WHAT IS BALLROOM DANCING Most fairy tales have happy endings And somewhere in the story there is usually a ball The princess dances with her Prince Charming They twirl and glide across the floor A couple performs the tango 5 CHAPTER 1
But ballroom dancing isn’t just for princes and princesses You can ballroom dance too Ballroom dancing has been around for centuries It is also called social dancing The original ballroom dances were held in the royal courts of Europe These were complicated dances They required a stiff posture and a variety of foot positions During the 1700s a new dance became popular It was called 6
An illustration shows ballroom dancers at an 1872 military ball in New York City the waltz Before the waltz ballroom dancing had been a group activity But the waltz made it a couples activity Partners touched each other for the first time The waltz was also easy to learn 7
