social dance

• square dance consist of four couples
• round dance is one of the popular ballroom rhythms
• dance mixers changes partners
• ballroom dance is a couple dance with series of step patterns
• chacha and slow waltz are the most famous dances
• 16th century expresses love and courtship
• 16th century ballroom dance can only be danced by royalties and aristrocrats
• 18th century in england
• 18th century is a widely spread enthusiasm
• 18th century ballroom consist of polk, scottische, and mazurka
• 20th century is the transformation of dances
• 20th century dances are energetic and fast motions
• 20th century consist of dances such as cha cha, samba, tango, and american swing
• 21st century ballroom became a competition
• 21st century ballroom became a sport
• there are two categories of ballroom dance: latin and Standard
• latin dance consist of sensual music and feeling
• standard dance is very formal
• cha-cha-cha is originated in cuba
• cha-cha-cha is originated in the year 1953
• cha-cha-cha was found by enrique jorrin
• rumba is a dance of love
• rumba is a sensual interplay within partners
• jive is originated in the year 1934
• jive was found by cab calloway
• samba is from brazil
• samba is a syncopated, bouncing and rolling hips dance
• paso doble has high chest, shoulder wide and head kept at the back
• paso means 'step'
• doble means 'two'
• slow waltz or also known as english waltz
• slow waltz came from german
• waltz came from the word walzen whcih means 'to roll,turn or glide'
• slow waltz has a timeless charm
• tango came from argentina
• tango has intense emotion (passionate and dramatic)
• viennese waltz came from the word volta which mean "the turn"
• jive is energetic and lively
• viennese waltz is fast paced with quick turns
• foxtrot is smooth and elegant