URBAN BALLROOM DANCING IS A PARTNERSHIP DANCE BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN, IN THAT THE STEPS ARE LED BY THE MALE PARTNER IN A HELD POSITION WITH THE WOMAN. THE WOMAN'S LEFT HAND IS POSITIONED EITHER ON THE MAN'S RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE THE WOMAN'S LEFT HAND IS HELD IN THE MAN'S RIGHT HAND OR THE WOMAN'S LEFT HAND IS POSITIONED AROUND THE MAN'S WAIST. THE MAN'S LEFT HAND IS HOLDING THE WOMAN'S LEFT HAND WHILE THE MAN'S RIGHT HAND IS HOLDING THE WOMAN'S RIGHT HAND IN A STRUCTURED POSITION. SOME OF THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE URBAN BALLROOM COMMUNITY IS THAT THE MAN IS SHOWCASING THE WOMAN THROUGH THE MOVES AND TURNS THAT ARE FREQUENT IN THE ULTIMATE DANCE. URBAN BALLROOM INCORPORATES COMBINATIONS OF OTHER DANCES FROM PRIMARILY URBAN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS SLOW DANCING, CHA CHA CHA, FOX TROT, RUMBA, TANGO, SALSA AND OTHERS.. URBAN BALLROOM ORGINATED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT, STATE OF MICHIGAN AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE GREATER SURROUNDING AREAS SUCH AS THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY IN 1990'S AND 2014( BY DELORES SIMPSON). THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF URBAN BALLROOM PRIMARILY ATTRACTS AND INCLUDES AFRICAN AMERICANS/BLACK AMERICAN OF THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION AND THOSE AGE FIFTY AND OLDER IN BASIC COUNT/STEPS WHILE IN A COUPLED POSITION, IS A FOUR COUNT INITAL STEPS THAT MAY INCLUDES HALF AND FULL TURNS OF ONE OR BOTH PARTNER(S). IT IS COMPRISED OF THREE STANDARDS; BASIC, STRUCTURED AND SOCIAL POSITIONS. IT INCLUDES HALF AND FULL TURNS, WHILE SHOWCASE THE LADY PARTNER PART BASIS STEP COMBINES A SMOOTH ELEGANT PARTNERSHIP INTO ONE