Complete Clue List
Across
1. Afro-Caribbean dance music (7)
6. Material for shiny balloons that may be used as ballroom decorations (5)
9. Genre of Bohemian dance music, favoured by Weird Al Yankovic (5)
10. Sound on a drum or door, or from dancers on the floor (7)
11. Yambu or guaguanco for example (5)
12. Flower corsage worn to a Prom? (5)
14. Series of movements (6)
18. Ethnic group of itinerant Europeans known for its caravans and dancing (6)
19. People or, style of dance & music, reflects life in the country (4)
21. Something a cat will dance around if a laser is involved (3)
22. Muslim mystic who may give things a whirl (4)
23. Geneva's lake OR a sweetheart one wants to dance with (arch.) (5)
24. (With 40D) 2009 biopic of the ballet life of Li Cunxin: "40D ____ Dancer" (4)
26. Prevalent, like the 'Twist' in the 60s (4)
28. Type of tie for a traditional formal dance (4)
30. The Hand Jive is a Rock 'n' ____ dance from the 50s (4)
31. Sew your own dance outfit (acronym)(3)
32. Native word for the Riverdance homeland (4)
34. Screen dance partner of Fred Astaire: ____ Rogers (6)
35. Contemporary dancer with a scarf problem: Isadora ____ (6)
38. "Lead Someone a Merry Dance" is a turn of phrase or ____ (5)
41. Requirements for dancing (5)
42. Like some glances, when dancing (7)
43. It takes two; or "____ and Cash" (5)
44. A very long time; "The best ball I've been to in ____" (U.K. inf., 5)
45. Sure thing, like dancing at a ball (4,3)
Down
1. Recording devices used by 26D ladies at formal balls (5)
2. Category of dance for merengue or samba (5)
3. Tuber needed for James Brown dance (6)
4. Chooses to dance or sit out (4)
5. Time to mosh woohoo with "Song 2" by this band (4)
6. (With 27D) UK dancer born Margaret Evelyn de Arias (First name, 6)
7. Brazilian dance popular in the 1980s (7)
8. Practical person who accepts that their first choice dance partner may not be available (7)
13. Sufficient quantites of this is required for dancers' energy (4)
15. Caesar's peepers (5)
16. Extremely excited, dancing like a house ____ (5)
17. "____ That Jazz" (3)
20. US dancer who was caught "Singing in the Rain" in 1952; Gene ____ (5)
21. 28D + 21D: Chicken steps seen at a wedding? (2nd word, 5)
24. This Sophia danced the Flamenco in "The Pride and the Passion" (1957) (5)
25. What a condiment, spicy dance whose name was coined by Johnny Pacheco (5)
26. The Cotillion and the Quadrille were popular in this era (7)
27. (With 6D) UK dancer born Margaret Evelyn de Arias (Surname, 7)
28. 28D + 21D: Chicken steps seen at a wedding? (1st word, 4)
29. Elvis Presley dances around the ring in this 1962 boxing flick: "____ Galahad" (3)
31. Some rational believers, who hopefully still enjoy dancing (6)
33. No red noses on this Soviet born dancer: ____ Nureyev (6)
36. "____ Dance" 1988 cinéma vérité short film
37. Time of day for most school dances (5)
39. Rodgers and Hart classic: "____ It Romantic?" (3'1)
40. (With 24A) 2009 biopic of the ballet life of Li Cunxin: "____ 24A Dancer" (3'1)