Modern Music in Ballroom Dancing

May 4th, 2011 admin

The reason they are using different types of music on shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and “So you think you can dance”  is because they are trying to reach a wider audience. As you already know, dance music is chosen by the timing that goes with the dance, not necessarily the type of music. I do believe that there are better choices that can be made then what is going on now. but I think that its amazing that they are introducing ballroom dancing to an audience that otherwise would never have been interested. Yes, a waltz should never be danced in 4/4 timing, but most of what they do on the show is more of a “showdance” anyway. Other than the waltz you mentioned, I believe that is good for people to think “outside of the box” in terms of music. It stimulates creativity in choreography. In shows like ” so you think you can dance” they actually use music from up and coming musicians for the show in order to provide more opportunities to struggling musicians which I think is great as well.