The Ballroom Hold
The Ballroom Hold is a fundamental building block for Ballroom Dancing. The extracts below are taken from the Alex Moore Guide to Ballroom Dancing published in 1947.
The clip below shows some footage from the same year and the Hold as described by Alex Moore can clearly be seen.
Contrast the hold as demonstrated by more recent Professional Ballroom Champions. The Hold is now much wider with the Lady’s poise much further to the mans right side.