Promenade (disambiguation)
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In music and dance
- Promenade (dance move)Promenade (dance move)Promenade is a basic dance move in a number of dances such as English Country Dance, contra dance, and square dance. The name comes from the French word for “walk”, and is a good basic description of the dance action.-Dance position and handholds:...
, a dance figure in some dances - Promenade position, in partner dancing, a type of body positioning where the partners face in the same direction of travel
- PromPromIn the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal dance, or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of the senior year. It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students...
, a formal dance, or gathering of high school students in the United States and Canada typically held at the end of the year - "Promenade" by George Gershwin, originally titled "Walking the DogWalking the Dog (Gershwin)Walking the Dog is one of many musical numbers written in 1937 by George Gershwin for the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers film score for Shall We Dance. In the film, the music accompanies a sequence of walking a dog on board a luxury liner...
" as a musical number for Shall We Dance (1937) - "Promenade", a recurring movement in Pictures at an ExhibitionPictures at an ExhibitionPictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists...
by Modest Mussorgsky - Promenade concertPromenade concertSee The PromsAlthough the term Promenade Concert is normally associated today with the series of concerts founded in 1895 by Robert Newman and the conductor Henry Wood – a festival known today as the BBC Proms – the term originally referred to concerts in the pleasure gardens of London where the...
, concerts in the pleasure gardens of 18th/19th century London;- also now the BBC PromsThe PromsThe Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
- also now the BBC Proms
- Promenade (album)Promenade (album)Promenade is The Divine Comedy's third album. It was released in 1994 on Setanta to much critical acclaim but little commercial success. It is a concept album about two lovers who spend a day at the seaside....
, a 1994 album by The Divine Comedy - "Promenade" (song), a song from the U2 album The Unforgettable Fire
- PromenadePromenade (Street Sweeper Social Club song)Promenade is the second single by rap rock supergroup Street Sweeper Social Club from their debut self-titled album. The version that was released as a single differs from that on the album, the original version on the album is 2:31 in length where as the extended version is 3:40 in length...
, a song by Street Sweeper Social ClubStreet Sweeper Social ClubStreet Sweeper Social Club is an American Rap Rock supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2006. The band primarily consists of guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and vocalist/emcee Boots Riley of The Coup. The band has been testing songs out during Tom Morello's... - Western promenade danceWestern promenade danceWestern promenade dances are a form of partner dance traditionally danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically associated with American country and/or western traditions....
, a form of partner dance
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- Promenade MRT StationPromenade MRT StationPromenade MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, located along Temasek Avenue, near the Millennia Walk shopping mall. It is the fourth station along the counter-clockwise-bound Circle Line track. The station was opened on 17 April 2010 along with the rest of Stage 1...
, a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore - Promenade deckPromenade deckThe promenade deck is a deck found on several types of passenger ships and riverboats. It usually extends from bow to stern, on both ddd,çsides, and includes areas open to the outside, resulting in a continuous outside walkway suitable for promenading, thus the name.On older passenger ships, the...
, a deck found on several types of passenger ships and riverboats - Promenade Mall (disambiguation)Promenade Mall (disambiguation)- United States :*The Promenade at Coconut Creek, in Coconut Creek, Florida*The Promenade In Temecula, in Temecula, California*Westfield Promenade, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California*The Promenade at Sagemore, in Evesham Township, New Jersey...
, a number of malls with similar names - Promenade Shopping Center (disambiguation)
- Promenade was an online service provider for IBM PS/1 users during the 1980s later merged into AOLAOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...