A folk dance from northern Spain, danced by couples in fast triple time.
霍塔舞（西班牙北部民间舞蹈，是快三步双人舞）
Example sentencesExamples
Only men perform traditional or ritual dances, while both men and women perform recreational dances, or jota.
At another, with his castanets, he brought alive the feel of a jota, the popular Spanish folk dance.
Moiseyev has added a few new dances, at least new to New York, including a hilarious sailor's dance called A Day on Board a Ship, as well as adaptations from Venezuela and Argentina and a sprightly Spanish jota.
Spain's ancient musical heritage includes bagpipe music in Galicia and Asturias, sardanas (circle dances) in Catalonia, flamenco dancing accompanied by the guitar in Andalusia, and the lively Aragonese dance called the jota.
Origin
Spanish.
Definition of jota in US English:
jota
nounˈhōdə
A folk dance from northern Spain, danced in couples in fast triple time.
霍塔舞（西班牙北部民间舞蹈，是快三步双人舞）
Example sentencesExamples
Only men perform traditional or ritual dances, while both men and women perform recreational dances, or jota.
At another, with his castanets, he brought alive the feel of a jota, the popular Spanish folk dance.
Moiseyev has added a few new dances, at least new to New York, including a hilarious sailor's dance called A Day on Board a Ship, as well as adaptations from Venezuela and Argentina and a sprightly Spanish jota.
Spain's ancient musical heritage includes bagpipe music in Galicia and Asturias, sardanas (circle dances) in Catalonia, flamenco dancing accompanied by the guitar in Andalusia, and the lively Aragonese dance called the jota.