We welcome all schools, churches and
organisations.
For a professionally trained débutante ball, please call Glen for your next event.
Glen Strauss - 0402 459 321
Studio Proprietor / Managing Director / Dance Teachers
Email: glen@awdancecentre.com.au
Niki Strauss - 0408 515 631
Managing Director / Dance Instructor
Email: niki@awdancecentre.com.au
What
we can cover during training
Training of specific ballroom dances
Introductory & walking choreography
Music selections
Dance
Choices
Tracie Leigh Waltz
Swing Waltz
Lucille Waltz
Evening 3 Step
Gypsy Tap
Merrilyn
Carousel
Charmaine
Tangoette
Cha Cha Cha
Rumba
Mumbo
The
definition of a Débutante
A débutante (from the French débutante,
"female beginner") is a young lady who has
reached the age of maturity, and as a new
adult, is introduced to society at a formal
"début" presentation. Originally, it meant the
young woman was eligible to marry, and part of
the purpose was to display her to eligible
bachelors and their families with a view to
marriage within a select upper class circle.
Débutantes may be recommended by a
distinguished committee or sponsored by an
established member of elite society.
Début presentations vary by regional culture
and are also frequently referenced as
débutante balls, cotillion balls or coming-out
parties. A lone débutante might have her own
début, or she might share it with a sister or
other close relative. Modern débutante balls
are often charity events: the parents of the
débutante donate a certain amount of money to
the designated cause, and the invited guests
pay for their tickets. These balls may be
elaborate formal affairs and involve not only
"debs" but junior débutantes, escorts and
ushers, flower girls and pages as well.
In Australia, débutante balls (or
colloquially deb balls) are held in year 11 or
12 for students of Australian schools or are
held outside the school system by
organisations such as the local chapter of
Lions Club, RSL sub-branches or a local church
parish. Girls do not have to 'make their deb’
and today the vast majority of Australian
girls elect not to attend débutante balls. The
tradition of the débutante ball is primarily
seen as rite of passage for young ladies.
It is customary for the female to ask a male
to the débutante ball, with males not being
able to do the deb, unless they are asked.
Débutante ball students who are partaking in
the official proceedings must learn how to
ballroom dance. Débutante balls are almost
always held in a reception centre or ballroom.
Usually they are held late in the year and
consist of dinner, dancing and speeches.
Schools often restrict invitations to the
débutante ball to students within the grade
level at one school.
The girl wears a white wedding dress-like
ball gown, called a débutante dress, while the
boy wears a tuxedo or suit.
Resorce:
Wikipedia - the free encylopedia.
