AUVIE MARIE BEJAR 12-ARISTOTLE HOPE-QUARTER 2

What is
Modern
Ballroom?
WHAT TYPE OF DANCE IS
MODERN BALLROOM?
Ballroom dancing is a partnership dance
where couples, using step-patterns, move
rhythmically, expressing the
characteristics of music. Ballroom dancing
consists of two styles: the Smooth, or
Standard, and the Rhythm, or Latin. The
Smooth, Standard style focuses on the
elegance, grace and fluidity of movement.
WHO STARTED MODERN
BALLROOM?
EARLY MODERN PERIOD
The first authoritative knowledge of the earliest
ballroom dances was recorded toward the end
of the 16th century, when Jehan Tabourot,
under the pen name "Thoinot-Arbeau",
published in 1588 his Orchésographie, a study
of late 16th-century French renaissance social
dance.
 WHEN WAS MODERN
BALLROOM INVENTED?
Early 20th Century
Modern ballroom dance has its roots early in the
20th century, when several different things
happened more or less at the same time. The
first was a movement away from the sequence
dances towards dances where the couples
moved independently.
WHERE DID MODERN BALLROOM
ORIGINALLY COME FROM?

The Modern Ballroom dances as we

know them today all stem from
Europe and North America.
However, their individual histories
before standardisation and adoption
as official international competition
dances are intriguing and sometimes
a little sordid.
WHAT WAS
THE FIRST
MODERN WE SAW THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF
BALLROOM? MODERN DANCING WHEN IN 1812 WHEN
THE MODERN HOLD MADE ITS
APPEARANCE IN OUR BALLROOMS IN
THE WALTZ.
 WHAT IS THE HARDEST
MODERN BALLROOM?
QUICKSTEP

The quickstep is a quick version (naturally) of the

foxtrot. It is a ballroom dance composed of extremely
quick stepping, syncopated feet rhythms, and runs.
The quickstep is exciting to watch but among the
most difficult of all the ballroom dances to master.
 TYPES OF
MODERN
BALLROOM
 WALTZ
The waltz, meaning "to roll or revolve", is a
ballroom and folk dance, normally in 3/4 time,
performed primarily in closed position. A dance in
which two dancers move in triple time as they turn
together in circles is called a waltz, and it's also the
name of music that's written for that sort of
dance.
 QUICKSTEP
The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The
movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with
syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it
suitable for both formal and informal events.

FOXTROT
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long,
continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big
band music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is
in a time signature instead of.
 BALLROOM TANGO
Ballroom tango is a ballroom dance that
branched away from its original Argentine
roots by allowing European, American,
Hollywood, and competitive influences into the
style and execution of the dance. The present
day ballroom tango is divided into two
disciplines: American Style and International
Style.

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