Social dances and dance mixers are intended to allow people attending social functions to get to know one another. Social dances are usually performed in pairs and can be categorized as either Latin American dances like salsa, cha-cha, and rumba, or Modern Standard dances such as waltz, tango, and foxtrot. Latin dances are distinguished by their costumes, revealing nature, and freer movements while standard dances involve more formal attire and restricted movements. Dance mixers allow groups to change partners periodically to maximize social interaction.

1. Nature and Background of
social Dances and Dance
Mixers

2. Social Dances
and Dance
Mixers

3. Intended primarily to get to know
other people in attendance to a
certain social function. They are
also called ballroom dances. They
are usually performed in pairs,
male and female, but may also
performed in groups

4. Classisification of Social
Dances
1.Latin American Dances
2.Modern Standard Dances

5. Latin American Dances includes:
salsa, mambo, meringue, swing, cha-cha-
cha, rumba, samba, jive, boogie, and paso
doble.
Modern Standard Dances are:
slow waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot,
and quickstep.

6. Latin Dances distinguish
themselves by the costumes worn by
performers. They are somewhat
revealing, tight-fitting, sexy yet
sophisticated in nature. They are also
distinguished by the nature of the
movements. They are freer and can
be performed in close or open hold.

7. Standard Dances on the other
hand wear formal , anckle length
gowns for females and coat-and-
tie for males. Most of the time,
movements in these are
restricted to close ballroom
position with partner.

8. Social or ballroom dances are different from
danceport because the latter is freer in nature and
are primarily intended to widen one’s social horizon,
for recreation; and fitness. The former is performed
in competition and are referred to as competitive
ballroon dancing. The required athleticism has
established rules of different levels of difficulty and is
llimited to fives dances per category only. They are
cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba, paso doble and jive for
the Latin category and slow waltz, tango, Viennese
waltz, foxtrot, and quickstep for the standard

9. LATIN AMERICAN DANCES ORIGIN MODERN STANDART DANCES ORIGIN
CHA-CHA-CHA
RUMBA
SAMBA
PASO DOBLE
JIVE/BOOGLE
SWING
MERENGUE
SALSA
MAMBO
CUBA
CUBA
BRAZIL
SPAIN
USA
USA
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
CUBA
CUBA
SLOW WALTZ
TANGO
VIENNNESE WALTZ
FOXTROT
QUICKSTEP
AUSTRIA
ARGENTINA
VIENNA
USA
USA

10. DANCE MIXERS are social dances which allow group
of performers to change partners periodically while
dancing to allow chance to get to know other
members of the performing group. Its primarily
function is to maximize the social dimensions of
dancing. There are specific dance mixers that are
performed in social events but ballroom or social
dance can be converted into dance mixers by
expanding it from a pair-dancing to group dancing
activity with exchange of partners periodically while
dancing.