Viennese Waltz – its origins date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and are in the dance called “Nachtanz. The first Viennese waltz melodies dating from 1770. It was introduced in Paris in 1775, but spent some time before it became popular. In 1813, Mr. Byron condemned the Viennese Waltz as a dance immoral. In 1816 the Viennese Waltz was accepted in England, but there was the rejection of this dance in certain sectors. In 1833, a book of “good behavior” was published by Miss Celbart and agree with this, only allowing married women to dance this dance. Read the rest of this entry »

English Waltz (Slow Waltz) – (the German Walzer, ‘turn’), an elegant couple dancing on a bar of 3 / 4, and the name of the music for this dance.  The first of the three parts of the rhythm of the waltz (in music as in dance) had a strong impulse propellant, followed by two steps weaker, the latter pushed back to the first. Born around 1800 in central Europe, and their rapid whirling of couples who were holding in an embrace shocked the society of his time. Became the dance for excellence in the nineteenth century and maintained his position even after the introduction of jazz in the twentieth century. Created many variants, including Viennese waltz, very elegant and lively and fast-paced, popularized in the mid-nineteenth century by the Viennese composers Johann Strauss Strauss father and son, known as the kings of the waltz. There were the Boston, with slippery moves and steps, and the vals criollo of South America, which is usually danced with heels and tap coups. The waltz of the nineteenth century were much faster than those of the twentieth century, which vary from medium to very slow speed. Read the rest of this entry »

The generic term “Ballroom Dance (ballroom dancing) covers virtually all the dances that are danced in pairs. It’s a huge group of dances: the waltz, tango, the fox, the swing, the paso doble, cha cha cha, rumba and more. But what features do they have? Where do they come? Who invented or performed for the first time? In its origins are often popular dances, ie dances up and the people, people on their own and gave them the win. Read the rest of this entry »

“Step up”. Girls and boys, for all lovers, or for those who are yet to be, for you dance school “5LIFE” opens a new, totally unique group “Step up”. Beautiful girl dances, rhythmically moving their feet guy. It is graceful in their movements, but he radiates masculinity… It turns captivating and ingenious, as his defiant and expressiveness. And they seem to be independent of one another, but only in one dance, he and she, ascending and descending, like waves, creating mutual harmony. Read the rest of this entry »

During “traditional” American issue, is a dancer dulcimer, which uses fast and srednetempovyh songs. It may prefer to play the dulcimer during the slow songs, but usually not done so. Earlier, in 1970-1980 – s, it was believed that if a dancer American or American-style restaurant traybla not played on dulcimer, it simply does not know how to treat them well enough to speak in public – so dancers put them if wanted to submit viewers themselves as the true professionalok. Read the rest of this entry »

Learning ballroom dancing
Want to spend the night at the discotheque, or simply meet new friends? Ballroom dancing – this is a wonderful way to achieve the desired, independent of your age. Experts argue that ballroom dancing is unique in that they simultaneously stimulate the brain and are remarkable physical exercises to strengthen the body. Ballroom dancing – this is fun. And nowadays many more opportunities to go dancing than you can imagine. Ballroom dancing – it is also a wonderful way to remain always in the form, moreover, is doubly pleased to deal with the music. Depending on the time or situation, you can perform a classic or a more free style dance. Read the rest of this entry »

Among the dancers sporting ballroom dancing, there is a saying: “Who has not acted in Blackpool, he can not be called real dancer.” English city of Blackpool, located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, is considered a kind of Mecca for sports ballroom dancing performers. At the very end of March in this seaside city was the largest annual international sports tournament ballroom dancing – Blekpulsky Youth Dance Festival-2008, which took part and rybnitskaya dancing couple – Rozhko and Maria Roman Kravchuk. Odinnadtsatiletnie rybnitskie dancers performed in the category “yuvenaly”, and brilliantly “otkatav” compulsory program, took fifth place among the best 105 pairs of the planet, leaving behind a good hundred pairs of dancers. Read the rest of this entry »

History and definition
The term “ballroom” refers to a pair unprofessional secular dances created in medieval Europe. These dances are very modifies – any era of European history – Rebirth, Education, classicism, romanticism – created a unique set of dance. Throughout the European cultural development in the ballroom dance influenced by a variety of ethnic sources, as well as professional dance.Ballroom dance twentieth century created on the basis of European dance, in which at the turn of the century XIX-XX breathed new life African and Latin American music and dance culture. Great majority of contemporary ballroom dance are African “roots”, already well-disguised technical processing of European dance school. Read the rest of this entry »