| u want to learn ballroom dancing. You know that being | | | | from the Austria Waltzen styles of ballroom dancing |
| a good professional dancer, you can earn a good | | | | popular in Austria and Germany in the early 1900s. The |
| income and may even one day become a celebrity. | | | | Boston Waltz became popular in the United States in |
| Dancing well can have many other benefits too. Do | | | | 1834 and is a slower version of the Viennese Waltz. |
| you know that dancing can give you good poise and | | | | Today, the Waltz still remains as a slow type of |
| lends you an air of elegance? Dancing can even | | | | ballroom dancing and the slower tempo has allowed |
| correct your bad posture and make you look taller, | | | | the Waltz to have more figures, dips and steps added |
| strengthens your cardiovascular health, tone your | | | | to it. |
| muscles, improve your flexibility and yes, even losing | | | | The Foxtrot is a form of ballroom dancing |
| weight! If your lover is your dance partner, you can | | | | chereographed by Harry Fox in 1914 in New York City. |
| even strengthen your bonding and love. | | | | The Foxtrot involves moving the back leg in a smooth |
| There are many dance styles you can choose to | | | | action, although there are many versionss of the |
| learn, however, the most elegant type of dancing is | | | | Foxtrot. The original Foxtrot was faster and not as |
| ballroom dancing. Ballroom dancing has many genre | | | | smooth and stylish as some of the variations danced |
| and these include the cha cha, the jive, rhumba, foxtrot, | | | | today. However, the faster Foxtrot style of ballroom |
| samba, waltz, tango and salsa just to name a few. | | | | dancing is still taught in many modern ballroom dancing |
| There are many ballroom dancing forms and I will | | | | studios and danced in many modern ballrooms. |
| briefly describe some of the more popular ones here. | | | | The Cha Cha was originally called the Cha Cha Cha |
| Ballroom dancing is considered a formal and elegant | | | | because its main tempo movement is based on a triple |
| form of social dancing. The word "ball" is derived from | | | | step. The Cha Cha style of ballroom dancing originated |
| the Latin word "ballare" which simply means dance. | | | | in the Cuban Mambo and became popular in the United |
| Ballroom dancing is usually performed by a couple | | | | States in the 1950s. The Cha Cha triple step is danced |
| where usually the male dancer leads and the female | | | | in between two rock beat movements. This dance |
| dancer follows the steps. | | | | form is perhaps the most popular ballroom dance style |
| There are two main styles of ballroom dancing which | | | | in the world. |
| are the international style and the American style. The | | | | The early tango was known as tango criollo. Today, |
| Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha, Waltz, Foxtrot and Salsa | | | | there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine |
| dances are some of the most popular types of | | | | Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango, American |
| ballroom dancing enjoyed being enjoyed all over the | | | | and International tango styles, Finnish tango and vintage |
| world.. | | | | tangos. What many tango dancers consider to be the |
| Salsa is a dance for Salsa music created by the | | | | authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced |
| Spanish speaking people from the Caribbean. Salsa | | | | in Argentina and Uruguay athough other forms of |
| dancing is a fine elegant mixture of African and | | | | tango have developed into more mature dances in |
| European dance influences through the music and | | | | their own right. |
| dance fusions that are the roots of Salsa. Salsa | | | | The Jive is a dance style in 4/4 tempo that was |
| dancing is closely related to "dirty dancing". | | | | originated in the United States from African-Americans |
| Salsa is usually a couple partner dance although there | | | | in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation |
| are also solo forms, line dancing (suelta), and Rueda de | | | | of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. |
| Casino where groups of couples exchange partners in | | | | Jive is one of the five International Latin dances. In |
| a circle. The Salsa dance can also be improvised or | | | | competition it is danced at a speed of 44 bars per |
| performed with a set routine. | | | | minute, although in other cases this is reduced to |
| The Rumba style of ballroom dancing is sometimes | | | | between 32 and 40 bars per minute. Many of the |
| known as the Latin Waltz. The American Rumba is a | | | | jive's basic patterns are similar to these of the East |
| variation of a slow rhythmed Cuban dance called the | | | | Coast Swing with the major difference of highly |
| "Son" that was brought to the United States in the | | | | syncopated rhythm of the Triple Steps (Chasses), |
| 1920s. The Rumba is danced on the spot, rather than | | | | which use straight eighths in ECS and hard swing in |
| all over the dance floor, with hip and other body | | | | Jive. That is why the jive is closely related to lindy hop |
| movements in a slow, quick, quick beat. | | | | and jitterbug ballroom dance form. |
| The Modern Waltz style of ballroom dancing comes | | | | |
