No single dance move ever created received this amount of popularity and recognition. Moonwalk - Pop icon Michael Jackson first performed this extremely famous dance move that emulates the illusion of walking backward in March of 1983, and ever since then, it gained planetary fame.Tap dancing conquered Hollywood and the entire world a few short years later. Created by enslaved Africans, tap dancing came into the mainstream with the performances of the Nicholas brothers.
Tap Dance - This extremely popular form of dance was first introduced in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era.Because of the many styles of Jazz music, Swing also comes in many flavors - Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Boogie Woogie, West Coast Swing, and Rock and Roll. Swing - This dance is today a synonym for the jazz and swing music of the 1920s-1930s.Charleston, the craze soon took over the enthusiastic dancers of the Prohibition era of the United States. Charleston - This extremely popular dance type was popularized by a famous tune called "The Charleston" by composer and pianist James P.Today’s popular ballroom version of this dance is based on the Cuban bolero, also known as “rumba.” This 2/4 or 4/4 music with a tempo of around 120 beats per minute is well known worldwide.Īfrican-American and Traditional Jazz dances Bolero - Bolero is an Argentine dance, but it also has different international variations of the same name coming from Cuba and Spain.Its official ballroom jive variation, commonly danced at a speed of 176 beats per minute, was formalized in the 1990s. It is considered one of the liveliest Latin dances, promoting a happy and bloopy performance with lots of knee movement and hip rocking. Jive - Jive is one of the five most popular Latin dances known as swing, boogie, or boogie-woogie.The smooth and glamorous version of quickstep danced today worldwide to a 4/4 music beat of 48-52 measures per minute was standardized in 1927. It was originally developed in the 1920s dance scene of New York and the Caribbean as the combination of the dances such as Charleston, a slow variation of Foxtrot, Peabody, shag, and one-step. Quickstep - Light-hearted and fast movement, powerful forms, and syncopations represent the core style characteristics of the Quickstep, one of the world's most popular ballroom dances today.Mambo - This Cuban dance that accompanies the music of the same name was introduced in the 1930s and quickly managed to gain popularity with the exploits of famous musicians and dancers such as Perez Prado, Benny Moré, Tongolele, Adalberto Martínez, Rosa Carmina, and Lilia Prado.Today infectious rhythm of the Samba is regarded as the national dance of Brazil, and its famous Brazilian Carnival gathers millions of Samba dance fans every year. Samba - Samba is a famous dance and musical genre originating from the coast of Africa and Brazil.Since its creation in the 1930s, many types of Rumba have been created, most notably Cuban Rumba (with the style of the enslaved Africans who made it), Catalan Rumba (with Spanish flavor), Flamenco Rumba, and African Rumba. Rumba - The popularity of this Cuban dance came from its focus on the sensual hip movements of dance partners.Cha-Cha-Cha - This incredibly rhythmic dance created in Latin America managed to meld together both the slow and very energetic movements, making it an instant hit among dancers around the world.
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