A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses, a large room such as the main drawing room, long gallery, or hall may double as a ballroom, but a good ballroom should have the right type of flooring, such as hardwood flooring or stone flooring (usually marble).
Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have ceilings higher than other rooms in the same building. The large amount of space for dancing, as well as the highly formal tone of events have given rise to ballroom dancing. The largest balls are now nearly always held in public buildings, and many hotels have a ballroom. They are also designed large to help the sound of orchestras carry well throughout the whole room.
A special case is the annual Vienna Opera Ball, where, just for one night, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls, and a new floor, level with the stage, is built.
Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television.
Ballroom dance may refer, at its widest definition, to almost any type of partner dancing as recreation. However, with the emergence of dancesport in modern times, the term has become narrower in scope, and traditionally refers to the five International Standard and five International Latin style dances (see dance categories below). The two styles, while differing in technique, rhythm and costumes, exemplify core elements of ballroom dancing such as control and cohesiveness. Developed in England, the two styles are now regulated by the World Dance Council (WDC) and the world dancesport federation. (Wdsf). In the United States, two additional variations are popular: American Smooth and American Rhythm, which combine elements of both traditional Latin and Ballroom dances.
Ballroom is a musical with a book by Jerome Kass and music by Billy Goldenberg and lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
Based on Kass's teleplay for the 1975 Emmy Award-winning television drama Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, the plot focuses on lonely widow Bea Asher, who becomes romantically involved with Alfred Rossi, a mail carrier she meets at the local dance hall. Her dream of a happily-ever-after relationship is shattered when she discovers Alfred hasn't been as honest about his personal life as she thought.
After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett, opened on December 14, 1978 at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 116 performances. The cast included Dorothy Loudon as Bea and Vincent Gardenia as Alfred. The sets were by Robin Wagner, and Theoni V. Aldredge designed the costumes.
The production was Bennett's first project following A Chorus Line three years earlier.
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Ballroom
ALBUMS
- Magik Seven: Live in Los Angeles released: 2013
- A State Of Trance: Classics, Volume 5 released: 2010
- In Search of Sunrise 2 released: 2010
- Serious Beats 55 released: 2007
- Global Underground 031: Dubfire in Taipei released: 2007
- Pioneer: The Album, Volume 7 released: 2006
- Matinée Group: Old Hits, Volume 4 released: 2004
- Avalanche of Sound, Volume 1 released: 2003
- Chemical Lovers released: 2003
- Maximum Dance 03-2002 released: 2002
- Future Sound of Roxy released: 2002
- Live at Japan released: 2002
- Freedom 4 (Somewhere in Time) released: 2001
- Pulse, Volume 11: The 11th Commandment released: 2001
- Passenger released: 2001
- Techno Club, Volume 13 released: 2001
- Tantrance 11: A Trip to Progressive and Psychedelic Trance released: 2001
- MiXology 3 released: 2001
- Global Underground: Passport released: 2001
- Battle of the DJ's: Push vs. Airwave released: 2001
- Essential Mix released: 2001
- Revolution released: 2001
- Club Gorgeous.dk, Volume 5 released: 2001
- Underworld Recordings Compilation, Volume 1 released: 2000
- Definition of Techno released: 2000
- Techno Club, Volume 11 released: 2000
- Slinky Inter-Continental released: 2000
- Integration 1 released: 2000
- Global Underground 016: Dave Seaman in Cape Town released: 2000
- 4:AM / Meditation released: 1999
- 21st Century Trance released: 1999
- 2001-10-18: A State of Trance #18 released:
- 2001-07-20: A State of Trance #6 released:
Magik Seven: Live in Los Angeles
Released 2013- People Want To Be Needed
- Sunset On Ibiza
- Das Glockenspiel (Humate Remix)
- Come Along! (Chrome Remix)
- Open Our Eyes (Radio Edit)
- Flesh (DJ Tiësto Mix)
- Stringer
- Sunrise At Palamos
- Strange World (2000 Remake)
- Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix)
- Bass Control
- Flight 643
- Industry
- Moonshine
- The Prophet
- Magik 7: Live In Los Angeles Mix (Continuous DJ Mix)
In Search of Sunrise 2
Released 2010- Tantrix
- Golden Desert (Part 2)
- Summerbreeze
- Touch Me
- Eugina (Michael Woods Remix)
