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    Social dance focuses on sociability and socializing. It has a social function and context unlike other types of dancing. The document then provides descriptions of various social dance styles including salsa, mambo, bachata, boogie-woogie, reggae dance, Manila swing, and line dancing. It outlines the origins, music, steps and patterns associated with each style.

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    Social dance focuses on sociability and socializing. It has a social function and context unlike other types of dancing. The document then provides descriptions of various social dance styles including salsa, mambo, bachata, boogie-woogie, reggae dance, Manila swing, and line dancing. It outlines the origins, music, steps and patterns associated with each style.

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    Social dance focuses on sociability and socializing. It has a social function and context unlike other types of dancing. The document then provides descriptions of various social dance styles including salsa, mambo, bachata, boogie-woogie, reggae dance, Manila swing, and line dancing. It outlines the origins, music, steps and patterns associated with each style.

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    Social dance focuses on sociability and socializing. It has a social function and context unlike other types of dancing. The document then provides descriptions of various social dance styles including salsa, mambo, bachata, boogie-woogie, reggae dance, Manila swing, and line dancing. It outlines the origins, music, steps and patterns associated with each style.

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    SOCIAL DANCE

     Sociability and socializing are the prime


    focuses of the dancing

     It is the dance type of dancing that has a


    social function and context.
    SALSA
    • Is a hot dance similar to Mambo, which,
    when danced correctly, displays a lot of
    shaking, shimming and hip action. 6/8 counts
    of music.
    • It mixes African and European dance
    influences through the music and dance
    fusions that are the roots of salsa : puerto
    rican and cuban son, Guaguanco, Rumba,
    Boogaloo, Pachanga, Guaracha, Puerto
    Rico's Plena, Bomba.
    MAMBO
    • Swaying hip movements, facial expressions,
    arm movements and holds all add to the
    sensuality of the dance.
    • It is a fast Latin dance, similar to salsa, of
    Cuban origin that corresponds to mambo
    music.
    • It was popularized in 70's by Eddie Torres.
    BACHATA
    • A style of dance that was originated in the
    Dominican Republic.
    • Basic steps are three-steps with a cuban hip
    motion, followed by a tap which can include a
    hip movement also on the 4th beat.
    • Generally, most of the dancer's movements is
    in the lower body up to hips, and the upper
    body can be move more or less.
    BOOGIE-WOOGIE
    • This dance was called Rock'n'roll during
    1950's.
    • It was used mostly in Europe and closest
    thing in US is East Coast Swing.
    • The dance style could more properly
    describe as swing and can be either fast or
    slow depending on the music's tempo.
    • Six beat dance pattern, cued as “tri-ple step,
    tri-ple step, step, step.
    REGGAE DANCE
    • It is basically a series of fluidly executed side
    chasses and back rock steps, danced to cool
    pop music.
    • 'single step' and 'double step' of the Reggae
    are actually the same steps (with the same
    rhythym and tempo) but done in different
    directions.
    • Single step means 'back-forward-together'
    (back rock); double step means 'side-close-
    side' (side chasse).
    MANILA SWING
    • It is a Filipino variation of the hustle.
    Americans usually refers to the Manila Swing
    as the Fourt-court hustle.
    • It is mostly refers to the unique partner dance
    done in ballrooms and nightclubs to disco
    music.
    • 8/6 counts, “& 1 2 3- & 4 5 6”.
    LINE DANCE
    • A choreographed dance with a repeated
    sequence of steps in which a group of people
    dance in one more lines or row, all faces
    either each other or in the same direction, and
    executing steps at the same time.
    • the dances are done one-wall, two-wall, or
    four-wall.

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