Strictly Come Dancing : Exploring the dances

           As a part of the costume designer profession is to cover a great knowledge of styles, applicable specifics for the required costumes, ect. When I saw  the names of the dances (Argetine tango, Paso Doble,  Viennese Waltz and Quickstep), I realised that the number of associations which primary occured in the mind wasn't enough. For that reason, I decided to do a short research about those types of dances in order to gain some initial understanding for future project. So I draw a sketch of typical silhouettes of costumes for 3 of those 4 dances (I'll explain later why didn't include the forth one) without any details, just to point out some characteristics.

             Argentine tango is a dance with an arguable origin. The female costume for this dance usuallly consists of one-part dress and its typical lenght is around the knees. There are often used some asymmetrical forms as you can notice from the drawing - with one sholder, one sleeve, one part of the skirt with shorter lenght. Although the one side of the dress could be quite short, the other part of the figure most other stays covered and is not made of transperant matherial.
               For Paso Doble (the right drawing) could be used both one and two parts female costumes. The dance is typical for Spanish bullfight which reflect on the costume colors - red, black and gold are oftenly used. Unlike the Argentine tango, here the dresses could be quite sexual with uncovered tummy button. Also horizontal stripes are often used and hair accessories. The length of the dresses is usually very long.
The male costumes for both dance balanced with the female one - most often using similar colors or similar elements.

The Viennese Waltz and Quick step are very similar in terms of costume characteristics. Both the male and female costumes look like outfits for a official dinner, not necessarily using similar colors and almost never similar elements. The dresses are from one part, always very long and broad.Possible additions could be added to the sleeves or also scarves.