- Perception (New Vocal Mix)
- Diamondback
- Dreaming (Lucid's 12" Club Mix)
- Délirio (Venus Mix)
- An Angel Saved My Life (Mark Shimmon & 3rd Degree Bern's Mix)
- 4AM (Marc O'Tool Remix)
- Home
- Tyrantanic (Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix)
- Airtight
- In Search Of Sunrise 2 (Continuous DJ Mix)
Global Underground 031: Dubfire in Taipei
Released 2007- It Comes From Inside (Inside-Apella)
- I Try
- Myself
- Sun Is Rising (Ruff mix)
- Swimming Places (Sebastian Ingrosso re-edit)
- Finest Dream (Silicone Soul remix)
- In White Rooms (Neo mix)
- Hustler
- Remember Me
- The Afterlife
- The DJ, the Music & Me (Peace Division remix)
- My House
- Du What U Du (Markus Schulz remix)
- I Feel Speed (club mix)
- Kill 100 (Carl Craig remix)
Pioneer: The Album, Volume 7
Released 2006- Bootleg in the Gun
- Sandstorm (Dallas Superstars remix)
- Remember Me
- Ibiza (Wawa remix)
- False Light
- You Got to Be There (Warp Brothers remix)
- Walls of Science (Abel the Kid & Raul Ortiz remix)
- Breathe (G-Spott remix)
- Gazebo (Sebastien Léger remix)
- Strange
- Philosophy
- Electro Fun (Digital Poison remix)
- Play It Louder
- Rock Da House
- Sad Song
- Eva
- Lost Illusions
- The First Rebirth (Primer remix)
- Dream
- Feedback (Valentino Kanzyani remix)
Matinée Group: Old Hits, Volume 4
Released 2004- Rippin Kittin' (Tob Newmann's Glove Tension dub)
- Body Language (original mix)
- Sun Rising Up (main vocal mix)
- Empty Streets (Seamus Haji & Emmanuel remix]
- S.O.S. (feat. Polina) (Skylark vocal mix)
- World, Hold On (feat. Steve Edwars) (club mix)
- La noche (original mix)
- Hello (club mix)
- After All
- Love (feat. Manni) (Chus Soler & Ramon Egea remix)
Future Sound of Roxy
Released 2002- Lhasa
- HD 2000 XP
- Barotek
- Night Stalker
- The Trader (Lemon 8 Inner Sanctuary mix)
- Passenger (Marc O'Tool remix)
- Reformatted (General Midi mix)
- Amalgamation (Deep Progressive mix)
- Music Payday
- Sole Lane (F**Ked Your Back Passage mix)
- Don't Hold Back
- Time to Sing
- Remember Garnett (Audio Soul Priject remix)
- Sonic Tide
- Bi-Sickle (Impossible Beings remix)
- Lovedub
- Piòa (Swag mix)
Freedom 4 (Somewhere in Time)
Released 2001- Celebrate Life
- Not Seventeen (Futureshock alternate mix)
- Beautiful Inside (Tilt's Phazon mix)
- Closure (Loungetech mix)
- Lies (Tilt's Trinity mix)
- Vivid Skies
- Guten Morgen
- Opera (C S Phantom's Only mix)
- From Within
- Passenger (Marc O'Tool remix)
- Velodrome (General Midi mix)
- Rise'In (main vocal)
- Twisted
- Existence
MiXology 3
Released 2001- The Flying Song (feat. Cica) (Markus Schultz Renaissance remix)
- Progressive Domination (2001 remix)
- Our House
- 7 Years (Exchange remix)
- Come Along (Chrome remix)
- Chemistry
- Light Up the Stars (Sanctum remix)
- Stonehenge (Paul Hutsch remix)
- Elektronik Musik
- Meet Her at the Love Parade (Airwave remix)
- Metropolis
- Silence (Minimal mix)
- Music Makers (Sonicanimation 'Bass on the Off-Beat' mix)
Battle of the DJ's: Push vs. Airwave
Released 2001- Strange World (2000 Remake)
- Can You Feel It (original mix)
- Passenger (Marc O'tool remix)
- Fall From Grace (Mara's Alderaanic dub)
- Interference
- Night Creatures (M.I.K.E. remix)
- Pray to Jeruzalem (Incisions mix)
- I Call You (main mix)
- Pushin Too Hard (Futureshock's Confession)
- Art of Balance
- Recondite (extended mix)
- Psychedethnic One (Tribe 'n Trance mix)
- Shaiva
- Amber (Oliver Lieb remix)
- Contact
Essential Mix
Released 2001- Musica Electrica (Peter Rauhofer remix)
- In the Music (Superchumbo remix)
- Skin (Peter's unreleased dub)
- Waiting (John Creamer & Stephane K mix)
- Your Are Sleeping (PQM's Deep Head Pass mix)
- Believe (original mix)
- Voices (Saeed & Palash remix)
- Brainwashed (Toxic mix)
- Talkin' (Paul Goodyear NY club edit)
- Days Go By (Hydrogen Rockers vocal mix)
Revolution
Released 2001- People Want to Be Needed
- Sunset on Ibiza (original mix)
- Sunrise (Pulser remix)
- Open Our Eyes (Insigma mix)
- Mysteries of Life
- Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main mix)
- Voyage
- Flesh (Tiësto mix)
- Stringer
- Labyrinth Part 1
- Sunrise at Palamos (original mix)
- Flight 643 (original mix)
- Industry
- Moonshine
- Strange World (2000 remake)
Club Gorgeous.dk, Volume 5
Released 2001- When I Rock (Santos remix)
- Samb-Adagio (Riva remix)
- Urban Train (original mix)
- Passenger (Marc O'Tool mix)
- Something (extended)
- Everywhere I Go (original vocal mix)
- Meet Her at the Loveparade (Fergie remix)
- Tremble (CJ Stone Remix)
- Das Glockenspiel (Humate remix)
- Kuvala (Brother Brown remix)
- We Don't Talk (Asle mix)
- Legacy (club mix)
- Castles in the Sky (Wippenberg remix)
- The Chain (Babealicious mix)
- Verdi (Megamind mix)
- Joyenergizer (Phisical mix)
