Social Dance Chapter 3 Dance used a way of socializing and celebrating to draw communities together.

Couples and Courtship Dancing Dances created for the use of two people The Quadrille developed by English aristocrats in 1815 from elite Parisian ballrooms.

Couples Dance Europe couples dance evolved during the late 11 th century. European society did not use the concept of arranged marriages so the need for activites to find a mate were implemented into society. Eventually these dances fused with folk dance traditions of other countries to create dances such as the waltz, bachate,merengue, samba salsa and swing.

The Waltz Originated in the 1830’s in the Austro- Hungarian Empire. These dances were then apopted by European culture and ultimately America and Mexico. It is a dance done in ¾ time and the couples are connected and move in a whirling fashion.

Swing Dance and The Lindy Hop Cultivated in the early 1900’s in New York at the Savoy Ballroom ion Harlem, 1926 It evolved into the Jitterbug and transformed into West Coast Swing.

Cha Emerged in Cuba in 1886 West African, Spanish and local islanders mixed genres to create the dance Named after the scuff of the sound the heels make when doing the step.

Merengue Merengue is the national dance of the Dominican Republic beginning in the middle 1880’s. And also to some extent, of Haiti, the neighbor sharing the island. During the reign of the dictator Trujillo, an opressive dictator, the merengue was named the national dance to the common peoples surprise.

Bachata Originated around the early 1900’s in the Dominican Republic Has a combination of Latin, Carribean and African elements in the style. Is a dance of the common peoples and in fact in Dominican culture the name denotes “loose morals” “low class”

The Differences Between Merengue and Bachata Merengue was approved by the governement and was reveared by the rich and elite. Bachata is of the common, peasant, person and is looked down upon by governement and the elite groups of that society. In the 1990’s finallly bachata earned its respenct in the domincan repub

Samba Originated in Brazil Frowned upon by government West African roots in African Religious Tradition Started in the early 1900’s

Salsa