International Style or American style - the term describes the particular style of Ballroom dances. In a narrower sense, it denotes the group of dances danced in International Style ballroom competitions. The group consistis of two categories: Standard and Latin. As for the dances themselves, they are grouped into two categories for each style. In American style, the categories are called Smooth and Rhythm and in International style they are called Standard and Latin. For the most part, the Standard and Smooth categories contain the same dances and the Latin and Rhythm categories contain basically the same dances.
The breakdown of the dances used in competitions by style and category in the order that they are danced in competitions:
International Style Standard -- Waltz (W), Tango (T), Viennese Waltz (VW), Foxtrot (F), Quickstep (Q) Latin -- Cha Cha (C), Samba (S), Rumba (R), Paso Doble (PD), Jive (J)
American Style Smooth -- Waltz (W), Tango (T), Foxtrot (F), Viennese Waltz (VW).
Rhythm -- Cha Cha (C), Rumba (R), East Coast Swing (Sw), Bolero (B), Mambo (Ma)
IDSF Open Belgium Classic Final Adults Standard Slowfox, June 2010:
2010 IDSF Open Belgium Classic Final Adults Standard Results: 1. Felix Teufert - Anne Weber (Germany) 2. Vadim Garbuzov - Kathrin Menzinger (Austria) 3. Danilo Campisi - Julia Burghardt (Austria) 4. Michal Necpal - Linda Boskova (Czech Republic) 5. Christopher Millward - Victoria Bennett (England) 6. Daniel Buschmann - Katarina Bauer (Germany)