Body contact is a style of closed position in partner dancing. In couple dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other. ... Partner dances are the dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner. ...

Body contact as dance technique

In some partner dances, the connection between the lead and follow is made by direct body contact, instead of a more open frame made with the arms. Body contact may be achieved with the thighs, hips, chest, cheek and/or forehead, depending on the style of dance, the connection needed for a particular move, or to fit the mood of the music. Connection is essential to all partner dancing. ... Frame is the position maintained by dancers during partner dancing. ...

Body contact is often employed in ballroom dancing with advanced dancers or between dancers who are comfortable with each other. It is generally employed to enhance connection. Competition ballroom dancers often connect at the thighs and hips and then arch their backs to achieve the distinctive ballroom frame. Ballroom dance is a style of partner dance which originated in the western world and is now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe. ...

When connecting across the inner thighs, the partners would be in an offset position to the left of each other. The inside of the right thigh would then touch the inside of the partner's right thigh. The inside of the follow's left thigh may also touch the outside of the partner's right.

Some swing dances use body contact. In Balboa and Collegiate Shag, dancers are chest to chest. The hips are tilted away. Balboa generally employs thigh contact, but Shag usually doesn't. Forehead may be used in certain styles. Charleston employs contact between the outer thighs when danced side-by-side. Swing is a group of related street dances, that evolved from Lindy Hop. ... Balboa is a form of a swing dance that emerged in the 1930s and 1940s. ... The Collegiate Shag is a form of swing dancing, similar to the Balboa (another swing dance), but with different footwork (footwork: the dance term for steps). ... A USPS stamp from the Celebrate the Century series: Flappers Doing the Charleston by John Held Jr. ...

Blues dancing may be done with all or none of the above types of body contact. If you're "dancing cheek to cheek", you're doing the blues (or it could be the Tango). For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... Tango in the streets of Buenos Aires Tango is a social dance form that originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. ...

Argentine Tango is usually danced with body contact. In tango, this is called dancing "on the body." The dancers are connected at the chest. They make continous connections across the thighs and with the feet.

Body contact in dance can be intimate and erotic. It lends these traits to ballroom, street dances, and modern club dance. The following dance categories are closely related to each other: Folk dance Folk dance is a term used to encompass a large number of dances that tend to share the following attributes: They were originally danced in about the 19th century or earlier (or are, in any case, not currently... See Ballroom dance In a wider sense, the term Nightclub dance, or Club dance, is used in the meaning of Disco dance (see Disco music). ...