What is Sequence dance?
'''Sequence dancing''' is a form of [[dance]] in which there is a preset pattern of movements, to [[music]]. The music is usually also preset. Sequence dancing may include dances of many different styles. The term may include [[ballroom dance]]s, which move round the floor, as well as [[line dance|line]], [[square dance|square]] and [[circle dance]]s. Sequence dancing in general is much older than modern ballroom dances.<ref>Wood, Melusine 1952. ''Historical dances: 12th to 19th centuries''. Dance Books, London.</ref> With the exception of the waltz,<ref>Both modern forms of the waltz, the [[Viennese waltz]] and the English or [[Slow waltz]], are developments of the original waltz.</ref> invented around 1800, all dances in ballrooms were sequence dances until the early 20th century. The [[quadrille]] was one example, the [[minuet]] another. After modern ballroom dancing developed, in England, sequence dancing continued. It included so-called 'Old Time' dances and also adapted versions of the new ballroom dances, and then versions of [[Latin dance]]s. Sequence dancing is a competitive sport as well as a social pastime. The British Sequence Championships is the most famous annual sequence dance competition and is part of the Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival. This is held in the Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, [[Blackpool]], [[England]], since 1949.<ref>[[Blackpool Dance Festival]] [http://www.blackpooldancefestival.com/blackpool_sequence_dance_festival.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412204240/http://www.blackpooldancefestival.com/blackpool_sequence_dance_festival.htm |date=2010-04-12 }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Dance types]]