Foxtrot
In 1914, Harry Fox danced his version of trotting on the stage of the Ziegfield Follies. Soon after it was popularized in New York in
Quickstep
Quickstep developed in the 1920s in New York City out of foxtrot, charleston, shag, peabody, and one step. Danced in 4/4 time to ragtime era
Tango
Ballroom Tango origins come from the slums of Buenos Aires in the late 19th century. In the infamous Barrio de las Ranas, Argentine gauchos and
Viennese Waltz
The Viennese Waltz is the oldest ballroom dance, initially appearing in Germany and Austria in the late 18th century, and later spreading to England, under
Waltz
The Waltz evolved from the German and Austrian peasant dance called the Ländler and became fashionable in the suburbs of Vienna around the 1780s, spreading