SOCIAL AND BALLROOM DANCES

are usually done to introduce people with one another during a formal social gathering or to welcome guests to a social gathering. Social dancing is believed to had existed since the beginning of human society in some forms.

• a. social dance

• b. ballroom dance

• c. folk dance

________ is to bow to partner. Facing partner, boys bow by bending slightly from the waist as girls do curtsy.

• ball change

• amalgamation

• address partner

is a person who dances as a hobby and does not seek financial gain from teaching or dancing.

• social dancers

• amateur dancers

• folkdancers

is to lightly touch the inside edge of the supporting foot with the inside edge of the free foot between changes of weight.

• a.close

• b. spin

• c.brush

 

is a creation or compilation of steps, patterns and movements, which make up the dance or a dance routine.

• a. choreography

• b.commando

• c. combination

is to move the free foot next to supporting foot with one change of weight.

• a.contrary

• b. open

• c. close

is a forward or backward rock and close.

• a. corte

• b.commando

• c. conversation

is the official name given to competitive Ballroom Dancing.

• a. sportsmimetics

• b. dance sports

• c. calisthenics

is a very general term to mean any type of hip movement used in Latin dancing.

• a. hip motion

• b. pivot

• c. spin

is a turning movement during which the free foot is kept either in front or directly behind the foot on which the turn is made.

 

• a. figure

• b. pivot

• c. motion