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WALTZ
Probably the most popular dance of the last
four decades. Replaced the fast Rotary Waltz with much slower
music to which the dancers developed a beautiful dance in
a diagonal pattern. The great master of slower waltz music
was Irving Berlin with such ever popular melodies as Always
and True Love.
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TANGO
Originally an erotic dance from the Caribbean
and the Argentine, the dance was tamed in France in the
early twentieth century, and became a craze in England and
the United States, where 'tango teas" took place, offering
a small space for fashionable dancers to show off their
skill.
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QUICKSTEP
English version of the quick foxtrot adopted
as a name in 1929 and performed smoothly with gliding steps
and turns.
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CHA CHA CHA
This fascinating rhythm has come to us from
Cuba, the birthplace of that lovely and sensuous dance the
Rumba. Cha Cha Cha music has its own attractive character,
the melodic notes are played short or staccato. This has
resulted in an exciting dance with figuration similar to
the Rumba but with a chasse action added.
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SAMBA
Brazilian carnival dance in 2/4 or 4/4 time
whose name came from the dances performed by African slaves.
It was introduced in a modified ballroom version at the New
York World's Fair in 1939, and became popular in Europe after
World War II.
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JIVE
During the war big band swing music was
at the height of its popularity. The American G.I.'s brought
a new style of improvised dance called the Jitterbug.
From this very popular style our present day Jive has developed.
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DISCO
Evolved from rock and roll in the American
ice-cream parlour of the sixties. The twist introduced solo
dancing and discotheques became fashionable. Disco dancing
had a tremendous following in the seventies when John Travolta
was featured learning to dance in Saturday Night Fever and
is still popular today.
Disco today is a series of steps and moves designed to give
enjoyment and fitness to Top Pop Music.
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Tempo Dance Studio is run by Marj, partner of 20 years of Ivan
Newman who trained Marj to teach Ballroom,
Latin and Disco Dancing to IDTA supreme standard.
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