Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The International Latin American Dance Championships were created after the Second World War in England by Elsa Wells, and are now organised by Dance News special events. The current full title is the Elsa Wells International Dance Championships, and includes all categories in Standard and Latin American ballroom dance.
The championships are authorized and organized under the auspices of the WDC, and held annually in the last quarter of each year. The competition comprises five dances: Cha-Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive, as defined in ballroom dancing terms. Official World Championships have been held in the Latin section of ballroom dancing since ...
U.S. National Professional Latin. Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions [1] [2] 1964-1969 Larry Silvers & Betty Silvers Maryland 1971 Bob Medeiros & Sheryn Hawkins Massachusetts 1972-1973 Vernon Brock & Beverly Donahue New Jersey 1974 Frank Regan & Victoria Regan Canada 1975-1978 Vernon Brock & Linda Dean Texas 1979-1985 Ron Montez & Elizabeth ...
In England (e.g. at the Blackpool Dance Festival), the categories are traditionally called Ballroom and Latin American dances respectively. In the Ballroom dances, men typically wear evening dress (coattails, waistcoats and white bow ties), while women wear gowns. Partners remain in closed position throughout the dance, and movements tend to be ...
Intermediate level international-style Latin dancing at the 2006 MIT ballroom dance competition. A judge stands in the foreground. Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon. It refers to types of ballroom dance and folk dance that mainly originated in Latin America, though a few styles originated elsewhere.
When the reality competition premiered in 2005, viewers across the U.S. were introduced to the beauty of traditional ballroom and Latin dance styles from the Viennese waltz to the Argentine tango.
Karen Hilton MBE and Marcus Hilton MBE are a British dance couple, noted for competing in the disciplines of Ballroom and Latin American at both amateur and professional level. They have held a number of championship titles, including the World Professional Ballroom Championship, which they have won nine times representing Great Britain.
The ballroom was red hot on Tuesday night’s semifinals of Dancing With the Stars as the five remaining couples delivered two standout performances: a ballroom routine and a technical Latin dance ...