page_title: Partner dance
section_title: Double partner dancing
hierarchical_section_title: Partner dance / Double partner dancing
caption_attribution_description: English: Arthur Murray Dance Studio in The Woodlands TX: Mike Danahy, Emma Moore, and Sandy Burrier participate in group class for Double Partner Dancing.
context_page_description: Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner.
context_section_description: This kind of dance involves dancing of three persons together: one man with two women or one woman with two men. In social dancing, double partnering is best known during times when a significant demographic disproportion happens between the two sexes. For example, this happens during wars: in the army there is a lack of women, while among civilians able dancers are mostly women. For example during World War 2, many advanced leads learned to dance Lindy Hop with two follows.
  Since the 1980s, double partner dance is often performed in Ceroc, Hustle, Salsa and Swing dance communities, experienced leaders leading two followers.
  There are a number of folk dances that feature this setup. Among these are  the Russian Troika and the Polish Trojak folk dances, where a man dances with two or more women.  A Cajun dance with the name Troika is also known.
caption: Students participating in a group class for Double Partner Dancing.
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