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Social Dance: Steps to Success Social Dance: Steps to Success
About the Product
Move with grace and feel confident on the dance floor—step by step! Social Dance: Steps to Success will teach you all the moves for eight popular dance styles:
- Swing
- Cha-cha
- Foxtrot
- Polka
- Waltz
- Rumba
- Tango
- Salsa/mambo
Each step in the progression teaches you a new skill, then builds on
those skills to develop creative dance routines. The first few steps
provide a solid foundation of the basics to help you understand
alignment, musical structure, and footwork synchronization with the
music. As you progress, you will also learn how to lead and follow,
move from one dance position to another, combine dance variations into
sequences, and much more.
Every step also explains why the concept or skill is important,
identifies the keys to correct technique, helps you avoid common
errors, and explains how to practice each skill.
Written by master teacher and dancer Judy Patterson Wright, this book is part of the Steps to Success Activity Series—the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published.
Includes music CD!
To help you practice, a compact disc is included that provides 19
tracks for training and practice. The first 8 are training examples
(some with voice overs) for identifying the beat, measures, and
highlighting general characteristics of selected social dance music.
Tracks 9 through 19 include instrumental practice music (average 2
minutes each) for all 8 dances covered in the book.
About the Author
Judy Patterson Wright, PhD, is an accomplished dancer who has
taught social dance at the junior high, high school, and college levels
since 1971. Dr. Wright's dance experience includes a wide variety of
styles: ballroom and social dance, tap dance, jazz, modern dance,
ballet, folk dance, square dance, country western dance, line dance,
and aerobic dancercise.
She has been recognized as one of the Outstanding Young Women of
America (1982) and repeatedly as an Excellent Teacher at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has judged and competed in dance
competitions, and she specializes in progressive teaching workshops
both for social and competitive dancers. Judy and her husband, Sam,
placed second overall in the Silver Advanced Showcase Division at the
World finals in 1996 and 1997. They are the 1997 World Silver Advanced
Showcase cha-cha Champions.
Dr. Wright, currently an acquisitions editor, is the creator of the
format for the Steps to Success Activity Series and the author of the
companion title Social Dance Instruction: Steps to Success. She resides in Mahomet, Illinois.
Table of Contents
Step 1. Posture, Centering, and Frame: Moving Like a Dancer
Step 2. Music Structure: Hearing Reliable Cues in the Music
Step 3. Ear-Foot Coordination: Connecting With the Music
Step 4. Partner Dynamics and Etiquette: Communicating Effectively
Step 5. Basic Steps, Transitions, and Variations: Preparing to Dance
Step 6. Foxtrot: Dancing Regally
Step 7. Swing: Looking Jazzy
Step 8. Waltz: Moving Stately
Step 9. Polka: Having Fun
Step 10. Cha-Cha: Being Flirtatious
Step 11. Rumba: Reflecting Romance
Step 12. Tango: Expressing Attitude
Step 13. Salsa/Mambo: Adding Flavor
Step 14. Rules of the Road: Demonstrating Good Floor Craft
Step 15. Turn Technique and Styling: Looking Good on the Dance Floor
Step 16. More Dance Options: Adjusting to New Situations
Words of Praise
"Wright provides a thorough, step-by-step approach in instructing
prospective Freds and Gingers in body alignment and carriage, music
recognition, brief dance histories, and basic and variant footwork. . .
. Appropriate for school or public libraries with a demand for
recreational dance methods."
Library Journal
"Social Dance: Steps to Success is a real contribution to
students and teachers who are involved in ballroom dance training. The
systematic teaching outlined in this book has drills to emphasize basic
technique. The illustrations and specific success goals are well
outlined."
William J. Bennett
Ballroom dance consultant
Member, board of directors, United States Ballroom Dancers Association
NOTE: This is nonreturnable product and all purchases are final.
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