Formation of performing skills in sports ballroom dancing

This article discusses the main components of the concept of “training” in sports ballroom dancing. The importance of developing technical skills, physical data and motor abilities of a dancer through the basic figures of sports ballroom dancing is indicated. A close relationship between the development of the quality of performance of basic figures and the general level of performance skills of dancers in a particular dance is shown. Some pedagogical conditions for choosing a methodology and presenting material during the development of performing skills are identified. A brief historical digression into the system of forming the training of dancers in classical dance has been made. Some criteria of dance expressiveness and performance are mentioned. The importance of quality control of the performance of basic figures in sports ballroom dancing, as well as the degree of their influence on special performing skills, is determined.