Yana and Krasi Ballroom Dance Blog

The dance is usually a much anticipated and enjoyable part of a wedding reception where people have a chance to let their hair down and enjoy themselves after the formalities. It is also a great way for the newly married couple to display their love for each other and entertain their guests with a beautiful choreographed dance routine. It’s also a chance for some beautiful photo opportunities.

There are various traditional wedding dance formalities you may wish to consider. The order of the dancing is something the bride and groom may like to pre-arrange with the wedding party or leave open.

If you want to learn dancing Wedding dance don’t hesitate to contact Krasi and Yana.

Ballroom dance refers to a number of partner dances, which are enjoyed socially and competitively around the globe. Its performance and entertainment sides are also widely enjoyed on stage, in movie and on television.

While historically ballroom dance may refer to any form of formal social dancing as recreation, with the emergence of dancesport in modern times the term has become much narrower in scope, usually referring specifically to the International Standard and International Latin style dances. In the United States, two additional variations—”American Smooth” and “American Rhythm”—have also been popularized and are commonly recognized as styles of “ballroom dance”.

International Style
International Standard:
- Slow Waltz
- Tango
- Viennese Waltz
- Slow Foxtrot
- Quickstep

International Latin:
- Cha Cha
- Samba
- Rumba
- Paso Doble
- Jive

American Style
American Smooth:
- Waltz
- Tango
- Foxtrot
- Viennese Waltz

American Rhythm:
- Cha Cha
- Rumba
- East Coast Swing
- Bolero
- Mambo

Historical/Vintage Dance
- Waltz
- Polka
- Schottische
- Tango
- One-Step
- Foxtrot
- Peabody

Other dance styles occasionally categorized as ballroom
- Nightclub
- Latin nightclub
- Brazilian Dances
- Country/Western
- Cajun dances
- Musette dances

If you want to learn Ballroom dances don’t hesitate to contact Krasi and Yana.

Latin dance typically includes dances originating in Latin America and the Caribbean islands like cha cha, rumba, samba, salsa, mambo, danza, merengue, tumba, bachata, cumbia and bolero. Some dance instructors also include tango and Argentine tango in this genre, although they differ from the rest in the style. In Argentina tango is not considered folk dance as is the case with dances like chacarera, gato, escondido or zamba. Typical Bolivian folk dances are morenada, kullawada, llamerada, caporales and the recently created tinku. In Colombia one of the typical dances is the cumbia, not to be mistaken with Argentine cumbia, a popular music genre influenced by Caribbean reggae and ska.

If you want to learn dancing Latin dances don’t hesitate to contact Krasi and Yana.

Tango is a musical genre and its dance style that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay and spread to the rest of the world soon after that.

In early days tango is known as tango criollo. Today there are many tango dance styles including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango and vintage tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango have developed into mature dances in their own right.

Ballroom tango, divided in recent decades into the “International” and “European” styles, has descended from the tango styles that developed when the tango first went abroad to Europe and North America. The dance was simplified and adapted to the preferences of conventional ballroom dancers and incorporated into the repertoire used in International Ballroom dance competitions. English Tango was first codified in October 1922, when it was proposed that it should only be danced to modern tunes, ideally at 30 bars per minute (i.e. 120 beats per minute – assuming a 4/4 measure).

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Salsa is a dance for Salsa music invented by Spanish-speaking people from the Caribbean and their communities in the US. Salsa dancing mixes African and European dance influences through the music and dance fusions that are the roots of Salsa: Son, Guaguancó, Rumba, Boogaloo, Pachanga, Guaracha, Plena, Bomba.

The Salsa dance is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms, line dancing (suelta) and Rueda de Casino where groups of two people exchange partners in a circle. Salsa can be improvised or performed with a set routine.

The name of the dance – “Salsa” is the Spanish word for sauce, connoting (in American Spanish) a spicy flavor. Salsa also suggests a “mixture” of ingredients, though this meaning is not found in most stories of the term’s origin.

If you want to learn dancing Salsa don’t hesitate to contact Krasi and Yana.

Beginner lessons
We will introduce you to the art of dance; basic steps of each dance; lead and follow. You will learn musicality, the characteristic of each dance and body coordination.

Intermediate lessons
More advanced steps, patterns and choreography. A more detailed explanation of movement and technique to help improve your overall look.

Advanced lessons
For a more experienced dancer looking to enhance their abilities. A customized program that matches with the potentials of the student in preparation for pro-am competitions and exhibition.

Wedding program
An individually specialized program, that prepares you for the most special day of your life. We will help choose the music, prepare a choreography and a grand finale.

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Cha cha is the name of a Latin American dance of Cuban origin. It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953. The rhythm was developed from the danzón by a syncopation of the fourth beat. The name is onomatopoeic, derived from the rhythm of the güiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers’ feet.

Cha cha is one of the five dances of the “Latin American” program of international ballroom competitions.

The basis of the modern dance was laid down in the 1950s by Pierre & Lavelle and developed in the 1960s by Walter Laird and other top competitors of the time. The basic steps taught to learners today are based on these accounts.

Steps are kept compact and the dance is danced generally without any rise and fall. The modern ballroom technique of Cha cha does undergo gradual evolution, particularly in competition dancing, but in essence is still firmly based on its Cuban origin in the 1950s.