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CONTENTS
C TAP DANCE TWO MAN
BALLROOM

POLKA MERENGUE
C TANGO
CRAZE
TAP DANCE
 TAP DANCE
Dancing that includes tapping of shoes
on the floor. A partner on the dance
floor is not required. It can be danced
solo or in a group. Dancing tap
requires a specialized shoes (Leather
with metal hardware in the front and
heel part of the sole) in order to
execute it.
CHARACTERISTICS
• Rhythmic
• Syncopation or improvisation.
• "Capella"
• Concentrates on footwork and rhythm.
• Many styles and techniques.
• It can be performed on theatrical stages,
concerts, musical movies, and trending videos.
EXAMPLE
CLASSICAL TAP
-Known as "Flash/Swing Tap"
-Ballet+Jazz+Acrobatics=Classical Tap

SOFT SHOE
-George Primrose
-Shoft Shoes/Regular shoes.
EXAMPLE
CLASS ACTS
-Early 20TH Century.
Elegant and Refined Movements.

RYTHM TAP
-Intricate and Refined movements
-Bill "Bo'Jangles" Robinson.
EXAMPLE
BUCK & WING
-Sharp Foot Accent
-Irish+British clog
-African Rhythm footworks and kicks

MUSICAL OR BROADWAY TAP

-Hollywood+Traditional Taps
-Focused on performance and Body formations
EXAMPLE
JAZZ TAP
-One of the fastest Tap Style, HOOFING TAP
due to syncopated beat. -Emphasis on Stomps,
-Focused on quickness, Rythmic percussion os
Lightness, and accuracy. Sounds, Syncopation,
and music.
FUNK TAP
-Hip-Hop and Funk
-Modern and enjoyable
 BRIEF HISTORY
It all started in a dance competition in 1844, between John
Diamond and William Henry Lee also known as Master
Juba. It was developed through absorption of one another's
method of rythmic advances. Dance competitions or known
as "Cutting Contest" are popular back in the 1800's, since it
is a great place to discover new talents. The fusion of Irish
and British dance styles resulted to the development of tap
dance in the USA.
 BRIEF HISTORY
This is the dance developed by African captives in Juba.
They developed percussive dance to compensate and
entertain themselves, since captors took away their African
percussive instruments from them. Combined with British
Isles Clog dancing, it produces a distinct style of movement
and rhythm. Tap shoes back then are made out of wood
(Soles) and pennies for sound. This dance served as an
entertainment after the Civil War, where performers wear
black face to mock black people nad depict them as
humorous lazy, and naive.
TWO MAN
BALLROOM
 TWO MAN BALLROOM
Derived from the word "Ball" derived from
"Ballare" means to dance. In early times it is
only for the privileged ones, and folk dances
are for the lower classes. This dance became
for everyone since then. Balls also then
featured popular dances of the day like
Minuet, Quadrille, Polonaise, Polka,
Mazurka, and others.
CHARACTERISTICS
• Partnered Dance.
• Enjoyed both socially and
competitively.
• Also enjoyed on stage, film, and
television.
EXAMPLE
• Rumba
• Samba
• Cha Cha
• Pasa Doble
• Jive
• Tango
• Vietnamese Waltz
 BRIEF HISTORY

EARLY MODERN PERIOD

-End of 16th Century was the earliest authoritative
knowledge of ballroom dances.
-Jehan Tabourot known as in his pen name "Thoinot-
Arbeau"
-Orchésographie
 BRIEF HISTORY
19TH CENTURY
-Started in 1819 when Carl Maria von Weber wrote
invitations to the dance, which adapted walts form.

20TH CENTURY
-Roots in early 20th Century.
-Movement away from the sequence dances.
Couples moved independently.
POLKA CRAZE
 POLKA CRAZE
The polka is originally a Czech dance and
genre of dance music familiar throughout all
of Europe and the Americas. It originated in
the middle of the nineteenth century in
German and Austrian influenced Bohemia,
now part of the Czech Republic..
 POLKA CRAZE
The word Polka comes most likely from the
Czech word "půlka" (meaning “half"), which
refers to the lively, fast-paced and jumpy
type of the dancing. Some believe that other
possible origins of the world polka come
from the Czech saying '"tanec na polo"
(“dance in half”).
CHARACTERISTICS
• Lively courtship dance
• It is characterized by three quick steps and a
hop.
• It is danced to music in 2/4 time
• The couples cover much space as they circle
about the dance floor
EXAMPLES
BELARUS POLKA
• -1850's
• -Close to Belarusian Folk choreography.
• -Strong influences from other dances
• -Transformed into Belarusian national spirit.
EXAMPLES
UNITED STATES POLKA
-Preserved by International Polka Association in
Chicago.
-Polka Hall of Fame.
-Associated with "Polish-style Polka".
-Sub-style includes "The Chicago Honky" and "Chicago
Push".
-Features Chemnitzer and Star concertinas, upright bass
or bass guitar, drums, and (almost always) two trumpets
EXAMPLES
SOUTH AMERICA POLA
-Very popular in Lima Peru
-"Polca" in the pampas of Argentina, with very fast time
signature.
-Acoustic guitar, Electric acoustic bass, accordion, and
some percussion.
EXAMPLES
IRELAND POLKA
-"Polca" in irish language.
-One of the most popular folk dances in Ireland
-Introduced in late 19th Century in Ireland.
-Typically in 32 Bars in length and subdivided into 4
parts, 8 bars each in AABB pattern.
 BRIEF HISTORY
-First appeared in Bohemia in 1844.
-Anna Slezáková (born Anna Chadimová)
-Told by Čeněk Zíbrt, the music teacher Josef Neruda
noticed her dancing in an unusual way to accompany a local
folk song called "Strýček Nimra koupil šimla", or "Uncle
Nimra Bought a White Horse" in 1830.
-Historians believed it is a quicker version of waltz, and
associated with polka's popularity in central Europe in mid-
1800's.
 BRIEF HISTORY
-By 1835, it got popular in Prague.
-Introduced in Paris by Johaan Raab.
-"polkamania"
-Popularized in London in 1844.
-It remained a popular ballroom dance in America,
especially with growing Central, Northern, and
Eastern European immigrant groups until the late 19th
century.
TANGO
 TANGO
• Refers both to the dance and the
music style which accompanies it.
• Tango is a fast and sensuous paired
dance that originated in the 1880s in
the port cities and slums/lower-class
districts along the Rio de la Plata River
that separates Aires, Argentina and
Montevideo, Uruguay.
 CHARACTERISTICS
-Accompanied by its own music style.
-Fast and sensuous.
-Paired Dance.
-1800's in lower-class areas of Rio de la Plata
River.
-Drew from African, Latin, and European
culture and styles.
-Emotional in nature, and stirs senses.
-Played when men impresses and flirts with
women.
 CHARACTERISTICS
-Accompanied by Six intruments (Two
violins, piano, double bass, two bandoneons)
-Clothing in full skirt for women and
gauchos+highboots+spurs for men.
-During Tango two people embrace either at
arm’s length or touch chest-to-chest with the
steady torso. The follower alternates their
weight from foot to foot.
 CHARACTERISTICS
-The follower is led to alternate feet by the
leader, who steps outside the follower’s legs,
taking dramatic walks that alternate and
contrast between slow and smooth and sharp
and snappy movements with the head as it
changes direction.
 EXAMPLES

