Ballroom
Ballroom
Ballroom
It is performed fashionably by
couples or partners in fast sliding or
gliding
It is a fun,
It is “slow-slow-
A Latin flirtatious and
Dance quick-quick-
Cha- dance which energetic dance
with lots of hip
actually
derived in4 slow”/ “2-3-
Cha originated in
Cuba.
movements
and fancy
from
time.
4
Mambo. and 1”
foot work.
“BAILE CON CORTE” – to First performed as a solo
Tan dance with many dramatic
or artistic poses.
dance by a woman in 19th
century.
“Andalusian Tango” –
use of castanets.
Dance in
“slow-slow-quick-
Time 4/4. quick- slow”
OPEN EMBRACE:
where lead and
follow have space
between their
bodies.
AMERICAN TANGO –
Tan Style combination of Argentine
and International Tango
ARGENTINE TANGO
– Close Embrace where INTERNATIONAL TANGO
the lead and follow – connected in upper thigh or
connected chest- hip area.
to-chest.
Jive
Also known in recent years Mid-1930s, it
as “Swing”, is a lively,
energetic dance combining was renamed
quick footwork and
graceful arm movements “JITTERBUG”
with swirls and dips. .
LAURÉ HAILE
One evening in 1927,
SHORTZ GEORGE 1940s, made the first
SNOWDEN named it documentation of the
“LINDY HOP”.
dance and named it
“WESTERN SWING”