Foxtrot - a smooth "walking"
dance that travels around the dance floor
Waltz - a graceful traveling dance characterized by its rise and fall
Vienesse Waltz - similar in character to
waltz but danced to a much faster tempo
Tango - a dramatic traveling dance with its origin in Argentina
East Coast Swing - born in the Big
Band era, an original American dance form
West Coast Swing - typically danced to R&B music, the state dance of California
Rumba - known
as the Latin dance of love, characterized by its sensual hip action
Bolero - a slow, romantic dance combining characteristics of waltz, rumba,
and tango
Cha
Cha - a fast latin dance characterized by Cuban motion and syncopated beat
Mambo - A.K.A Salsa! this original
Cuban dance gave birth to the Cha Cha
Samba - a bouncy traveling Latin dance with a Brazilian origin
Merengue - this fun, easy Latin dance
is the national dance of the Dominican Republic
Hustle - born in the disco era of the 70's, still danced today to contemporay
nite club music