Adv Ballroom Dance

Catalog description

This course presents American traditional ballroom dance styles as used for social occasions. Instruction will be for dance styles in which the participants move around the floor in a circular pattern and these will be the Waltz, two versions of the Foxtrot, Rumba and Tango. Students will receive instruction in the social customs associated with ballroom dancing. Short lectures will be presented on the social history and development of each type of dance and also the music to which that dance is performed. Demonstration will be given on the correct dancing stance and hold positions, correctly leading and following the different required steps, and signaling to your partner during the dances, plus the appropriate skills for moving in Line of Dance versus Promenade. Lecture and demonstration will be given on selecting the types of recorded music which have appropriate rhythm for each of those dances. Demonstration will be given as to how the dance steps are coordinated to the music. Course Attributes: Creative Persp / Explorations College of Arts & Sciences Music & Theatre