Music

• Waltz


  Derived from the German word Waltzen which means "to roll" and "to turn"
• Waltz


  • Performed fashionably by couples or partners in a fast of gliding movements
  • Popularized in Vienna, Austria before it spread across Europe
  • Popularly known as the weller or spinner
  • First time men and women were seen holding each other so closely that their faces touched each other
• Waltz Position


  Close Hold
• Waltz Music


  Romantic Melodies
• Tango


  Considered the smoothest ballroom dance
• Tango


  Baile con Corte means to dance with many dramatic or artistic poses
• Tango


  • Performed in the 19th century by a solo women, then later on by couples using castanets which named as the andalusian tango
  • Said to be immoral dance because of the close body contact of the dancers and the flirtatious skirts worn by female performers
  • Spread all over the europe in the 1900's and became popular in New York from 1910 to 1911
  • Originated within the lower classes of the "Bario de la Ranas"(Buenos Aires), Argentina
• Styles of Tango


  • Argentine Tango
  • International Tango
  • American Tango
• Argentine Tango


  • Close embrace where the lead and follow connected chest to chest
• International Tango


  • Connected in upper thigh or hip area
• American Tango


  • Combination of Argentine and International Tango
• Rudolf Valentino made the Tango hit in 1921