Editing Quickstep (section)

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{{Short description|Ballroom dance}}
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[[File:Ballroom.jpg|thumb|200px|Quickstep]]
[[File:Quick Step dance pattern.png|thumb|right|250px|"Quick Step" dance [[rhythm]] figure.<ref name="Blatter">Blatter, Alfred (2007). ''Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice'', p.28. {{ISBN|0-415-97440-2}}.</ref>]]

The '''quickstep''' is a light-hearted [[dance]] of the standard [[ballroom dance]]s. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with [[syncopation]]s. The upbeat [[melodies]] that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events. Its origins are in combination of slow [[foxtrot]] combined with the [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]], a dance which was one of the precursors to what today is called [[swing dancing]].