- Did You Hear Me (Phase II)
Techno Club, Volume 11
Released 2000- Make a Dream (extended mix)
- Nexus Point (Jay Frog mix)
- Three Ways of Humiliation
- Atmosphere (Arne Lii remix)
- Free
- Bright Sign
- Satisfaction (Elevation mix)
- Tribal Dreams
- Frenchkiss (Misar mix)
- Passenger (Marc O'Tool remix)
- On-Y-Va (DJ Tandu & DJ Mind-X mix)
- For Your Mind
- Pascale (Plastic Angel remix)
- Ahmea
Integration 1
Released 2000- Time (Matthew Boone's Almohadilla remix)
- Our Time (Peace Division dub)
- B (Tarrentella & Redanka's Nysc mix)
- Paranoize (Main-Path)
- Diskostatic (feat. Jam. D) (Tarrentella vs. Redanka remix)
- The DJ, The Music & Me
- Beat of a Drum (Peace Division remix)
- Untitled
- AC/DC (Gangbanger mix)
- My Orbit (Oblique Strategies mix)
- Penetration (Madam vs. Bi-Path Flipped dub)
- Passenger
Global Underground 016: Dave Seaman in Cape Town
Released 2000- The Hacienda Must Be (Re:)Built
- The Four Elements "Earth"
- Free at Last
- Porcelain (Futureshock instrumental)
- Guten Morgen
- Deep Love (Charlie May remix)
- Cascades of Colour
- Vellum (Hamel remix)
- Wuarp
- 1-800-Ming
- Sunburn (Timo Maas remix)
- New Day Dawning (Above's dub)
- Tyrantanic (Slacker's Kingdom Come remix)
2001-10-18: A State of Trance #18
- Did I Dream (Bomb Factory remix)
- Follow Us to the Cocainebar
- Lettin' Ya Mind Go (King Unique's dub)
- Say That You're Here (Riva remix) [Tune of the Week]
- Maximum Overdrive (Benicio remix)
- Simulated (V.Ision remix)
- Who Do You Love Now (Pablo Gargano remix)
- Rapture (Armin van Buuren remix)
- Eternity (Vank remix)
- Friend Zone
- Razorfish (Above & Beyond Progressive mix)
- Guitarra G (G club original mix)
- Sunstroke
- Grace (Whiteroom at Bedrock mix)
- Columbian Heroes
- S Is Here (Yahel remix)
- Bedford Street
- Passenger (I-Jack's All Work & No Play mix)
- Shakin' & Burnin' (Burnin' mix)
- The Saga
- The Energy (DJ Remy remix)
- Please Save Me (Push remix)
Ballroom
ALBUMS
- A Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych released: 1997
A Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych
Released 1997- [unknown]
- It's Love
- Lady Margareth
- Land of Diana
- The Rake
- Flowers
- P.S. (Prognosis Stegnoisis)
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Haight Ashbury
- Evolution
- It Just Won't Be That Way
- Good Good Man
- More Than Me
- This World (Is Closing in on Me)
- Brink of Death
- Fly
- A Hundred Days and Nights
- And Then
- Look Straight Through You
- Thoughts of Yesterday
- Fifth Class Mail
- Waterfalls
- The Far Side of Your Mind
- Mystery Track
- Venus
Ballroom
ALBUMS
- Day After Day released: 1998
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by Broken Shadow
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by Venus
-
by Jeremy Enigk
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by Adorable
-
by Monaco
Ballroom
by: Broken Shadow(Are you ready, Steve? )
(Uh huh)
(Andy? )
(Yeah)
(Mick? )
(Okay)
(Alright fellas - let's go! )
It's been getting so hard living with the things you do to me
My dreams are getting so strange - I could tell you everything I see
I see a man in the back - as a matter of fact his eyes are as red as the sun
And the girl in the corner - let no one ignore her - she thinks she's the passionate one
(Oh yeah)
It was like lightning
Everybody was frightening
And the music was soothing
And they all started grooving
(yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
And the man in the back said, "Everyone attack!" and it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I want to warn you it'll turn into a ballroom blitz"
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz
Reaching out for something - touching nothing's all I ever do
I softly call you over - when you appear there's nothing left of you
And the man in the back is ready to crack as he raises his hands to the sky
And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner - she could kill you with a wink of her eye
(Oh yeah)
It was electric
So frantically hectic
And the band started leaving
'cause they all stopped breathing
(yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
And the man in the back said, "Everyone attack!" and it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I want to warn you it'll turn into a ballroom blitz"
Ballroom Blitz
(Oh yeah)
It was like lightning
Everybody was frightening
And the music was soothing
And they all started grooving
(yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
And the man in the back said, "Everyone attack!" and it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I want to warn you it'll turn into a ballroom blitz"
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz
It's, it's a ballroom blitz
It's, it's a ballroom blitz
It's, it's a ballroom blitz