How do you apply ballroom dance makeup?

Generally you will use three base colors. All of which are complimenting each other. If you have blue eyes, for example, use a light shimmery tan color. ( Applying it over your entire lid). Next...

If it has a certain style and culture associated with it, consider it an ethnic dance. Basically you can think of all dance as "ethnic" dance. The one thing to consider is how ballroom in particular...

Foxtrot, waltz, swing, tango As an extension of this, the 5 International ballroom dances are Slow Foxtrot, Modern Waltz, Tango, Quickstep and the Viennese Waltz.

On the dance floor like any other dancers its on the hard wood or spiked floor!

I believe it's because of the amount of space required to really do it, or perhaps it's because that's where they originated.