HOPE 3

Written Report About Dancesports

Presented to the
Southeastern College of
Padada, Inc.

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirement for the
General Academic Stand- 12

Submitted by:
Kristine Mae B. Tabasa
Submitted to:
Sir. Michael Jude L. Damay
OUTLINE:
1. International Latin Dancesports
1. Cha cha cha
2. Rumba
3. Samba
4. Jive
5. Paso Doble

2. International Standard Dancesports

1. Waltz
2. Viennese Waltz
3. Foxtrot
4. Quickstep
5. Tango
I: INTERNATIONAL LATIN DANCE STYLE
 CHA CHA CHA

Origin: The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin.

Origin: The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin.

Brief History of the Dance: The dance gained popularity around the 1950's and was created from two other dances – the
'mambo' and the 'danzon'. While working with the charanga group 'Orquesta America' in
Cuba  performed at dance halls in Havana. 
Keywords: Cha cha

Characteristics of the Dance: The cha-cha is a vibrant, flamboyant and playful dance. The light and bubbly feel of the
cha-cha gives it a unique sense of fun.
Time Signature: The time signature for Cha Cha Cha is 4/4.

Counting: cha-cha-cha count is "one, two, three, cha-cha", or "one, two, three, four-and.

Dance Steps:
1.The lead steps forward with the left foot, letting the body weight rock forward through the
hips.
2.Lead's weight shifts back to the right foot, again letting the hips roll in time.
3.The lead sidesteps to the left with the left foot, moving it only about six inches.
4.The right foot follows, coming alongside the left in a near-shuffle step.
5.The lead does another sidestep to the left with the left foot, identical to step three.
6.The lead rocks backward again, stepping slightly to the left with the right foot.
7.Since the left foot stayed in place, the lead rolls their weight back to it (again with the hip
motion).
8.Lead does the shuffle step forward and to the right, this time with the right foot, again
about six inches.
9.The lead's left foot comes next to the right.
10.Sidestep to the right once more, shifting weight, and the lead is ready to start with step
one again.

 RUMBA

Origin: The Rumba originated among the African slaves in Cuba in the sixteenth century. 

Brief History of the Dance: Taking a look at the history of rumba dancing, one should know that the word
 “rumba” is used to describe different styles of dance. In one sense of the word,
rumba can be used to encompass a variety of dances relating to the rumba genre of
Afro-Cuban music.
Keywords:

Characteristics of the Dance: It is characterized by swaying hips, a still upper body, and close partner
connections. 
Time Signature: The time signature for Rumba is 4/4.

Counting: The way you count the Rumba dance is: “Slow, Quick, Quick” through out. The slow is 2
beats, while the quick is only 1 beat. An alternative way to count in numbers would be: 1,2
(Slow), 3,4 (Quick, Quick).
Dance Steps: The basic steps for men: The basic steps for women:
1.Step forward with your left foot 1.Step back with your right foot

2.Sidestep to the right with your right foot 2.Sidestep to the left with your left foot

3.Move your left foot to your right foot 3.Move your right foot to your left foot

4.Step back with your right foot 4.Step forward with your left foot

5.Sidestep to the left with your left foot 5.Sidestep to the right with your right foot

6.Move your right foot to your left foot 6.Move your left foot to your right foot

 SAMBA

Origin: origins are deeply rooted in African culture.

Brief History of the Dance: The history of Samba takes us back to Brazil, though the origins are deeply rooted in African
 culture; Samba music is closely intertwined with Brazil's colonial history. ... To the distaste of
Europeans, slaves brought with them a celebratory culture of music, drums and dance.
Keywords:

Characteristics of the Dance: 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.
Time Signature: Time signature = 2/4 two beats to one bar of music. 

Counting: The Samba music is phrased in counts of 8 and the basic rhythm of it is: 1 a 2, 3 a 4, 5 a 6, 7 a
8.
Dance Steps: The basic steps for men: The basic steps for women:
1. Step forward with your left 1. Step backward with your right
foot (count 1) foot (count 1)
2. Move your right foot to your 2. Move your left foot to your
left foot (uh) right foot (uh)
3. Left foot in place, weight 3. Right foot in place, weight
shifts to it (count 2) shifts to it (count 2)
4. Step backward with your right 4. Step forward with your left
foot (count 3) foot (count 3)
5. Move your left foot to your 5. Move your right foot to your
right foot (uh) left foot (uh)
6. Right foot in place, weight 6. Left foot in place, weight
shifts to it (count 4) shifts to it (count 4)

 JIVE

Origin: The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in
the early 1930s.
Brief History of the Dance: The name of the dance 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.
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Characteristics of the Dance: Jive is a very happy, boppy, energetic dance, with plenty of knee-lifting, bending, and
rocking of the hips. The fastest of the Latin dances, jive incorporates lots of kicks and flicks,
even twirling of the woman, and doesn't move around the dance floor like other dances.
Time Signature: Time signature: 4/4 

