Dance sport Standard Standard Ballroom Dancing
Standard Ballroom Dancing
In general, the Standard dances are very strict, both in its programs and in their apparel. At the top, they wear impeccable Frac prepared to facilitate greater mobility and carry them with long dresses skirt edgings of feathers and have a mass of body turns.
The Standard dances include:
• THE VIENNESE WALTZ:
HISTORY:
The origins of Viennese Waltz date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and are in the dance called "Nachtnaz.
The first Viennese Waltz tunes date back to 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 back in England, but there were a rejection of this dance in certain sectors. In 1833, a book of “good behavior” was published by Miss Celbart which agrees with this, only allowing married women to dance this dance.
She called this dance a dance of too loose for a Maidens to perform (a dance too immoral to be danced by ladies).
FEATURES:
The father of all the dancing is probably the most elegant of them all. Andalusia danced fast pace of 60 beats per minute, with a structure of 3 beats per bar, it is imperative to have good legs, just to follow the music.
Although the number of characters is very limited in this dance, get this movement so characteristic of homogeneous, Viennese Waltz (couples glide on the track), requires a lot of dedication and practice.
The origins of the English Waltz can be found in Boston.
This dance was imported from the United States and introduced in England by a very influential Club of Boston around 1874.
We can see that this dance get past 1922 to be as fashionable as the Tango.
Immediately after the First World War the English Waltz welcomed greater popularity.
In 1921 it was decided that the basic movement should be: step-step-close.
When Victoria Wild won the championship in 1922, the program's English Waltz was not much more than a "right turn", a "left turn" and a change of direction.
Between 1926 and 1927 the English waltz was improved considerably. The basic movement was changed to the next-step-close. As a result, many other variations are possible. These have been standardized by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). Many of them are still dancing.
FEATURES:
Less known to the Viennese Waltz, it uses the same timing but at a slower rate (just half, 30 beats per minute). Dancing with long steps and slipped on his knees with a flexion in the first half, giving the dancers undulating movement characteristic of this dance.
• THE EUROPEAN TANGO:
HISTORY:
Is originally from Buenos Aires (Argentina) where it was danced for the first time in the "Barrio de las Ranas" in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Then it was known as "Dance cut (break dancing).
The "dandy" of Buenos Aires changed the name of the dance twice. The first changed the name of "Polka rhythm" (rhythm Polka) by "Habanera rhythm (rhythm Habanera).
In the second they changed to the current Tango. From 1900 onwards, many fans tried to introduce the dance from Argentina to Paris, but not with much success.
Being a fairly exotic dance and sensual creation of the South, originally the Tango was not accepted by European society.
Tango was first danced in the suburbs and that was how it was gradually getting popular.
This dance was discovered as a dance competition in the French Riviera.
The dance was well presented there by a group of enthusiasts who immediately gained recognition in Paris and then in the rest of Europe.
FEATURES:
Arguably the most popular dances.
Tango dancing in competitions very different from Argentine Tango to which we are all accustomed.
Of all the existing arrangements for Tango, the competition is the most "smooth" of them all. Bankruptcy Disappear waist so characteristic of the Argentine version, danced with long steps and turns of two points, with a few drops and a strange propensity to rapid head turns.
• THE FOX-TROT:
HISTORY:
This dance was born in the 20s and was named after its creator, an American named Harry Fox at the end of the First World War, the Fox-Trot was: "walks", "three steps", "slow walk" and a type of round spiral.
In late 1918, Fox-Trot was popularized greatly and became known as "jazz-roll." By 1919, an American named Morgan, a change introduced at the turn spiral, which was named "Morgan-turn."
In 1920, Mr. G.K. Anderson introduced the "feather step and the change of address, figures, without which we cannot imagine the current Fox-Trot.
The 30s were the golden age of dance, and then when the Fox-Trot was introduced in the Standard dances ..
FEATURES:
Variant of the slow-Fox Trot. It is the most technical aspects of ballroom dancing competitions. Its structure is 4 beats per bar, dancing to 30 beats per minute with long steps and slipped, adding an undulating movement, but much less pronounced as the English Waltz.
• THE QUICKSTEP:
HISTORY:
This dance was created by African and Caribbean partners. Later, during the First World War, evolved in the suburbs of New York. He made its debut in an American music-hall and immediately became popular in the ballrooms.
The Quickstep and Foxtrot have the same origin. In the 20's many bands playing Slow-foxtrot too fast, which gave him more joy to the dance. From here, the two balls separated, and dropping the bar of the Slow Foxtrot, and Quickstep became the fast version of Foxtrot danced to 48 beats per minute. The Charleston had many influences in the Quickstep evolution.
FEATURES:
Fox is a fast, and also the most "frivolous" in the Standard dances. Casual in nature, are very common in the footsteps and skip the tap, where the feet rest on the ground only for a moment. This transfer a characteristic lightness to dancing and grace
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