Dance Articles & Info
Tim's Tips - DANCE TIP (Phase 1) - Crossing Steps
Aug 23, 2004
DANCE TIP (Phase 1) - Crossing Steps
Anytime you do a crossing step, twist your lower body to make the cross easier.
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Tim's Tips - DANCE TIP (Phase 2) - Solo Left Turning Box
Aug 23, 2004
DANCE TIP (Phase 2) - Solo Left Turning Box
Do all the turns only in the fourth beat of each measure. Do not turn at all while doing the half box steps.
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From Different Perspectives
Aug 13, 2003
I started squares and then rounds with other students from several colleges in Baltimore, Maryland. Mixing and mingling and changing partners was the norm.
After two years, I moved to Boston and long-story-short co-founded Tech Squares at M.I.T. Much to my continuing amazement, I cued Tech's 35th anniversary dance last year. . .
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How The Phase Rating System Reflects The History Of Modern Round Dancing
Aug 10, 2003
The phase rating system has the oldest material -- Waltz and Two Step --in
Phase II mostly for the simple reason that for so many years that's what we
dancers learned first because it was around first. While interesting,
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Introduction to Waltz
Aug 14, 2003
The Waltz is one of the oldest of our dance rhythms. Its choreography is typically rotational, floating and expressive. Its language is bittersweet, often recalling the pangs of the heart in unrequited love. Think Juliet drinking the poison at the end of Romeo & Juliet. . . .
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How Are Dances Categorized?
Aug 13, 2003
Dance steps fall into the main categories of Modern (also called Standard and Smooth) and Latin (also sometimes called Rhythm), as established by the International Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD). This breakdown is accepted worldwide.
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What Is This Thing Called Round Dancing?
Nov 7, 2004
by: Patricia Burke
As a devoted ballroom dancer, I had my first exposure to Round Dancing during the weekend of November 6-7, 2004 at the 54th Fiesta de la Cuadrilla in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
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2006 August Newsletter from Harmon and Betty Jorritsma
Aug 1, 2006
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