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    This document provides information about modern ballroom dance, including its origins in Europe in the early 20th century as dances moved away from sequences toward couples moving independently. It discusses some of the major modern ballroom dances like the waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, and tango. The quickstep is described as one of the most difficult modern ballroom dances to master due to its fast stepping and syncopated rhythms.

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    This document provides information about modern ballroom dance, including its origins in Europe in the early 20th century as dances moved away from sequences toward couples moving independently. It discusses some of the major modern ballroom dances like the waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, and tango. The quickstep is described as one of the most difficult modern ballroom dances to master due to its fast stepping and syncopated rhythms.

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    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.

    THANK YOU!

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