Intro To Ballroom Dancing for Beginners

Series Summary

The term ballroom dancing refers to a set of partnered dance routines that can be practiced for entertainment, personal enjoyment or even competitive reasons. The waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha-cha and most variations of swing dance are all considered ballroom, and recent years have seen a sharp growth in the popularity of such dances. Most ballroom dances are more than a collection of well-orchestrated steps between partners, however. Posture, body frame, syncopation, speed, connection and even grooming and attire play a role in a dance team's impression up on their audience. In competitions, judges take all of these conditions and more into account, rating the dancers as a pair, not unlike professional figure skating duos. In this free video clip series, our expert will discuss some popular types of ballroom dances, including foxtrot and the Rumba. Learn secrets of ballroom dancing, tips and instructions on steps and holds, demonstrations of each of the dances for men and for women and much more. This is a great series if you are even just thinking of taking up ballroom dancing or needing a refresher course. Take a few minutes with these videos and hit the floor dancing!

Video Transcript

"I’m Kelly-Anne and I’m here with my partner Fred . We will be demonstrating basic ballroom dancing. Ballroom dances are broken down into 2 categories, generally. You have international style and American style. International style we also have 2 categories: standard and Latin. Latin dances are pasodoble, cha-cha, rumba, jive, and samba. The standard dances are foxtrot, waltz, tango, quickstep, and Viennese waltz. American styles of dance include foxtrot, waltz, rumba, tango, cha-cha, meringue, bolero, east coast swing, west coast swing, and hustle. Thank you for viewing our demonstration on expertvillage.com. For more information, you can visit my website at 56dance.com. For more information about me and where I learned to dance visit keysdancecenter.com."