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In addition, American Smooth, and American Rhythm are widely popular in the USA.
Australia also has a division called New Vogue and is often referred to as 'Australian New Vogue'.
Standard and Smooth dances are characterized by travelling: couples travel around the dance floor (along the line of dance, typically counter-clockwise).
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 Literary Encyclopedia: American Smooth
For her 2004 collection of poems entitled American Smooth, American poet Rita Dove draws on recent events in her life.
American Smooth is divided into five separate sections, each including poems focused on a particular theme.
A fine example of intelligent contemporary poetry, American Smooth is a collection rich in poetic texture, depth of thought, and variety of subject matter.
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The former two divisions are called International Style and the latter two are American Style.
As you may see below, both styles include dances with the same names, however they are danced quite differently.
Therefore in discussing dance technique, the dance is named including its style, e.g., it is spoken of American Style Rumba vs. International Rumba or American Tango vs. International Tango.
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