A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building , the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls . Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces , especially historic mansions and palaces, contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses, a large room such as the main drawing room , long gallery , or hall may double as a ballroom, but, a good ballroom should have the right type of flooring , such as hardwood flooring or stone flooring (usually marble or stone). . For most styles of modern dance, a wooden sprung floor offers the best surface.
6-627: The Concert Noble is a ballroom built by Hendrik Beyaert in Brussels , Belgium. It is located in the Leopold Quarter , at 82, rue d'Arlon / Aarlenstraat , between the Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat and the Rue de la Loi/Wetsraat . The Concert Noble Society was founded in 1785 by Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen , and her husband Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen , whose portraits hang in
12-489: A ballroom. They are also designed large to help the sound of orchestras carry well throughout the whole room. A special case is the annual Vienna Opera Ball , where, just for one night, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls , and a new floor, level with the stage , is built. Sometimes ballrooms have stages in
18-528: The Belgian, Austrian and Hungarian nobility. The Belgian elite often prefer to hold their society events in this old ball room. The rooms are also sometimes used for international meetings. In 2016, then- United States Secretary of State John Kerry used the rooms for a lecture. Ballroom In later times the term ballroom has been used to describe nightclubs where customers dance, the Top Rank Suites in
24-563: The United Kingdom for example were also often referred to as ballrooms. The phrase "having a ball" has grown to encompass many events where person(s) are having fun, not just dancing. Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have ceilings higher than other rooms in the same building. The large amount of space for dancing , as well as the highly formal tone of events have given rise to ballroom dancing . The largest balls are now nearly always held in public buildings, and many hotels have
30-463: The building. The current building was constructed under King Leopold II in 1873. The ornate rooms are decorated with several portraits of the Belgian royal family . In the final decades of the 20th century, the rooms were listed as protected heritage and restored in their original style. The rooms can still be rented for private social events. The rooms are famous as the setting for balls attended by
36-436: The front of the room where the host or a special guest can speak. That stage can also be used for instrumentalists and musical performers. This list only includes ballrooms with permanent wood floors. The size of the floor only includes the largest contiguous area without obstructions. The websites and materials about some places add up multiple spaces, rooms, and balconies, and floors. However, this list ranks ballrooms based on
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