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So you want to ballroom dance? You’re about to enter a world of class, tradition, and loads of fun. The good news is it’s easier than you can imagine. The bad news is you’ll still need to work. First of all, make sure you get a really good pair of ballroom dance shoes, whether you are a man or a woman, you will need them.
Ballroom dance is a somewhat artificial category including many styles of traditional partner dances from several parts of the world and different eras. The thing in common is the expectation that the dance is polite and the dancer’s dance-floor relationship somewhat formal (Ballroom dancing is never “Dirty Dancing”–even the more sensual styles such as the Tango are stylized. The sexuality of the dance exists in innuendo, not in hot and sweaty contact between the dancers).
