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While historically ballroom dance may refer to any form of formal social dancing, 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 Latin consists of the following five dances: rumba, samba, paso doble, cha-cha-cha, jive.
Most latin dances are not progressive, whereas all ballroom dances progress round the ballroom anti-clockwise.
Music for latin dance teaching is usually in 4/4 time. Music may be Latin American or contemporary popular music. It is generally strict-tempo for teaching or competition with a preset number of beats per minute.
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