Ballroom dancing is not just dancing, it is a whole art, and at the same time science, sport, passion, in one word - the whole life embodied in movement. Also, ballroom dancing is not in vain called sports - this is a huge workout for all muscles of the body, as well as proper and healthy cardiological load.
During the dance, the couple communicates with each other and with the hall with body language, which can express both a huge message of positive energy and a gentle, peaceful, perhaps even dreary mood - a tear of the soul, and this depends on the type of ballroom dance.
At the moment, such directions as, for example, bachata or solo Latina for girls are often considered to be types of ballroom dance, but this is not entirely correct. The traditional program of ballroom dancing (they are necessarily paired) includes ten dances divided into a European direction or a program (otherwise called "standard") and Latin-American ("Latin"). So, what are the types of ballroom dancing - let's start in order.
King of Dances - Waltz
The most noble and solemn dance of the classical program is the slow waltz. This direction of waltz originated at the beginning of the last century and has not undergone any changes since then. The dance has a very measured movement on three accounts, like all waltz types of ballroom dancing., and accompanied by lyrical music.
There is another waltz in the standard program - a Viennese, which is distinguished by an abundance of spins at a fairly high speed and is danced to a fast melody, thus creating simply enchanting sensations from the audience.
Other elements of the European program
Filled with the breath of Argentine passion, tango is another element of the European program, very sensual, combining fast and slow movements. All types of ballroom dancing assign a dominant role to the partner, but it is the tango that especially emphasizes this.
Also, the standard program includes a slow foxtrot (dancing to the count of up to 4), featuring a moderate pace with some transitions with slow and accelerated, and quickstep. The latter is the most mischievous dance of the whole program, based on jumps, quick turns. The task of the dancer is to combine these sudden movements with smooth transitions to very energetic music.
Dancing to the fiery Latin American rhythms
The types of ballroom dancing in the Latin program are, firstly, no less exciting than tango, but at the same time, a very gentle dance - rumba.
The rhythm is slow, with an emphasis on even slower beats. Secondly, the exact opposite of rumba is jive, incredibly positive and very fast, the most modern and constantly gaining new movements.
The carefree Latin-American dance cha-cha-cha is the most amazing notion of mankind, it is characterized by movements of the hips and legs that cannot be confused with anything, and a very interesting manner of counting ("cha-1-2-3").
It is akin to an incendiary cha-cha-cha - a samba dance, which can be both quite slow and incredibly fast, so much so that dancers have to show the highest level of skill.
Samba is based on "spring" movements of the legs, combined with the smooth movements of the hips. And of course, both samba and other types of ballroom dances of the Latin program are a clear rhythm and mad energy that applies to the dancers and the audience themselves, even if the dance is not performed by professionals.
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