Under the
Scope

Back to DanceSport
Ballroom
Dancing
With so much information on the web, we have reduced this
page to a general introduction. You can follow the links at the end of the page for further information.
"The dances that make up the list of DanceSport dances are
performed competitively at amateur and professional levels throughout the world. Ten international style ballroom
dances—five Standard and five Latin—are defined as DanceSport by the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) and
the World Dance Council (WDC), the international governing bodies of amateur and professional DanceSport,
respectively."
wikipedia - List of Dancesport dances
So the 10 DanceSport dances we have are:
Standard Waltz
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Slow Foxtrott
Quickstep
Latin Samba
Cha Cha Cha
Rumba
Paso Doble
Jive
New Vogue
In Australia and New Zealand we have a third style, called New Vogue. New Vogue is basically a sequence style dance
based on the Standard style. All couples have the same steps, dancing in a circle, but the rules leave significant
room for personal style and variation. Similar to American Smooth, couples do not remain in closed position
exclusively.
Links &
Resources
History of Latin www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/latin.html
History of Modern Ballroom linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/modern.html
New Vogue http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/vogue.html
Wikipedia www.wikipedia.com
Google www.google.com
YouTube www.youtube.com
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