Modern Ballroom Dancing by Victor Silvester

Modern Ballroom Dancing by Victor Silvester

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Traces the history of dancing, showing how modern dances orginated and developed, the influence of jazz and Latin-American music, the supremacy of the "English" style, and trends since the war to the present day. It also provides detailed descriptions of all the most popular ballroom dances.

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Modern Ballroom Dancing by Victor Silvester

This guide traces the history of dancing, showing how modern dances orginated and developed, the influence of jazz and Latin-American music, the supremacy of the "English Style" and trends since the war to the present day. It also provides detailed descriptions of all the most popular ballroom dances: the four classics - waltz, foxtrot, quickstep and tango; the Viennese waltz; the standard Latin-American dances - rumba, samba, cha-cha-cha, paso doble; jive; rock 'n' roll; and disco dancing. Victor Silvester won the World's Professional Dancing Championships in 1922.
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ISBN 13 9780091781934
ISBN 10 0091781930
Title Modern Ballroom Dancing
Author Victor Silvester
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cornerstone
Year published 1993-10-21
Number of pages 224
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