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• Social dances

  Dances that aim for social interaction
• Ballroom


  A large room used for dances
• Social dance


  Sometimes does not require a partner but simply a number of people in a group
• Classification of social dances

  • Latin American Dances
  • Modern Standard Dances
• Dancesport


  The official name for competitive ballroom dancing
• Dancesport


  A competition where couples on a dance floor are compared to others by qualified judges
• Dancesport


  A stylized form of ballroom dancing with emphasis on performance and appearance
• Swing (USA)


  1. Non-progressive dance style mostly performed in one spot

  2. Popular dance for a crowded dance floor

  3. Quick, fast-paced dance where couples hold hands
• Ballroom dance


  Recreational dance with a partner
• Social dance


  Dance which is recreational and usually performed with a partner and in groups or as a community activity for fun and enjoyment
• Samba (Brazil)


  1. National dance of Brazil

  2. International Ballroom Samba danced with a slight bounce
• Foxtrot (USA)


  1. American dance believed to be of African-American origin

  2. Can be danced at slow, medium, or fast tempos
• Slow Waltz (Austria)


  1. One of the five dances in the Standard category of the International Style

  2. Usually the first dance in Dancesport competition rounds

  3. Danced slowly, even up to 20 beats per minute
• Mambo (Cuba)

  1. Latin dance developed in the 1940s

  2. Popular throughout Latin America
• Paso Doble (Spain)


  1. Lively style of dance to duple meter march-like pasodoble music

  2. Fast-paced Spanish military march dance
• Viennese Waltz (Austria)

  1. Oldest of all ballroom dances

  2. First dance performed in closed hold or "waltz" position
• Tango (Argentina)


  1. Originated in Buenos Aires in the late 19th century

  2. Danced in open and closed embraces focusing on lead and follow
• Modern Dance


  1. Dance of the Twentieth Century

  2. Movement began in the early 1900s
• Ways modern tango is danced

  • Open embraces
  • Closed embraces
• Ballet


  • Keeps back straight and chest held high
  • Dancer tries to defy gravity
  • Foot is always pointed and leg is always turned out
• Modern tango


  • Focuses on the lead and follow moving in harmony of the tango's passionate charging music
• Contemporary dance


  • Developed during the mid-20th century
  • Embraces a lot of different styles
  • Characterized by its versatility
  • Originated from several influential dancers who wanted to show the world that contemporary dancers should embrace freedom, ignore old dance conventions and explore the limits of the human body and visual expression of feelings
• Characteristics of modern dance

  • Space
  • Relationship to music
  • Performers
  • Movement
• Tango originated in Buenos Aires in the late 19th century
• Martha Graham (1894 – 1997)


  • Considered one of the foremost pioneers of American dance
  • Developed her very own language of movement
  • Founded her dance company & school in 1921
  • "The body says what words cannot." - Martha Graham
• Types of contemporary dance

  • Contemporary jazz
  • Contemporary ballet
  • Modern dance
  • Contemporary dance
• Isadora Duncan (1877 – 1927)


  • Mother of Modern Dance
  • Wore very thin clothing
  • Elaborated a personal style based on the full freedom of body expression
  • Died at age 50, when her scarf became entangled in the wheels of the car in which she was riding
• Modern dance


  • Began in the early 1900s as a rebellion against formality and structure of ballet
  • Focuses on a dancer's own interpretations instead of structured steps
  • Originated from the United States and Europe
  • Trains the back and chest to bend, curve, twist, and contract
  • Uses gravity
  • Foot may be pointed, flexed, curled, or relaxed, leg just as likely to be turned in as out
• Benefits of dance include gaining poise, confidence, emotional stability, and creative thinking skills
• Merce Cunningham (1919 – 2009)


  • Dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years
  • Developed new forms of abstract dance movements
  • Established the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1953
• Dancesport


  • Official name for competitive ballroom dancing, competition judged by qualified judges, emphasis on performance and appearance
• TANGO (ARGENTINA)


  Originated in Buenos Aires in the late 19th century, danced in open and closed embraces focusing on lead and follow moving in harmony
• SLOW WALTZ (AUSTRIA)


  One of the five dances in the Standard category of the International Style, usually the first dance in Dancesport competition rounds, can be danced slowly with a romantic character
• Ballroom


  • A large room used for dances, derived from the Latin word 'ballare' meaning 'to dance', may refer to almost any recreational dance with a partner
• SAMBA (BRAZIL)


  National dance of Brazil, danced with a slight bounce created through bending and straightening the knee
• FOXTROT (USA)

  American dance of African-American origin, named by vaudeville performer Harry Fox in 1914, can be danced at different tempos depending on music speed
• PASO DOBLE (SPAIN)


  Lively style of dance to duple meter march-like pasodoble music, developed around 1920, fast-paced Spanish military march
• SWING (USA)


  Non-progressive dance style, popular for crowded dance floors, quick and fast-paced, couples hold hands
• Classification of social dances

  • Latin American Dances
  • Modern Standard Dances
• MAMBO (CUBA)


  Latin dance developed in the 1940s, popular throughout Latin America