Tuesday, February 15, 2011

What Follows Is A Little Story Of Ballroom Dancing

By Abner Finnigan


Ballroom dance means kind of social dances where a couple would dance together following very common steps. Ballroom dance derives from the word 'ball' (early 18th century social events patronized by the high class men and women that successively comes from the Latin word 'ballare' with the meaning 'to dance'. The most widely found kinds of ballroom dance might be mentioned as Quickstep, Tango, Slow Foxtrot, Modern Waltz, Viennese Waltz and many forms of Latin dances.

Ballroom dance has its roots in England, sometime between the late 18th century and the early 19th century, and was conducted by the top classes of modern society in balls as well as celebrations. By degrees over time and during the nineteenth century, ballroom dance became a fad among the working classes and middle classes who took part in social dance events.

In the 1920's, ballroom competitions rose in popularity which led to the formation of the Ballroom Branch of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing in 1924 that bore the vision to standardize the actions, music, and method of ballroom dance. Today, ballroom dance is performed not only in Europe, but inside the Asian-Pacific and also the Americas also. Official ballroom dance contests referred to as Dance Sport are commonly offered for ballroom exponents with various degrees of skill levels.

The a variety of ballroom dance forms come from different settings and boast of exclusive artistic values, tempos, methods and beats. Despite these differences, all ballroom dance sorts do share comparable traits. Executed by a couple (generally by a male and a female, these dances demand that they perform in a set pattern which is prominently referred to as the 'Close Hold'.

This position requires the two folks to maintain five areas of contact - three hand contact points wherein the man's left hand holds the woman's correct hand, the woman's left hand is positioned on the man's correct upper arm and the man's proper hand is placed below the left shoulder blade on the woman's back; 1 elbow contact point wherein the woman's left elbow is placed on the man's correct elbow and both arms are maintained in a horizontal line contributing to the ease of movement; 1 chest contact point wherein the correct region of the chest of the man touches the best region of the woman contributing to the expression of feelings and emotions between the two.

In conclusion, ballroom dance is really a fashion which will never die away given the manifestations of love, joy and pain between 2 people.




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