The essay presents an analysis of the historical configuration of dancing halls in which four fundamental aspects are outstanding: a) how the establishment of a social order for the use of public spaces, imply the imposition of a corporal order; b) How massive media has influenced in the organization of these public places; c) how the confluence of different dancing types from other countries has influenced the configuration of a community that has made of dancing halls a particular vinculation between the public and privateness and d) how it is possible then, that in the use of these public spaces, there have been social differences, not only due to the class one belongs to, but also to the gender.