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The dances that make up the list of DanceSport dances are performed competitively at amateur and professional levels throughout the world. Ten international style ballroom dances—five Standard and five Latin —are defined by the World Dance Council (WDC), which has world-wide membership of all countries taking part in ballroom competitions.
The Paso Doble (meaning "double-step" in Spanish) refers to a style of ballroom dancing included in DanceSport categories of competition that began in the 16th century in the country of France. This dance became popular in Spain because it became based on the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish and Portuguese bullfights.
The Pavane (pavan, paven, pavin, pavian, pavine, or pavyn) is a slow, majestic, processional dance that originated in Italy around 1508, common in Europe aristocracies during the 16th and 17th centuries (Renaissance).
Latin dance refers to a type of Ballroom dancing and folk dancing that (with few exceptions) originated in Latin America. The category of Latin dance in International Style Latin DanceSport competitions consists of the Cha Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, and the Jive.
The Peabody, which took its name in America, was known as the Quickstep in England. It is a Ballroom Dance that evolved from the fast Foxtrot of the ragtime era of the 1910s and 1920s.
The Polka is a Central European dance and genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
The Polonaise is a dance of Polish origin danced in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish."
The Quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. Performed by four couples in a rectangular formation dance, it is related to American square dancing.
