Ballroom dances

Each of us had experience when we were walking solemnly to the floor with his partner at School ball. In that time we have encountered something extraordinary – Cha-cha, Jive, Slowfox, Waltz ... We learnt all of these dances and with the noble introduction we showed our skills to our is parents, friends, acquaintances ...

History
Dances, as we know them today, originated from two different types of dances: the standard dances and Latin dances.

Standard dances have appeared on the scene first. They owe its existence to a new melody, originating from America, where they came into the world of early 20th century. New melodies of African-American origin were given the name ragtime. American dance audience immediately responded to this exciting music made up of many unknown wild dances.

Charleston has become a hit in a short time hit, but the other dances went out of fashion quickly. Nevertheless, ragtime and more refined musical styles, which arose a few years later, revolutionized the basic structure of ballroom dances around the world. Until then French dance masters taught dance based on the five positions of the feet, which were also used in classical ballet.

Ragtime meant the beginning of "common" partner dance based on natural movement such as walking. The basis of the ballroom dance scene now consists of 10 dances, which are also included in international competitions. They are: English waltz, Slowfox, Quickstep, Tango (the standard dances), and samba, Cha-cha, Rumba, Pasodoble, Jive (so-called Latin American dances).

Between 1920 and 1930 a group of British professional dancers has developed four dances: English Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Tango. It appeared that those dances suited to the audience the best and they also suited to the dance halls to popular music of those times the best.