Blog posts tagged with 'ballroom dance'

International style 10-dance (or Ten Dance) is a very difficult competitive category that combines both DanceSport disciplines of Standard (5 dances: Waltz, Tango, V. Waltz, Foxtrot and Quickstep) as well as Latin-American (5 dances: Samba, ChaCha, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive).

Ballroom and Latin dance classes are a great activity for kids to practice important developmental skills. Girls significantly benefit from the training and chance to show off the dance routines they learn.

People considering starting to dance have one question on their mind – “how long will it take to learn to dance?”

If your child has expressed an interest in taking dance classes, you may be wondering which type of dance classes are best for a beginner. There are many choices of dance classes and it may be difficult to make right decision. So, which is the right type of dance class for your child?

Dancing is a great way to stay physically fit for people of all ages from young to not so young. It has a wide range of physical health, social health and mental health benefits. Let’s have a closer look at what you will gain by dancing. These benefits may sound quite straightforward, but did you think about them before? If not, maybe now is the time.

People of all ages, from kids to seniors, find this new sport fun and exciting and are reaping its health and mental benefits. Many new people have decided to start Ballroom Dance because they see it as athletic activity. Thus, we can continue to increase participation in competitive Ballroom Dance by recognizing it as a sport.

Don't forget to regularly think about and incorporate the 5 secrets to improving your dancing. They will make all the difference in your dancing, resulting in a much more enjoyable activity for you as a dancer/performer, as well as for your audience as spectators/fans.

Private dance lessons offer flexibility in scheduling, private, quiet learning environment and faster results. Plus, your child does not need dance partner.

In order to design the best learning strategy for your child it is important to start with figuring out what you want him/her to achieve from taking dance lessons.

We do a lot of different things for a variety of reasons. Those reasons can be practical such as getting a job to pay rent. Others volunteer at pet shelters for purely altruistic motives, just to help the cause. Whatever we do, that activity needs to make us happy, otherwise, why do it? So if you ever pondered why you should start ballroom dancing here are some reasons our students told us were their motivations.