I'm looking for the musicians out there to deliberate about this with. You can break a beat down into 4 parts: 1 e & a 2 e & a etc. Each...
I'm visiting LA this summer for the first time, coming from across the country, so I figured while I'm there I might as well get some sweet coaching...
Looking at the Embassy Ball, they have amateur events in Pre-Novice, Novice, Pre-Champ, and Champ. Is Pre-Novice like syllabus level? Or is it still...
Whenever my partner's hair is down, she whips me in the face, but I see comps where girls dance with their hair down all the time. I think it's much...
1:40 Youtube /watch?v=upuGIbIvTRU "I would like to close my feet to 6th position, which we use for Samba, and not 1st position for...
The USISTD website lists the tempo for international rumba as 27-28 measures per minute (108 to 112 beats per minute)....
What do you guys think are some of the best places on Earth to live, if one is interested in serious training in Ballroom / Latin dancing? There are...
I met a Taiwanese guy, who uses a different hand hold in Latin I've never seen. He says he learnt it from his teachers in Taiwan, who compete at...
Today I threw in a 5 hour practice with my partner, and I got a blister on the inside edge of my big toe. I was doing cha cha, and on my forward...
I have a move in my routine, it's a reverse turn modified to be faster. The steps are the same, but the counts are QQ&QQS My partner, as a follow,...
I had always thought that there was no offset in Latin, and maybe this was an unfounded belief, because yesterday I had a lesson with a new coach and...
I've noticed some top dancers doing the Rumba/Cha Cha Closed Basic, stepping to the side on a bent leg, and using what I imagine is an American leg...
I'm watching the DSI video, "A Technique of Advanced Latin-American Figures" featuring Michael and Joanna. Natural Rolls are done twice in the...
I came across a move called "Natural Twist" in a Waltz routine, but I can't find that move in the ISTD syllabus. It's supposedly a Gold routine, and...
I'm gonna be in NYC from Saturday-Wednesday, and I'm looking for some good social dancing (not argentine tango/salsa/etc.). Any suggestions?
How do you learn to do this properly? I mean, for the other dances it's a little more easy: Cha cha: flirt, Samba: party, Jive: fun fun fun, Paso:...
In Quickstep, I feel stupid doing the tipsy. It's so fast, I feel like I'm doing little stomping actions, and it must look terrible. Any tips?
I live in the US, and I'm wanting to purchase dance DVDs from DSI London. However, I know that with many DVDs there's an anti-piracy code, which...
In International Rumba, I've heard people talking a few times about doing back cucarachas instead of back breaks (and forward cucarachas too). Can...
My understanding is that the front leg in cuban breaks is straight (the front leg on count 2, and count 4), since it's a checking action, but Oxana...
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