Modern Ballroom

This dance style includes several techniques such as the Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Ballroom Tango.

These are all social dances which were seen throughout Western Society from around the beginning of the twentieth century.

These dance techniques vary in style but are all partner dances; today they are most commonly seen at competitions, at social gatherings or on stage.

Download a history of the Modern Ballroom Faculty. If you would like to find out more about ISTD history you can order your copy of 100 Years of Dance from our online shop.

DVDs of the 2017 Dancesport Congress are available from the ISTD shop here.

		Attention to all Full Members/Life Members of the ISTD: All Ballot papers have been sent as of the 20th July 2018. If you hold the Associate qualification or higher in Modern Ballroom and are currently a paid-up Member, then you are entitled to vote. Anyone who has not received a ballot paper and is a full member please contact Georgia Hussey at pa@istd.org.
		The Modern Ballroom and Latin American committees have decided that the compulsory syllabus figures are no longer required to be shown in the examinations at the Gold Star and above levels. This took effect on 1st January 2016 for both Modern Ballroom and Latin American examinations. Read more.

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