Ballroom dancing and competition dance costumes – this is an area that is usually located outside the attention of tailors and tailor. It so happened that this type of suit involved specialized art studio and a small circle of private masters. And from the world of dance costumes seems closed and complex.
However, if you love to dance (at least to watch, or better yet – to dance), truly love these costumes and you want to create elegant dresses for the waltz and sexy dresses for Samba, you’ll be able to enter into this world.
Our material will tell about the peculiarities of work on the dance segment and will be your guide in a circle on his secrets. You know what the difficulties encountered in the work of other masters, and how they solve them and get acquainted with terminology and concepts of the dance world, you’ll see thumbnails of typical styles of dresses and, finally, find out how much is this work.
The history of development and formation of ballroom dancing as a sport has its roots in the beginning of last century, in England and France. The emergence of new musical styles, the growing interest in the pair dancing, acquaintance of Europeans with fascinating rhythms of Afro-Latin folk dance gradually led to the creation canonized dance program.
Today the program of competitions and championships on sporting ballroom dances are 10 dances, which are divided into a European program (in common parlance – “Standard”) and the Latin American (Latina).
Latin Dance Program:
* Samba
* Cha-cha-cha
* Rumba
* Jive
* Pasodoble
Dance season runs from September to May next year, with tournaments at various levels are held almost every week – it is, primarily, about Interdojo and qualification sorevnovnovaniyah. Of course, what a couple rarely goes to all the tournaments in a row, bolshistvo comes only at the most important events that have international status. Such a major tournament in Moscow during the year carried out several – Kremlin Cup, Open Championship of Russia “Rashen Open” (Russian Open), Open Championship of Moscow Championship of Russia, “Cup of Spartacus.” At these tournaments are going to almost all Russia’s dancers – on the dance floor goes over 1,5 thousand pairs!
To participate in the competition sewn competitive prices in accordance with the rules of the costume (these rules will be discussed below). Depending on the program, on which dancing couple, the lady may need one or two dresses – a dress only on the standard, only the clothes on the Latino or both, and another dress at the same time. Given the value of the dresses, many girls sew a competition dance costumes for the desired type for the entire season. However, well-known professional couples often sew a new dress for every major tournament.
