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The Smooth and Rhythm categories of American style DanceSport roughly correspond to the Standard and Latin categories of International style. In Smooth, dancers wear costumes not greatly dissimilar to those worn by their counterparts in Standard---Standard dresses often have prominent floats embellishing the arms and fuller skirts which are typically absent in Smooth, due to the open movement ...
Latin dance is a mix of various dance styles from cultures around the world, creating a dance style encompassing this new age of Latin culture. [9] Influences deriving from West African, African American, and European dance styles were all comprised in the making of many of these Latin dances such as: Salsa , Mambo , Merengue , Rumba, Cha-cha ...
U.S. National Professional Latin. Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions [1] [2] 1964-1969 Larry Silvers & Betty Silvers Maryland 1971 Bob Medeiros & Sheryn Hawkins Massachusetts 1972-1973 Vernon Brock & Beverly Donahue New Jersey 1974 Frank Regan & Victoria Regan Canada 1975-1978 Vernon Brock & Linda Dean Texas 1979-1985 Ron Montez & Elizabeth ...
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: List of dance style categories
This category includes partner dances danced socially that are either of Latin American origin or arbitrarily classified and commonly recognized as such. It does not include Latin folk dances danced mainly for performance.
Lambada (pronunciation ⓘ) is a dance from the state of Pará in Brazil. The dance briefly became internationally popular in the 1980s, especially in the Philippines, Latin America and Caribbean countries. It has adopted aspects of dances such as maxixe, carimbó, forró, salsa and merengue. Lambada is generally a partner dance. The dancers ...
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout Latin America. The original ballroom dance which emerged in Cuba and Mexico was related to the danzón, albeit faster and less rigid. In the United States, it replaced rhumba as the most fashionable Latin dance. Later ...