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Latin American Dances
Modern Standard Dances
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salsa, mambo, meringue, swing, cha-
cha-cha, rumba, samba, jive, boogie,
and paso doble.
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CLOSE HOLD
• Modern Standard Dances
slow waltz, tango, Viennese waltz,
foxtrot and quickstep.
• Modern Standard
Dances
on the other hand,
wear formal, ankle-
length gowns for
females and coat-
and-tie for males.
• Modern Standard
Dances
Most of the time,
movements in
these are
restricted to close
ballroom position
• dancesport
• is performed in
competitions and
are referred to as
competitive
ballroom dancing.
• dancesport
• The required athleticism has
established rules of different
levels of difficulty and is limited to
five dances per category only.
• dancesport
• Latin category
cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba,
paso doble and jive
• standard category
slow waltz, tango, Viennese waltz,
foxtrot and quickstep for the .
Latin American Origin Modern Standard Origin
Dances Dances
Cha-cha-cha Cuba Slow Walt Austria
Rumba Cuba Tango Argentina
Samba Brazil Vienese Waltz Vienna
Paso Doble Spain Foxtrot USA
Jive/Boogie USA Quickstep USA
Swing USA
Merengue Dominican
Republic
Salsa Cuba
Mambo Cuba
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LATIN AMERICAN MODERN STANDARD
DANCES DANCES