Standard dances include waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, tango and Viennese waltz. Latin includes cha-cha, rumba, samba, paso doble and jive. Many of them are called night club dances. International is the style of dancing that's standard all over the world.
More people do international style at competitions and exhibitions.
American style is unique to this country, and is for social dancing. Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire typically teach American style. Francis Solomon is dance director at the College Park Ballroom Dance Club. Formerly resident dance instructor at Goddard Ballroom Dance Club, he has taught at Arthur Murray in California, Starting Point Dance Studio in College Park, the Montgomery and P.G. county departments of recreation, the New York Department of Recreation and the University Park Cotillions. He has been teaching since 1978.