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ballroom dance |
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ballroom danceEuropean and American social dancing performed by couples. It includes standard dances such as the fox-trot, waltz, polka, tango, Charleston, jitterbug, and merengue. Ballroom dance was popularized by Vernon and Irene Castle and Fred Astaire and, later, by Arthur Murray (1895–1991), who established ballroom dance studios throughout the U.S. Ballroom dance contests, especially popular in Europe, feature both amateur and professional dancers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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writer-director Sue Kramer obviously hopes to pattern her film after the classic screwball comedies from the '40s: The banter is snappy and fast, the characters bond over Till the Clouds Roll By, and there are even two sustained ballroom dance sequences. This irresistible documentary depicts the American Ballroom Theater Company's Dancing Glassrooms, a program launched in 1994 by Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau that introduces ballroom dance to students of New York City public schools. So You Think You Can Dance" judge Mary Murphy, a longtime choreographer who owns a San Diego ballroom dance academy, said that ratings aside, an anecdotal popularity barometer is the number of people who now regard dancing as a legitimate career. |
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