Social Dance

DANCESPORT
• A combination of art and sport.
• Also called as competitive ballroom
dancing in the past
• Goes with partners (male and
female) competing against other
partners dancing on the floor at one
time
• Provides an avenue to gain discipline
of the body and mind of the dance
athletes
 Classification
LATIN AMERICAN
DANCES MODERN
• SALSA STANDARD DANCES
• MAMBO • WALTZ
• SAMBA • TANGO
• RUMBA • VIENNESE WALTZ
• PASO DOBLE • SLOW FOXTROT
• JIVE • QUICKSTEP
• CHA-CHA-CHA
WALTZ
• INTRODUCED IN ENGLAND IN 1874
• BECAME FASHIONABLE AS TANGO IN 1922
• STANDARDIZED BY IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF
TEACHERS OF DANCING (ISTD)

• TIME SIGNATURE: THREE-FOUR WITH THE 1ST BEAT

ACCENTED
• EACH STEP – 1 BEAT
• COUNTING IN BEATS AND BARS – 123,123,123,123
TANGO
• FIRST DANCED IN EUROPE BEFORE WORLD WAR I.
• ORIGINATES FROM BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
• FIRST DANCED IN “BARRIO DE LAS RANAS”

• TIME SIGNATURE – TWO-FOUR WITH BOTH BEATS

ACCENTED
• SLOW COUNT – 1 BEAT. “QUICK” COUNT = ½ BEAT
• COUNTING IN BEATS AND BARS – 1&2&2, 2&2&2
FOXTROT
• NAMED AFTER AMERICAN PERFORMER HARRY FOX
WHICH WAS PREMIERED IN 1914

• TIME SIGNATURE – FOUR-FOUR WITH THE FIRST AND

THIRD BEATS ACCENTED
• SLOW COUNT = 2 BEATS. “QUICK” COUNTS = 1 BEAT
• COUNTINGS: 1234, 2234, 3234, 4234
QUICKSTEP
• DEVELOPED DURING WWI IN NEW YORK AND
BECAME POPULAR IN BALLROOMS.
• COMMON ORIGIN AS THE OF THE FOXTROT

• TIME SIGNATURE – FOUR-FOUR WITH THE FIRST AND

THIRD BEATS ACCENTED
• SLOW COUNTS = 2 BEATS. “QUICK” COUNT = 1 BEAT
• COUNTING: 1234, 2234, 3234, 4234
VIENNESE WALTZ
• KNOWN TO BE BORN IN THE MODEST OUTSKIRTS OF
AUSTRIA AND BAVARIA

• TIME SIGNATURE: SIX-EIGHT WITH THE FIRST BEAT

ACCENTED
• COUNTING: 123, 223, 323, 423
CHA-CHA-CHA
• NEW COMER IN LATIN AMERICAN DANCES
• ORIGIN IN 1950’S

• TIME SIGNATURE: FOUR-FOUR WITH ACCENTED

BEAT ON THE FIRST AND FOURTH OF EACH BAR
• COUNTING IN BEATS 2,3,4, AND 1. COUNT
SAMBA
• NATIONAL DANCE OF BRAZIL
• ORIGINATED IN AFRICA
• DANCED DURING CARNIVAL TIME

• TIME SIGNATURE: TWO-FOUR WITH MUSICAL

ACCENT ON THE FIRST BEAT AND PERCUSSIVE
ACCENT ON THE SECOND BEAT
• CONTRASTING RHYTHMS: 1 2, 1 A 2, 1 A 2 A 1 A 2,
RUMBA
• ORIGINATES PRIMARILY FROM CUBA IN THE 16TH
CENTURY WHICH HAS ROOTS IN AFRICAN RHYTHMS
BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY THE SLAVES

• TIME SIGNATURE: FOUR-FOUR WITH AN ACCENT ON

THE FIRST BEAT AND FOURTH BEAT OF EACH BAR
• COUNTING IN BEATS 2 3 4 1. COUNT 2=1 BEAT.
COUNT 3=1 BEAT. COUNT 4 1 = 2 BEATS HALF BEAT
PASO DOBLE
• MEANS “DOUBLE STEP”
• ORIGINATED IN SPAIN AND INSPIRED IN
BULLFIGHTING

• TIME SIGNATURE: TWO-FOUR WITH AN ACCENT ON

THE FIRST BEAT OF EACH BAR
• COUNTING IN BEATS 1 2. COUNT 1 = 1 BEAT. COUNT
2 = 1 BEAT
JIVE
• MEANS “JITTERBUG” FROM AMERICA
• THE POPULARITY OF THIS DANCE FORM COINCIDED
WITH THAT OF ROCK AND ROLL
• TIME SIGNATURE: FOUR-FOUR WITH AN ACCENT ON
THE FIRST BEAT SECOND BEAT AND FOURTH BEAT OF
EACH BAR
• COUNTING 123A4 3A4. COUNT 1=1 BEAT. COUNT 2
=1 BEAT. COUNT 3= ¾ BEAT. COUNT A = ¼ BEAT.
COUNT 4= 1 BEAT
OPEN FACING POSITION
OUTSIDE PARTNER POSITION
PROMENADE POSITION
CLOSED POSITION
OPEN POSITION
CHA-CHA-CHA ROUTINE
•BASIC MOVEMENTS (ROCK STEP)
•CHASSE
•NEW YORK
•SPOT TURNS TO LEFT OR RIGHTS
•ALEMANA
CHA-CHA-CHA ROUTINE
OPTIONAL FOR PERFORMANCE TASKS
•SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
•HAND TO HAND
•THREE CHACHACHAS
SIDE STEPS
•THERE AND BACK
•TIME STEPS