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The term 'ballroom dancing' is derived from the word ball which in turn originates from the Latin word ballare which means 'to dance' (a ball-room being a large room specially designed for such dances). In times past, ballroom dancing was social dancing for the privileged, leaving folk dancing for the lower classes. These boundaries have since ...
Following its revival, the professional ballroom dancing world was becoming more and more fragmented as competing organizations vied for domination. Finally, in September 1950 the ICBD ( International Council of Ballroom Dancing ) was founded, becoming the world's first international professional dance organisation, and all other competitions ...
Ten international style ballroom dances—five Standard and five Latin—are defined by the World Dance Council (WDC), which has world-wide membership of all countries taking part in ballroom competitions. The WDC incorporates various groupings and former titles, such as the World Dance and DanceSport Council (former title). The WDC is the ...
Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, [1] as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. In the case of Para dancesport, [2] at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair. Dancesport events are sanctioned and regulated by dancesport organizations at the national and international level, such as the World DanceSport Federation.
The British Sequence Championships for children takes place as part of the Blackpool Junior Dance Festival, running since 1947. [8] They start on Easter Monday each year and run for a week. Until 2010, when increasing numbers prompted a move to the Empress Ballroom, they had been held at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool Tower. The events ...
Frank Veloz was born in Washington, D.C. in 1906 to a Spanish father and a Dutch mother. Yolanda Bianca was born in 1908. [1][a] One of six sisters, Yolanda was from an Italian family. [2] They met at a high school sorority dance in the Collegiate Club on 84th street, Manhattan; Yolanda was sixteen and a student at Washington Irving High School ...
With their highly acrobatic technique, high level of artistry and daring innovations, they were considered by many the greatest tap dancers of their day. Bronislava Nijinska (1891–1972), Polish and Russian ballet dancer. Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (March 12, 1889 – April 8, 1950), Polish ballet dancer and choreographer.
Category. : Ballroom dancers. This category contains Ballroom dancers. It should not include stage, film or ballet dancers unless they are also notable as ballroom dancers.