BALLROOM DANCE Flashcards
- partnership dance where couples, using
step-patterns, move rhythmically,
expressing characteristics of music - Ballare (latin) to dance
- 2 individuals: Leader (M) and Follower (F)
BALLROOM DANCE
HISTORY OF BALLROOM DANCE
● Origin: early 20th century when West End
establishments were developing art of
ballroom dancing
● Leading Board: Imperial Society of
Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) 1904
First Lady, world class
champion of ballroom
Josephine Bradley:
Modern Ballroom Dance Faculty of
the Imperial Society
Lady Humphries
found English style
GK Anderson:
Technique of
Ballroom Dancing
Alex Moore
SOCIAL
Partner
Feel/Exp
Flexibly adaptive
Enjoy
Not fixed
COMPETITIVE
Judges
Appearance
Expansive rigorously correct
Champion satisfied
Fixed choreo
EXHIBITION
Audience
Looks
varies on dance forms
Confidence enthusiast
Usually
● For ballroom dancing, remember your
partners have their own distinctive styles
also.
● Cultivate flexibility
● Be able to adapt your style
● You are not surrendering your individuality,
but blending it with that of your partner
FRED ASTAIRE
process of making plans for
something; most important of success; provides
information; top management needs to make
effective decisions about how to allocate resources
in way that will enable organization to reach
objectives
PLANNING
making arrangements/preparation for
event or activity often arranged in systematic way,
especially on large scale (always associated with
plan)
ORGANIZE
ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE EVENT PLANNING
- Understand purpose of event
- Know your audience
- Select right venue (vital)
- Choose suitable timing
- Draft plan and follow timeline
- Create content attracts target audience
- Design message to share through event
- Lead capture mechanism
activity is considered “fitness
level” because it was performed at higher intensity
than normal, routine activity
FITNESS EVENT
power/opportunity to act/take charge
before others do; ability to be resourceful and work
without always being told what to do
INITIATIVE
action of taking part in
something; greatest and widely accepted benefit is
increased work ownership of individual
- better able to relate with work and
improves performance and efficiency
PARTICIPATION
EXAMPLES
FUN RUN FOR A CAUSE: LGU and private
organization
ZUMBA FOR A CAUSE: open area of community
ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN: to strengthen
implementation of anti-smoking law
SPORTS COMPETITION: cooperation with SK
officials
ON THE SPOT POSTER MAKING CONTEST: SK
TYPES OF LATIN BALLROOM DANCE
01 CHA-CHA
02 RUMBA
03 MAMBO
- lively and fun; gets moving on dance floor
- quite similar to Rumba/Mambo
- slower steps of both dance + triple
- 1st Introduced: US in 1954
- 1959: gained popularity and eventually
replaced Mambo
CHA-CHA
- most beautiful Latin style dances
- The Dance of Love
- sway hips, upper body, close partner
- Traditionally slow Latin music
- Common: current/popular ballads
- Originated: African slaves in Cuba (16th)
- began fast and sensual with exaggerated
hip movements
RUMBA
- most vivacious of all Latin dances, strong
hip movements, body actions, quick
footwork - Originated: Haitian Settlements in Cuba
- Dance: named after Haitian voodoo priests
served villagers as dealers and spiritual
advisors - Mambo: drums in rituals
- Means shake it or conversation with Gods
MAMBO
4 STANDARD BALLROOM DANCE
01 TANGO
02 FOXTROT
03 WALTZ
04 QUICKSTEP
- developed in Argentina
- very emotional, should be conveyed
- Dancers strive to make strong connection
with music and audience - 1 teacher suggests movements are very
panther-like - work on sharp head turning and stops
01 TANGO
Graceful, combination of long walking and short quick steps to glide across floor
02 FOXTROT
