運動舞蹈起源於古代土風舞,經歷對舞、圈舞、行列舞、集體舞等演變過程,並與歐洲貴族在宮廷舉行的交誼舞會結合,成為流傳廣泛的社交舞。法國大革命後民間開始流行。第二次世界大戰後,美國人將該舞蹈散播到全球各地。運動舞蹈分為摩登標準舞及拉丁美洲舞兩大部分,前者五項(華爾茲、探戈、狐步、快步、國際標準舞),後者亦分為五項(恰恰恰、倫巴、森巴、牛仔、斗牛)。 The Dance Sport derived from the folk dance in the ancient time. It experienced the different processes of dance including circle dance, ranks dance, and group dance. It was combined with the friendship dance party held in the palace by the European aristocrats, and it finally became social dance. The folk dance became popular after French Revolution. The American disseminated this dance around the world after World War II. The Dance Sport is divided into the modern standard dance and the Latin American dance. The former one includes waltz, tango, fox step, half step, and international standard dance. The latter one includes rumba, samba, cowboy, and bullfight.

數對甚至十數對舞者同一時間上場,在一個不少於175平方公尺的舞池中,至少跳完一分半鐘,以多數裁判認為最佳者獲得第1名。 Several pairs or even over ten pairs of dancers go on stage at the same time, They dance on a not less than 175- square-meter dancing ground. Dancers should dance at least for one and half minutes. The pair whom the most judges thought the best will obtain the first prize.

實力較強的地區還是在歐洲,義大利、英國、俄羅斯、斯洛伐尼亞、芬蘭、丹麥、德國等。亞洲地區以日本、大陸及台灣的實力較佳。 The sport is popular among the countries in Europe like Italy, Britain, Russia, Slovenija, Finland, Denmark, Germany etc. It is also popular in the Asian area such as Japan, China and Taiwan.

2005 IDSF 亞洲盃錦標賽暨台北國際公開賽,標準舞由英國選手奪得冠軍,亞軍為俄羅斯選手,季軍為德國選手。拉丁舞匈牙利選手奪得冠軍,西班牙選手獲得亞軍,季軍為德國選手。 IDSF Asian Cup championship tournament and the Taipei International Open in 2005, , Russia, and Germany won the first 3 prizes of standard dance . In addition, Hungary, Spanish, and Germany won the first 3 prizes of Latin American dance.