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Benefits of Ballroom Dancing
Benefits of Ballroom Dancing
Dancing is a way to show and express our feelings and emotions. It is a good
way of relieving stress and boost our mood. It has so many good benefits to give
that could make us better persons. For example, it allows us to connect with
others. It allows us to showcase our talent and inspire others. It also help us be
strong and happy all the time. It can also make us healthy not just physically but
mentally, emotionally, socially. It allows us to get along with other people and
enjoy.
Ballroom Dancing
Dancing – to move’s one feet, rhythmically accompanied with music.
Ballroom Dance – refers to a set of partners dances which are enjoyed both socially and competitively
around the world.
Ballroom – “ballare” means to dance.
- Is a large room in a hotel or resort with a polished floor used for dancing.
International Ballroom
1. Latin – American Dances
2. Standard Dances
RUMBA or RHUMBA- Originated in the late 19th century among the black population of eastern
Cuban province of Oriente. The son is a vocal, instrumental and dance genre also derived from African
and Spanish influences. The Afro- Cuban rumba developed in the black urban slums of Cuba in the mid-
19th century.
Carlos “Vidal” Bolado – (Carlos Vidal) was the first to commercially record an authentic
folkloric rumba.
Jive came from the “jev” means to speak someone in an exaggerated, teasing or misleading way and or
in badmouthing.
SAMBA- A Brazilian dance of African origin with a basic pattern of step-close-step-close and
characterized by a dip and spring upward at each beat of the music. In the International
ballroom version of samba is a lively, rhythmical dance with elements from a Brazilian Samba.
The origin of samba is a Brazilian music style of infectious rhythm and complex origin. It
developed as urban music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the favelas or slums of Rio
de Janeiro. Its roots, however, trace back hundreds of years to customs and traditions brought
by Brazil by African slaves.
Samba- derived from the Kimbundu (Angolan) term “semba” which referred to an “invitation to
dance”
PASODOBLE – came from a French military march with the name “Paso Redoble”. It has both
Spanish and French characteristics. The steps often contain French terms, but the dance
resembles the nature of the bullfight. It is believed to have emerged from southern French
culture during the 1930s.
- The dance became associated with Spanish dance culture.
- Lively dance modeled after the sound, drama and movement of the Spanish
bullfight.