Other
Dances
These social dances are sometimes categorized as ballroom dancing due to its popularity in the ballroom dance studios.
Salsa
dancing is a dance style associated with the salsa
style of music now popular worldwide. Salsa music
has its origins sometime in the 1950s to 1970s,
with the truly distinct salsa style coming out of
New York in the 1970s. The music fuses a number of
Cuban styles, particularly the son, but also draws
from a number of other Latin American musical
styles.
Salsa dancing is done on eight-beat music, with dancers moving on three beats, pausing for one beat, dancing for three beats, and pausing for one beat. The movement style is left-right-left-pause, then right-left-right-pause. During the pause in most salsa dancing some sort of flourish is utilized, be it a stomp of the foot, casting out the hand or kicking the lower leg. Salsa dancing is mostly a stationary dance, with little movement around the dance floor. Instead, dancers rely on the subtle movement of their legs and upper bodies to convey the energy of the dance
The
Merengue is the national dance of the Dominican
Republic, and also to some extent, of Haiti, the
neighbour sharing the island. There is a lot of
variety in Merengue music. Tempos vary a great deal
and the Dominicans enjoy a sharp quickening in pace
towards the latter part of the dance. The most
favored routine at the clubs and restaurants that
run a dance floor is a slow Bolero, breaking into a
Merengue, which becomes akin to a bright, fast Jive
in its closing stages. The ballroom Merengue is
slower and has a modified hip action.
Ideally suited to the small, crowded dance floors, it is a dance that is easy to learn and essentially a "fun" dance.
"Disco
Hustle" or just "Hustle" began in New York in the
1970s, originally danced to disco music in
Manhattan clubs like the famous "Studio 54". The
dance style has evolved in many directions, but
today the predominant style is known as "New York
Hustle". New York Hustle combines intricate turns,
spins, and awesome partner connection into a
flashy, sexy, and aerobic dance. While sometimes
danced to the "classic" disco music, hustle is now
more often performed to modern club music, such as
"More, More, More" by Kylie Minogue and "What is
Love" by Haddaway.
West
Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from
Lindy Hop. It is characterised by a distinctive
elastic look that results from its basic
extension-compression technique of partner
connection, and is danced primarily in a slotted
area on the dance floor. Within the spectrum of
partner dances, WCS is one of the most
improvisational.
Argentine
Tango is a social dance and a musical genre that
originated in Argentina and Uruguay. In the US, it
is commonly confused with Ballroom Tango, though
this is a later derivation.
Argentine Tango is danced in an embrace that can vary from very open, in which leader and follower connect at arms length, to very closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in between. Close embrace is often associated with the more traditional styles, while open embrace leaves room for many of the embellishments and figures that are associated with Tango Nuevo.
These social dances are sometimes categorized as ballroom dancing due to its popularity in the ballroom dance studios.
Salsa
Salsa dancing is done on eight-beat music, with dancers moving on three beats, pausing for one beat, dancing for three beats, and pausing for one beat. The movement style is left-right-left-pause, then right-left-right-pause. During the pause in most salsa dancing some sort of flourish is utilized, be it a stomp of the foot, casting out the hand or kicking the lower leg. Salsa dancing is mostly a stationary dance, with little movement around the dance floor. Instead, dancers rely on the subtle movement of their legs and upper bodies to convey the energy of the dance
Merengue
Ideally suited to the small, crowded dance floors, it is a dance that is easy to learn and essentially a "fun" dance.
Night Club Two Step
Night Club
Two Step (NC2S) is a new American dance created by
Buddy Schwimmer.Buddy claims to have invented it with
his sister in 1965 when he was 15 years old.
Nightclub two step is typically to popular, medium
ballads with a distinctive "shi-shi-boom"
(quick-quick slow) drum beat. It is similar to Salsa,
but it is danced to much slower, popular ballads and
many of the steps in NC2S and Salsa are
interchangeable.
Disco Hustle
West Coast Swing
Argentine Tango
Argentine Tango is danced in an embrace that can vary from very open, in which leader and follower connect at arms length, to very closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in between. Close embrace is often associated with the more traditional styles, while open embrace leaves room for many of the embellishments and figures that are associated with Tango Nuevo.
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