Dances

• Social or ballroom dancing - main goal is to get to know other people in attendance to a certain social function. The
• STANDARD BALLROOM DANCES - Also known for it's smooth movement.
• FOXTROT - It is an American dance and believed to be of African-American origin. This dance was named by American performer Harry Fox
• WALTZ - It is also considered by some as "mother of present-day dances" and the "backbone dance"
• TANGO - It originates from Buenos Aires (Argentina) where it was first danced in "Barrio de Las Rana", the ghetto of Buenos Aires. The word "tango" may be an African term for "closed space" or "reserved ground,"
• QUICK STEP - It was invented in the 1920's with the same origin of foxtrot as well as the tempo.
• LATIN-AMERICAN DANCES - Latin ballroom dances are energetic dances which reflect the shift in rhythm of the music being danced to.
• CHA-CHA-CHA - This dance originated in Cuba and sometimes called cha-cha in the United States, It was developed by Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950's.
• JIVE It was developed from the dance "jitterbug" from America. After the origination of the jive dance in the United States,
• SAMBA It is the national dance of Brazil and of the five international Latin dances developed in Brazil during the 19th century.
• RUMBA It originates primarily from Cuba in the sixteenth century, which has its roots in African rhythms brought to America by the slaves.