Counting: The basic steps for jive are based on a simple six beat sequence: 1-2-3-a-4-5-a-6. The count
begins with the rock step (left foot step back, right foot in place), followed by the two triple
steps (chasse) that are counted: 3-a-4, 5-a-6.
Dance Steps: The basic steps for men: The basic steps for women
1.Step back with your left foot (Rock step) 1.Step back with your right foot (Rock
step)
2.Right foot in place, weight shifts to it
2.Left foot in place, weight shifts to it
3.Sidestep to the left with your left foot
(Chasse to the left) 3.Sidestep to the right with your right foot
(Chasse to the right)
4.Move your right foot to your left foot
4.Move your left foot to your right foot
5.Sidestep to the left with your left foot
5.Sidestep to the right with your right foot
6.Right foot in place, weight shifts to it
(Chasse to the right) 6.Left foot in place, weight shifts to it
(Chasse to the left)
7.Sidestep to the right with your left foot
7.Sidestep to the left with your right foot
8.Sidestep to the right with your right foot
8.Sidestep to the left with your left foot

 PASO DOBLE
Origin: this popular dance style is widely considered to originate in France

Brief History of the Dance: Paso Doble was actually invented in Southern France, where its march-like steps were used
in the military, coined “Paso Redoble”. The steps easily travelled to Spain because of their
close proximity. Beginning in the 18th century, the “Paso Doble” was played during the
matador's entrance into the bullring.
Keywords:

Characteristics of the Dance: The main characteristics of Paso Doble dance are sharp movements and quick moves
around the floor. To acquire the proper feeling, it's helpful to visualize the pageantry of the
matadors, as they make their grand entry into the bull ring and feel the attitude that they
portray during the fight.
Time Signature: Time signature: 2/4 

Counting: Count: "1 - 2" ("left (leg) - right (leg)"); three highlights. 

Dance Steps: The basic steps for men: The basic steps for women:

1.Step forward 8 counts, the first foot to 1.Step backward 8 counts, the first foot to
step is the right foot. step is the left foot.
2.Then, Another 8 counts for backward, the 2.then, 8 counts for forward, the first foot to
right foot should the first to step also.. step is the left foot also.
II: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD DANCESPORTS

 WALTZ

Origin: Austria
Waltz originated as a country folk dance born in the seventeenth century
suburbs of Austria and Bavaria.

Brief History of the Dance:

The Waltz is the oldest of the ballroom dances, dating from the middle of the
Eighteenth Century. The German "Lander", a folk dance, is supposed to be the
forerunner of the Waltz. During this time period a dance developed which was
called the "Walzer", a word owing its origin to the Latin word Volvere, which
indicates a rotating motion.
Keywords:

Characteristics of the It is characterized by pendulum swing movements and incorporates general

Dance: elements of ballroom technique such as foot parallelism, rise and fall, contra
body movement and sway. 
Time Signature: International Standard Waltz is a waltz dance and danced to slow waltz music,
preferably 28 to 30 bars per minute (84 to 90 beats per minute). Waltz music is
in 3/4 time and the first beat of a measure is strongly accented.
Counting: International Standard waltz is preferably danced as a slow waltz, which means
to music around 28-30 beats per minute with the typical 1-2-3 count.
Dance Steps: The basic steps for men: The basic steps for women:
1. Step forward with the LF. 1. Step back with the RF.

2. Step forward with the RF so that 2.Step back with the LF so that the left
right foot is parallel to left foot. foot is parallel to right foot.

3. Bring the LF to the RF. 3. Bring the RF to the LF.

4. Step back with the RF. 4. Step forward with the LF.

5. Step back with the LF so that 5. Step forward with the RF so that right
the left foot is parallel to right foot is parallel to left foot.
foot.
6. Bring the LF to the RF.
6. Bring the RF to the LF.

 VIENNESE WALTZ
Origin: The Viennese Waltz is a ballroom dance, originated in the 18th century in Vienna, Austria.

Brief History of the Dance: The Viennese waltz, so called to distinguish it from the waltz and the French waltz, is the
oldest of the current ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century
from the German dance and the Ländler in Austria and was both popular and subject to
criticism.
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Characteristics of the Dance: The Viennese Waltz is a classic dance style that is featured in many romantic movies and
animated films. It is characterized by sweeping, graceful turns that rotate quickly
around the floor. Although it shares many similarities to the slow Waltz, it is danced at a
much faster tempo—twice the speed of the slow Waltz.
Time Signature: Viennese Waltz music is fast and has a time signature of 3/4 and a tempo of 54bpm.

