Ladies often dance together when there are insufficient gentlemen. Most of the clubs will teach one of the new dances during the session when they are available. What is generally called sequence dancing probably originated with the old court dances of France and England about 1600. Early in the 1900's the old time form developed with two steps, gavottes, mazurkas and quick waltz. Then came saunters, swings and tangos and these make up the traditional old time form.
New Vogue dancing in Australia is similar to the English old time form with open positions.
After the second world war came the halcyon days of ballroom dancing and this style started to predominate in what is known as modern sequence dancing by the 1950's. Unfortunately with the decline in popularity of ballroom dancing so interest in sequence dancing is dropping and many clubs are closing. This style will probably disappear within this generation just like the old time. This web site is solely dedicated to Modern Sequence Dancing in the United Kingdom, with news of the new dances and links to clubs all over the country. It is operated by Diane and Peter who are professional teachers of dancing specialising in this form of dancing.