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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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Ballroom dance" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 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 .
Olive Katherine Craddock (1894–1926), Anglo-Indian dancer who danced under the name of Roshanara; Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986), Bharata Natyam classical dancer, choreographer; Methil Devika (born 1977), dancer, choreographer, teacher; Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), film actress, dance sequences in Bollywood films
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ... Ballroom dance; Ballroom tango; Boogie-woogie (dance) Bugg; C. Sergei Chernyshev (breakdancer)
Like all Standard category dances, waltz is a progressive dance, meaning that dancers travel along a path known as the line of dance, that is counter-clockwise around the floor. It is characterized by pendulum swing movements and incorporates general elements of ballroom technique such as foot parallelism, rise and fall, contra body movement ...