Videoclip of the introduction of the jive in the UK
This is a real gem! Jo (Josephine) Bradley introducing the jive on tv in the UK. For more information on the developement of the dance and its roots also see the article “From...
How the mambo became the cha-cha-cha By Patsy Holden
This article first appeared in the Examiner (www.examiner.com) How the mambo became the cha-cha-cha and the mambo dance craze of the 50s On December 12, 1949 Perez Prado, a Cuban band leader who had...
Perfect 10: The cha cha cha By Marianka Swain
This article first appeared in a series called Perfect 10 in Dance Today (www.dance-today.co.uk) If you’re looking for a sweeping romance or a grand passion, you’re better off with a waltz or a tango, but...
About the German Professional Dancesport Association
Submitted to DanceArchives by the German Professional Dancesport Association DPV The professional competitive dancers have been organized in Germany since 1948. At that time they were part of the German Dance Teachers Association...
Perfect 10: The Viennese waltz By Marianka Swain
“If there exists a form of music that is a direct expression of sensuality, it is the Viennese waltz,” wrote Austrian music scholar Max Graf in 1922.
Perfect 10: The tango By Nicola Rayner
This article first appeared in a series called Perfect 10 in Dance Today (www.dance-today.co.uk) In the ballroom, the tango is unmistakable. Even its name – the hardness of the consonants – suggests a dance with...
Perfect 10: The paso doble By Marianka Swain
This article first appeared in a series called Perfect 10 in Dance Today (www.dance-today.co.uk) “Of all the ballroom styles, this is the one that most requires you to be an actor as well...
Perfect 10: The waltz By Zoë Anderson
This article first appeared in a series called Perfect 10 in Dance Today (www.dance-today.co.uk) The waltz is one of the oldest of ballroom dances. Across its long history, this dance has been both...
A clip of a typical Rumba British style from 1963
The Latin dances reached Europe during and after WW II. Excerpt from BALLROOM ICONS: “England, beset with etiquette, tenets and rules of conduct, and the U.S., the land of freedom of expression, each developed...
Blackpool, the dance Mecca. By Leonid Pletnev
By Leonid Pletnev “Dear friend! This time I’m writing to you from Blackpool — the dance Mecca, the sacred place for every dancer…” That was the beginning of my German friend’s letter which...
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