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You CAN dance!
Dance in social situations and learn more via Round Dancing! |
| Partnership Dancing |
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• Aspects of Partnership Dancing (interrelationship of social, ballroom, and round dancing)
• Social dance floor etiquette Select > "Dance Floor Rules" and > "10 Commandments of Dance Floor Etiquette"
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| Social Dance Lessons - Easy to follow step-by-step instruction conceived by Larry Caves |
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Check understanding of terms and concepts introduced by selecting vocabulary list
• Lesson 1 Social Foxtrot rhythm, SSQQ; 2 patterns;
•••••Video: Social Foxtrot Runs & Social Foxtrot Basic; vocabulary
•••••Timing Turorial: Slow Slow Quick Quick (SSQQ) Master timing concepts step-by-step!
• Lesson 2 Social Foxtrot - 3 new patterns; a new position;
•••••Video: Foxtrot Promenade and Foxtrot Zig Zag; vocabulary
• Lesson 3 Social Foxtrot - Components (Twirl, Rock, Side-Close); 4 new patterns;
•••••Video: FT Promenade with Twirl and FT Left RockTurn; vocabulary
• Lesson 4 Single Swing, SSQQ; new position; 4 new patterns; triple swing; vocabulary
• Lesson 5 Waltz, 3/4 timing, 4/4 timing; Waltz Box & 6 variations; vocabulary
• Lesson 6 Rumba Box - compare with Waltz Box; vocabulary
• Lesson 7 Cha Cha - 5 figures; comparison with Rumba; vocabulary
• Lesson 8 Comparing seven rhythms (previously described)
• Lesson 9 Understanding Components of Dancing
• Lesson 10 Dancing Like a Pro : Some Secrets Revealed |
| Improving Dance Knowledge |
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• Understanding Timing: Dancing Is Visually Depicting Music
• Body Awareness - Walking: Move Similar to Regular, Intentional Walking
• Body Awareness - Cuban Motion / Latin Hip Action: Hips Create the Difference!
• Harmonious Movement - General Principles
• Harmonious Movement - Refining Closed Position
• Harmonious Movement - Banjo / Outside Partner
• Harmonious Movement - Sidecar / Partner Outside
• Harmonious Movement - Semi-Closed / Promenade
• Harmonious Movement - Other Positions
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| Why Dance? |
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• Benefits of Partnership Dancing: Annotations with Links to Online Studies
• Promise of Arts Education, especially Dance: What Everyone Should Know!
• Dance Quotes to Get Your Body Moving 140 itemized quotes (Look for the numbers)
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Twenty rhythms, grouped by category, include links to more documents. Each lists Roundalab standard figures (so dancers can monitor their own progress) plus sources for learning how to dance the rhythm.
(Cha Cha and Rumba have more links. Additional documents are under construction.) |
| Round Dance Online Resources |
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• 30-second video explaining round dancing A longer video and printed version also at cuedballroomdance.com
• Round dancing in action, showing dancers enjoying the activity as well as instructors from three continents (promo video for a past convention)
• The Rhythms of Cued Ballroom introduction to numerous round dancing rhythms
• Video Library hundreds of dances on YouTube (select name of dance to view video; many rhythms plus "non-dance" info available at bottom of spreadsheet)
• Index of Rounds searchable data base of thousands of round dances with links to downloadable cue sheets
• Cue Sheet Writing Guidelines how to write or read them!
• International Choreographed Ballroom Dancers Association (ICBDA) for all dancer members with helpful resources (how to dance, where to dance, what to dance, how to join, upcoming events, plus much more)
• Roundalab (RAL) round dance teachers' organization has subscriptions for written and video resources, info for those aspiring to teach, a list of instructors, a list of upcoming events, and more
• Bootcamps, teaching subscriptions, & online clinics offered by Curt & Tammy Worlock
For Mesa, Arizona:
•Weekly Schedule for Mesa/Phoenix area events (also has maps, flyers, programs or dance lists with linked cue sheets, local instructor information, and videos)
• Season Brochure for Mesa Arizona (Round Dance Capital of the World)
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| Resources to Promote Dancing |
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• ICBDA Membership Flyer - Join yourself and encourage others to join!
• Teaching Sequence (Larry Caves' Walk In Dance Out program)
• Resources & Opportunities - modify for your area (note on-line round dance resources)
• Sample Flyer - include your own details
• Sample psa send to your local media outlets (radio, TV, and newspapers)
• Sample Business Card - Avery #8871 prints 10 cards per sheet (can also print on reverse side). Go to Avery.com to create and print your own cards.
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