Welcome to the Ballroom
Ballroom dancing is a partnership dance where couples, using
step-patterns, move rhythmically, expressing the characteristics of
music. Ballroom dancing consists of two styles: the Smooth, or Standard,
and the Rhythm, or Latin. The Smooth, Standard style focuses on the
elegance, grace and fluidity of movement. Dancers rotate in a
counter-clockwise direction, moving around the entire floor. The couple
is constantly moving on the dance floor, transitioning from one place to
the next in a fixed pattern. The Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz
and Quickstep are danced in this manner.
The Rhythm, Latin style focuses on a display of vibrant energy and a
personal flair. The couple's dancing pattern is syncopated to the rhythm
of the music. The couple usually dances in one spot of the dance floor.
Included in this style are the East Coast Swing, Jive, Rumba, Bolero,
Cha Cha, Mambo, Samba and Paso Doble.
Popular dances,such as the Argentine Tango, Salsa, Merengue, West Coast
Swing, Hustle, Bachata, Night Club 2-Step and County and Western
Dancing, are more recent additions to the world of Ballroom dance.
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