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The History of Ballroom Dancing

Ballroom Dancing is when a couple feelings, thoughts and emotions. These
performs any of the various social dances dances may be stricter than other forms
that follow a pattern of predictable of dance and may limit the range of steps
steps. Examples of these dances are the and body movement involved, but it is
tango, waltz, fox trot and quick step. still one of the best expressions of
It has an immensely amplified popularity love, joy and pain between two
spreading across Europe, the Americas and people.Also, all ballroom dances are
Asia. Ballroom dancing has had a performed by only two people, usually a
relatively short but interesting history man and a woman. These dances are
and has evolved from a recreational performed in a certain position termed as
activity to a worldwide sporting the "Closed Hold". In this position, the
event.Ballroom dancing originated in couple strictly remains in contact in
England in the late 18th and early 19th five different points or places. These
centuries in which these dances, such as five points consists of three hand
the waltz, were performed by the upper contacts, one elbow contact and one chest
and elite classes of society in balls and contact.The first hand contact occurs
parties. During the late 19th to the when the man's left hand holds the lady's
early 20th centuries, it became a trend right hand. Second is when the lady's
among the working and middle class where left hand is placed at the top of the
they would go to gatherings and events in man's right upper arm. In the tango, the
public dance halls. In the early 1920s, lady's left hand is placed behind the
ballroom dancing competitions started to man's arm, not on top of it. The third
boom that in 1924, an organization was contact is when the man's right hand is
formed called the Ballroom Branch of the placed under the left shoulder blade on
Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. the lady's back. The fourth contact is
The objective of this organization was to when the lady's left elbow rests on the
standardize and formalize ballroom man's right elbow and both arms are kept
dancing techniques, sets of steps and in a horizontal line. The lady's arms
music to which it was danced to.In are held comfortably by the man's and
legitimate Dance Sport competitions and permit her to follow the man's lead with
in social events, there are five standard ease. This also gives the couple the
dances. These are the Modern and the appearance of having a bearing of
Viennese Waltz, the Tango, the Slow royalty. This is an important
Foxtrot and the Quickstep. These dances characteristic in the ballroom dances
are standardized and categorized into that came from Western Europe because
segregated teaching levels and utilize these dances were performed in the royal
vocabulary, rhythm and tempo and courts. The last point of contact is
techniques which are accepted where the right area of the chest of one
internationally.Although these dances touches the right area of his partner.
come from very different backgrounds and This closeness allows very little room
have special techniques, aesthetics, between the partners' faces thus
rhythms and tempos, they do share common contributing to the dance's romantic
qualities. All ballroom dances, as with appeal.
all forms of dance, are expressions of




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