Social Dances

MAPEH 9
ELENI GRACE PIANSAY
9 HADAR
Social dancing is a non-competitive
version of ballroom and latin dancing. It is
comprised of all the same dances, like Foxtrot,
Tango, Swing, or Cha-Cha, but designed to be
used in practical settings like wedding
receptions, nightclubs, business functions, or
informal gatherings.
 TYPES OF SOCIAL DANCES

RHYTHM dances: Rumba, Cha-Cha, Samba, Mambo, Salsa, Bolero, East Coast

Swing, Jive, and West Coast Swing. LATIN dances: Rumba, Cha-Cha, Samba,

and Mambo. SMOOTH dances: Foxtrot, Tango, Waltz,

Viennese waltz, Quickstep, Night Club Two-Step.
RHYTHM DANCES
 RUMBA
DESCRIPTION
Rumba is universally recognized as the dance of
love. It is danced to slow, sensual music with a
Latin beat and features a hip action known as
“Cuban Motion.” Rumba is derived from the Afro-
Caribbean dance “Son” and has been popular in
this country as a ballroom dance since the 1930's.

ORIGIN
Originating in the late 19th century among the black
population of the eastern Cuban province of Oriente,
the son is a vocal, instrumental, and dance genre also
derived from African and Spanish influences. The Afro-
Cuban rumba developed in the black urban slums of
Cuba in the mid-19th century.
 RUMBA
DESCRIPTION
Rumba is universally recognized as the dance of
love. It is danced to slow, sensual music with a
Latin beat and features a hip action known as
“Cuban Motion.” Rumba is derived from the Afro-
Caribbean dance “Son” and has been popular in
this country as a ballroom dance since the 1930's.

ORIGIN
Originating in the late 19th century among the black
population of the eastern Cuban province of Oriente,
the son is a vocal, instrumental, and dance genre also
derived from African and Spanish influences. The Afro-
Cuban rumba developed in the black urban slums of
Cuba in the mid-19th century.
CHA-CHA
ORIGIN
The Cha Cha dance originated in Cuba and grew
out of the Cuban Triple Mambo. During a visit to
Cuba in the early 1950s, an English dance teacher
named Pierre Lavelle saw dancers performing this
triple step to slow rumba and mambo music.

DESCRIPSTION
Cha Cha is a lively, fun, cheeky and playful dance. It is a
non-progressive dance that emphasizes Cuban motion,
distinguished by the chasses (cha-cha-cha) typically
danced during the 4&1 counts of the music. Cuban
motion in Cha Cha is more staccato than Rumba to
reflect the music with emphasis on count 1.
CHA-CHA
ORIGIN
The Cha Cha dance originated in Cuba and grew
out of the Cuban Triple Mambo. During a visit to
Cuba in the early 1950s, an English dance teacher
named Pierre Lavelle saw dancers performing this
triple step to slow rumba and mambo music.

DESCRIPSTION
Cha Cha is a lively, fun, cheeky and playful dance. It is a
non-progressive dance that emphasizes Cuban motion,
distinguished by the chasses (cha-cha-cha) typically
danced during the 4&1 counts of the music. Cuban
motion in Cha Cha is more staccato than Rumba to
reflect the music with emphasis on count 1.
 SAMBA
ORIGIN
Originating in Brazil in the 19th
century, samba owes its rhythm and
moves to the African slave dances on
the Brazilian sugarcane plantations.

DESCRIPTION
Samba is a fun, upbeat, lively dance that progresses
counter-clockwise around the floor. It is
characterized by its syncopated timing, bounce,
rolling hip action and pelvic tilt and a great deal of
rhythm is expressed throughout the torso.
 SAMBA
ORIGIN
Originating in Brazil in the 19th
century, samba owes its rhythm and
moves to the African slave dances on
the Brazilian sugarcane plantations.

DESCRIPTION
Samba is a fun, upbeat, lively dance that progresses
counter-clockwise around the floor. It is
characterized by its syncopated timing, bounce,
rolling hip action and pelvic tilt and a great deal of
rhythm is expressed throughout the torso.
 MAMBO
DESCRIPTION
a ballroom dance of Cuban
origin that resembles the
rumba and the cha-cha also :
the music for this dance.
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed
in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name
became popular throughout Latin America. The original
ballroom dance which emerged in Cuba and Mexico was
related to the danzón, albeit faster and less rigid.
 MAMBO
DESCRIPTION
a ballroom dance of Cuban
origin that resembles the
rumba and the cha-cha also :
the music for this dance.
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed
in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name
became popular throughout Latin America. The original
ballroom dance which emerged in Cuba and Mexico was
related to the danzón, albeit faster and less rigid.
 SALSA
Description.
 Salsa is a partnered dance where the lead leads the follow
through a series of spins and turn patterns to music. ... The
second style of salsa is circular salsa, where the dancers circle
around each other, reminiscent of East Coast Swing. Both
Cuban style salsa and Colombian salsa follow this circular
pattern.

