• Reality dancing shows such as Dancing with the Stars have renewed interest in ballroom dancing
    • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were major influences on ballroom dancing in the United States
    • The 2008 annual National Ballroom Dance Week is scheduled for September 19-28, 2008
    • Ice dancing, a form of pairs figure skating is based on ballroom dancing
    • Many ballroom dances are derived from traditional folk dances

  • Ballroom Dancing refers collectively to various social partner dances of Western origin that are pursued both socially and competitively worldwide. Although the term was originally applied to any social partner dancing in which the man "leads" the woman, the term ballroom dance is most often applied in modern times to a set of specific dances in the International Standard and International Latin styles.

    For more information about relevant dances click on the following How to Dance the Viennese Waltz, How to Dance with a Partner, How to Dance the Jive, How to Dance the Samba and other pages in the Related Mahalo Pages box.

  • Dances

    1. International Standard Dances:
      1. Slow Waltz
      2. Tango
      3. Viennese Waltz
      4. Slow Foxtrot
      5. Quickstep
    2. International Latin Dances:
      1. Cha-cha
      2. Samba
      3. Rumba
      4. Paso Doble
      5. Jive
    3. Other dances sometimes classified as ballroom dances:
      1. Polka
      2. Swing
      3. Lambada
      4. Merengue

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