ARGENTINE TANGO
-An original type of Tango.
-Has the fundamental elements.
-Varied postures and lots of sensuality.
-A complex dance.
 EXAMPLES
BALLROOM TANGO
-Developed from Argentine Tango styles.
-Was modified to fit into the Ballroom category.
-Easiest ballroom for beginners.
Has two types, which are The International Style and American
Style.
TANGO NUEVO
-"New Tango"
-Complex moves and mixes of jazz electronic and alternative
elements.
-Keeping a loose embrace.
 BRIEF HISTORY
In the mid-19th century, Immigrants turned to music and
dancing to distract them from their economic
disappointment. And in the music halls of the slums, Afro
and Latin styles blended with European influences until a
new dance was born. Tango originally used only three
instruments including the harp, flute, and violin played in
the fast duple, ''two-four,'' time.
 BRIEF HISTORY
The first tango music by known composers was published
in 1910, which were spirited and lively, but by 1920 the
music and lyrics had become intensely melancholy. The
tango step likewise evolved from early exuberance to a
smoother ballroom step, and the prevailing duple metre
(2/4) into 4/4. Furthermore, the space between dancers
were also adjusted to be socially acceptable by conservative
societies.
MERENGUE
 MERENGUE
The Merengue is a Latin dance that developed
in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola,
particularly in the Dominican Republic during
the 1890s. Prior to becoming a dance form, it
was first a musical genre. Merengue is
considered the Dominican Republic’s national
dance.
 MERENGUE
The word “Merengue” is very similar to the
spelling and sound of the word given to the
French dessert “Meringue.” It is believed that
the Merengue dance may have taken its name
from the dessert made of egg whites and sugar
because of the dances light and bubbly nature
as well as its short, precise and rhythmical
steps of the dance.
 MERENGUE
-The name of the dance was taken from the
French dessert "Meringue"
-Has two popular myths.
-First was a local hero in the country got
injured, and everyone danced to welcome him
with one limped leg.
 MERENGUE
-The second one are about the slaves chained
together made to drag one leg while cutting
sugarcane with loud drums as a background
created the Merengue dance.
-"Patacón Pisao" by Johnny Ventura and
"Compadre Pedro Juan" by Luis Alberti are
two examples of Merengue music that go well
with the dance.
 EXAMPLES
SCANDINAVIA POLKA
-Known as Galopp/Hopsa in Denmark.
-Polkka in Finland.
-Galopp, Hamborgar, Hopsa/Hopsar, Parisarpolka,
Polka, Polkett, and Skotsk in Icaland and Norway.
-Polka in Sweden.
-Not as heavy beated as those in central Europe.
-Has variations in steps and holds.
-Part of gammeldans tradition of music and dance.
 BRIEF HISTORY
-First appeared in Bohemia in 1844.
-Anna Slezáková (born Anna Chadimová)
-Told by Čeněk Zíbrt, the music teacher Josef Neruda
noticed her dancing in an unusual way to accompany a local
folk song called "Strýček Nimra koupil šimla", or "Uncle
Nimra Bought a White Horse" in 1830.
-Historians believed it is a quicker version of waltz, and
associated with polka's popularity in central Europe in mid-
1800's.
 BRIEF HISTORY
-By 1835, it got popular in Prague.
-Introduced in Paris by Johaan Raab.
-"polkamania"
-Popularized in London in 1844.
-It remained a popular ballroom dance in America,
especially with growing Central, Northern, and Eastern
European immigrant groups until the late 19th century.
Q n A Portion
 Enumerate the types of dances
during the 18th and 19 century
• Tap dance
• Two man ballroom
• Polka craze
• Tango
• Merengue
 Describe 18th and 19 century
dance as a whole

• Dances are rhythmic, lively, and

improvisational.
• Primarily used for social gatherings,
courtship, and competitions.
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