy-Kootchy) - taniec związany z jazzem, narodził się w Stanach Zjednoczonych po I wojnie światowej. Można go tańczyć w takcie 2/2 bądź 2/4. Jest szybszy od fokstrota W tańcu korpus tancerza pozostaje w bezruchu, porusza natomiast ramionami na zmianę do przodu i do tyłu (kiedy prawie ramię wysuwa się do przodu, lewe przesuwa się do tyłu). Pomocne może być trzymanie rąk lekko zgiętych w łokciach; kiedy ramiona się poruszają - dłonie utrzymywane są w tej samej pozycji. |
| lexicalization | pol: Shimmy |
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| has gloss | spa: El shimmy es un baile de salón que estuvo de moda en torno a los años 1920. Se caracteriza por una postura totalmente rígida del tronco, los codos ligeramente doblados y un movimiento alterno de los dos hombros: al avanzar el hombro derecho, se echa hacia atrás el izquierdo y viceversa, pero sin cambiar la posición de las manos. |
| lexicalization | spa: shimmy |
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| media:img | ImmodestyBlaizeMEW2007Shimmy.jpg |
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