Ballroom Dancing...

The term “Ballroom Dance” is used very loosely in the non-ballroom community. You must experience watching or going to ballrooms and even dancing it to have a definition in ballroom dancing. “Ballroom dance is any of various social dances in which couples perform set moves.” (Brittanica.net, 2007) Ballroom dance is also known as social dances because it encourages social interaction between dance partners. While it is a beautiful form of art, it has also at times been an integral part of people’s daily lives for hundreds of years, providing an atmosphere for men and women to gather together develop friendship and have a good time. According to Wikipedia, ballroom dance originated in Germany and is now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe.
There are two types of Ballroom dancing, American style and International Standard style. The dance technique of both of these styles of ballroom dancing is identical, but International Standard allows only closed dance positions, whereas American Smooth allows closed, open and separated dance movements. International Style includes Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep, Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive. While under the American Style are Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Cha-Cha, Rumba, East Coast Swing, Bolero, Mambo. Waltz, Polka, Schottische, Tango, One-Step, Foxtrot were the first ballroom dances. Other dances placed under the umbrella “ballroom dance were Night Club, Latin nightclub, Brazillian Dances, Country/ Western Cajun dances, Argentine tango, Peabody and Cabaret. According to a site named IDance2, principles learned in ballroom dancing can be applied to any type of music. Ballroom dancing follows strict tempo. The two main types of music you will be dancing to will either be in ¾ or 4/4. But what is commonly used type was the later type.
In comparison to modern dance, ballroom dance also is used competitively. Dancing is one way of expressing ones feelings, but these two dances have different kind of feeling being expressed in. Modern dancers may express love, anger etc. while in ballroom dance you can only express sensuality and love between partners. In ballroom dancing it shows love, passion of two different individual’s sensuality may be there and two bodies moving as one. In ballroom dancing there’s the unity and we can learn to have faith on their partners. It also teaches not only the movements but how you’ll trust you’re partner and how you’ll be trusted according to the movie Step up 1.