Tag: swing
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Traveling dances vs. everything else
In social partner dancing, every dance style falls into one of these two categories: dances that travel the floor and dances that don’t. In all the traveling dances, dance partners seek to make a circuit around the perimeter of the dance floor. In the non-traveling dances (sometimes called “spot” dances), you stay in one general…
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Why partner dancing is the best hobby for single people
I simply cannot count the number of times I’ve heard: “I would love to do that, but I don’t have a partner.” This phrase, of course, always surfaces in reference to social partner dancing, like ballroom, salsa, swing or tango. It might sound completely logical at first blush… after all, if you’re going to learn…
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What is ballroom dancing?
A guide for social dance enthusiasts… of dances other than ballroom. It’s pretty common for me to run into misconceptions about ballroom dancing when I talk to avid dancers who practice other social styles. Social dance hobbyists tend to end up in one “scene” or the other, depending on how they got started dancing. Did…
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