Counting: The count of the original Viennese Waltz is 1, 2, perhaps 3.

Dance Steps: The basic Viennese Waltz movement consists of just three steps: Right Turns (called
Natural Turns), Left Turns (called Reverse Turns) and Change Steps which change
from one of those turns to the other. Both partners dance the same steps, taking turns
doing the forward and backward movements.

 FOXTROT

Origin: The Foxtrot originated in the summer of 1914 by Vaudeville actor Harry Fox. The foxtrot
dance was first developed in 1914 in the United States. 
Brief History of the Dance: The Foxtrot is an early 20th Century American dance that has its origins in the one-step,
the two-step, and syncopated ragtime dances (Norton). It was popularized in the USA by
dancers Vernon and Irene Castle in 1914, and it is believed to be named after Harry Fox,
who was an entertainer (Bedinghaus).
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Characteristics of the Dance: The Foxtrot is composed of fairly simple walking steps and side steps. The dance
 combines slow steps, which use two beats of music, and quick steps, which use one beat of
music. The Foxtrot is similar to the Waltz in that it is danced smoothly, but in the American
style Foxtrot, more 'jazzy' movements are added.
Time Signature: Time signature - 4/4 Four beats to the bar.

Counting: A slow count = 2 beats. A Quick = 1 beat.

Dance Steps:
BASIC STEP

Gentlemen start with your left leg. Walk 2 steps forward, then step to the left (side
together). Ladies start with your right leg. Walk 2 steps backward, then step to the right
(side together). Maintain a “slow, slow, quick, quick” rhythm.

 QUICKSTEP

Origin: Quickstep was developed in the 1927s in New York City and was first danced by Black
Americans. 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.
Brief History of the Dance: The quickstep developed in the golden age of the Charleston dance craze of the 1920s.
British dancers in England began combining the smooth steps of the Charleston — minus
 the energetic kicks — with the rhythm and flow of the Foxtrot, which was also enormously
popular at the time. For many dancers, the foxtrot proved too slow in tempo, however, and
as the swinging big bands began to play a faster beat, dancers followed suit and created
what became known as the Quick Foxtrot. Eventually, it became known as the “Quickstep”
and evolved into its own distinctive dance style.
Keywords:

Characteristics of the Dance: Characteristics: Elegant, smooth, and glamorous, Quickstep is a dynamic, energetic
rhythm with dancers moving lightly and freely on their feet. Distinctive to the Quickstep is
an up-and-down, rise-and-fall swinging motion performed at a fast pace.
Time Signature: Time signature - 4/4 Four beats to the bar.

Counting: Counting in beats - 1234, 1234, 1234, etc.

Dance Steps:
The basic quickstep is as follows:

1. Begin in a closed position.

2. Step forward with your right foot. (slow)
3. Step to the left with your left foot, then slide your right foot to close with your left
foot. (quick)
4. Step to the left again with your left foot. (quick)
5. Step backward with your right foot. (slow)
6. Step to the left with your left foot, then slide your right foot to close with your left
foot. (quick)
7. Step to the left with your left foot. (quick)

 TANGO
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. 
Brief History of the Dance: The Tango, often called ‘The Argentine Tango’, is Argentina’s contribution to the world of
dance. The Tango came from the brothels and low cafes of Buenos Aires at the turn of the
century. However, at it’s very beginning, it was a ballet-like dance between two men, which,
just a little later, became the obscene dance of the brothels where both men and women had
the opportunity to rub their bodies together. Over the years, the Tango has changed becoming
an elegant and stylish dance evoking a picture of high society, with women in sleek glittering
evening gowns and men in tuxedos and tails.
Keywords:

Characteristics of the Dance: Tango is characterized by a close hold, a low center of gravity and an emphasis on Contra
Body movement. Movement is stealthy, almost cat-like and has an unmistakable staccato
feel and major dramatic attitude. The Leader's right arm is further around and lower on the
Follower's back than in the other Smooth dances.
Time Signature: Time signature - 2/4 Two beats to one bar.

Counting:
8 count
Tango – S,S,Q,Q,S
In Standard Tango, the steps are counted in groups of 4 beats, and in Smooth, the 8 count
system is used. For Smooth Tango, all of our steps are 8 counts long, S,S,Q,Q,S. This means
that not all Tango songs are suitable for Ballroom Tango

Dance Steps: The basic steps for men: The basic steps for women:
1.Step forward with your left foot 1.Step back with your right foot

2.Step forward with your right foot passing 2.Step back with your left foot passing the
the left foot right foot

3.Step forward again with your left foot this 3.Step back again with your right foot this
time passing the right foot time passing the left foot

4.Step forward and to the right with your 4.Step back and to the left with your left
right foot. foot

5.Left foot close to right foot 5.Right foot close to left foot
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