ORIGIN
Salsa is a popular form of social dance that originated in Cuba
and Puerto Rico in the late 1890s. A distillation of many Latin
and Afro-Caribbean dances whose movements have roots in the
Cuban Son, Cha Cha Cha, Mambo and other dance forms, the
evolution of Salsa was in large part due to this intricate mix of
styleS
 BOLERO
Description. Bolero is a slow, beautiful,
expressive dance that is somewhat of a hybrid.
It combines the dance patterns of Rumba with
the rise and fall action of the Waltz. It is danced
to music in 4/4 time, at a tempo slower than
Rumba. Bolero is the slowest of all the
American Style Rhythm dances

ORIGIN
Bolero originated in Spain, and has several unique
aspects. The dance was believed to have developed in
the 18th century and danced to guitar and castanets;
Sebastiano Carezo is credited with the original Spanish
Dance. A similar dance style appeared in Cuba, and
different dance forms developed.
 EAST COAST SWING
DESCRIPTION
East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social
partner dance. It belongs to the group of swing dances. It
is danced under fast swing music, including rock and roll
and boogie-woogie. Yerrington and Outland equated East
Coast Swing to the New Yorker in 1961

ORIGIN
East Coast Swing is American and it's origin lies
in the dance halls of the swing music era that
started in the early 1930s. The American Society
of Dance originally rejected the dance that is now
a keepsake in the mainstream social dance world
 JIVE
DESCRIPTION
The Jive is lively and fast-paced dance that is
typically danced to up-beat swing or contemporary
music. In the competitive ballroom dancing
communities, the Jive is considered a Latin dance,
however, it also belongs to the swing dancing
family.

ORIGIN
The jive is a dance style that originated in the
United States from African-Americans in the early
1930s. The name of the dance, jive, comes from the
name of a form of African-American Vernacular
slang, popularized in the 1930s by the publication
of a dictionary by Cab Calloway, the famous jazz
bandleader and singer.
 WEST COAST SWING
DESCRIPTION
West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in the Lindy Hop. It is
characterized by an elastic look that results from its extension-
compression technique of partner connection and is danced primarily
in a slotted area on the dance floor.

ORIGIN
The origins of the West Coast Swing are in the Lindy Hop. ... Dean
Collins, who arrived in the Los Angeles area around 1937, was influential
in developing the style of swing dance on the West Coast of the United
States as both a performer and teacher.
LATIN DANCES
SMOOTH DANCES
 FOXTROT
DESCRIPTION
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long,
continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced
to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look
to waltz, although the rhythm is in a 4. 4 time signature instead of 3.

ORIGIN
The foxtrot originated in 1914 by Vaudeville actor Arthur Carringford.
Carringford went by the name of Harry Fox and danced at the New York
Theatre. As Fox danced trotting steps one night to ragtime music,
the foxtrot was born.
 TANGO
DESCRIPTION
a ballroom dance of Latin American origin in ²/₄ time with a
basic pattern of step-step-step-step-close and characterized by
long pauses and stylized body positions also : the music for
this dance.

ORIGIN
Tango is a partner dance, and social dance that originated in the
1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between
Argentina and Uruguay. It was born in the impoverished port
areas of these countries, in neighborhoods which had
predominantly African descendants.
 WALTZ
DESCRIPTION
A dance in which two dancers move in triple time as they turn
together in circles is called a waltz, and it's also the name of music
that's written for that sort of dance. ... When you waltz, you face
your dance partner with one hand on their waist or shoulder and the
other clasping their hand.
ORIGIN
First waltzes were danced in the location of today's Germany and
Austria, back in 13th century. The style was immediately picked
up by other nations, who each created it's own form and style of
the dance. The form we know today was born in the suburbs of
Vienna and Austria's mountain regions.
 VIENESSE WALTZ
DESCRIPTION
The Viennese waltz is a rotary dance where the dancers are
constantly turning either in a clockwise ("natural") or
counter-clockwise ("reverse") direction interspersed with
non-rotating change steps to switch between the direction of
rotation. A true Viennese waltz consists only of turns and
change steps
ORIGIN
The Viennese Waltz originates from the Volta, a couples-
focused dance enjoyed by high society in the 1500's.
The Viennese waltz emerged in the second half of the 18th
century from a German dance called the Volta (or Lavolta)
and later the Ländler in Austria
 QUICKSTEP
DESCRIPTION
The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the
standard ballroom dances. The movement of the
dance is fast and powerfully flowing and
sprinkled with syncopations. ... Its origins are
in combination of slow foxtrot combined with the
Charleston, a dance which was one of the
precursors to what today is called swing dancing

ORIGIN
Quickstep was developed in the 1920s in New
York City and was first danced by Caribbean
and African dancers. Its origins are in
combination of slow foxtrot combined with the
Charleston, a dance which was one of the
precursors to what today is called swing
dancing
 NIGHT CLUB TWO-STEP
DESCRIPTION
The dance position for nightclub two step is with a
more relaxed hold, or "what people tend to do without
lessons". The lead rocks back on their left foot, the
follow on their right, for one beat. ... Then both
partners repeat, but on opposite feet (the lead rocks
back on their right foot and moves to the right).

ORIGIN
Nightclub Two Step was developed in the 1960s by
a 15-year-old West Coast Swing dancer from
Whitaker, Illinois named Buddy Schwimmer. Buddy
Schwimmer invented the dance in 1965. He
developed the Nightclub Two Step while practicing
with his sister as he searched for a way to popularize
slow ballad music.