What dances are common at your venue?

[DanceMentor]

When you go to social (ballroom) dances, what types of dances are most common?

I'm going to list approximately (in order by most played) what I see:
Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, Cha Cha, Rumba, Tango, Boloero, Quickstep, Samba, Viennese Waltz

There are few places that play Paso Doble, and Viennese Waltz is pretty rare, but there are a couple of studios where it is danced.

 

[Spitfire]

Here it's pretty much those you've listed and not much Samba or Viennese Waltz as well

For Samba when it is played most people at the studio where I go dancing do a line dance.

 

[etchuck]

That depends on the dance of course, but if we're assuming just ballroom dances, at least the one I almost always go to, foxtrot is played quite a bit. Probably it's due to demographics and the tastes of the DJ. At the dance I usually help with when it comes to music, I just mix it all up with the standards and rhythms, along with some club dancing in the mix. The dances I usually only put one in for the entire evening: paso doble, nightclub two-step/bolero (which I just had my first lesson in last week and it resembles NC2S to me), merengue. Just about everything else (so far) gets put into mix mode.

 

[pygmalion]

Lots of foxtrot and waltz. Lots of rumba, cha cha, ECS and WCS. Very little samba or quickstep. Viennese waltz, almost never. :?

 

[TemptressToo]

My venues...

Ballroom Dance Parties--a lot of foxtrot (which I like), rhumba, and waltz
Swing Dancing--East Coast swing (of course), Charleston, and Lindy Hop seem the most prevelent
Latin Dance Nights--Salsa and meringue...

 

[ShyDancer]

I only go to the one venue atm.... And its a mix really .
Its a similar line up of dances every week,
always starts with the Cha Cha, then Evening 3 step, Tangoette, Charmaine , then a mix of latin, standard, NV and stret latin dances.

Works for me!

 

[Sagitta]

When you go to social (ballroom) dances, what types of dances are most common?

I'm going to list approximately (in order by most played) what I see:
Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, Cha Cha, Rumba, Tango, Boloero, Quickstep, Samba, Viennese Waltz

There are few places that play Paso Doble, and Viennese Waltz is pretty rare, but there are a couple of studios where it is danced.

All these dances played, plus polka. How much of each dance played depends on crowd/dj and event.

 

[jon]

California venues tend to include a good deal of WCS, Nightclub Two-Step, and Hustle as well as the usual "ballroom" dances.

 

[Vince A]

California venues tend to include a good deal of WCS, Nightclub Two-Step, and Hustle as well as the usual "ballroom" dances.

. . . I agree jon . . .

The one that we go to (in Oakdale) once a week, does all the above, but adds an a Two Step about every 6th dance, an occasional Cha Cha, and maybe one Waltz during the entire night. The reason being, is that we get about 4 Pros and quite a few Advanced dancers (mostly from the Bay Area), and they like to do their routines, especially if it is a new routine, to see how the routine feels and to get audience reaction to it.