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06-27-2003, 11:39 AM
DanceScape Admin
Tips for Beginners - "How to Become a Good Dancer"
HOW TO BECOME A GOOD DANCER: LIBRERO BEGINNER VIDEO SERIES

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The "Become a Good Dancer Video Series" is based on a system of teaching that is Progressive and Interrelated - patterns continue to build on the previous ones and most of them can be transferred from one dance to another. This will allow you to learn steps quickly and easily. You will also find, that when you learn a few basic steps, you will be able to use them to dance a lot of different rhythms.

You can improve your dancing in one evening - even if you've never danced before and perhaps thought you couldn't.

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You will find that learning to dance through these videos along with having the perfect music for practice, will make the process fun, easy and convenient.



The hardest thing you will encounter, (for men in particular), is not the learning itself, but remembering the steps when you are on the dance floor.

Again the videos have made it easy for you.

To jump-start your memory, they have put together a set of handy cue-cards to go along with the courses. They fit right in your shirt pocket and will give you a quick-reminder of the steps, rhythm and character of each dance.


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Dance to Your Own Tune!
07-03-2003, 12:43 PM
DanceScape Admin
Librero Dance Tip of the Month for Beginners ...

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"FREE FOOT" and "SUPPORTING LEG"
(Print this Tip so you can try this little walking exercise as you read it).

WALKING EXCERCISE 1 - FREE FOOT

Stand in a hallway or any other area where you can take several walking steps.

Stand with your weight on your right foot with your left foot free. Take your first step, concentrating on the left foot as it moves forward.

As you transfer weight, your right foot becomes the free foot. This time concentrate on the right foot as it moves forward.

Keep moving forward repeating this process of walking and concentrating on the free leg.

What did you notice - It felt normal didn?t it?

Well that is generally the way people walk; concentrating on the free foot as they move from one leg to the other.

WALKING EXCERCISE 2 - SUPPORTING LEG

Now we want you to try the same walking exercise with a little spring.

Stand again with your weight on the right foot with your left foot free. To start the walk, compress your right leg a little by pressing downwards with your body, (allow the knee to flex some), then spring forward off of your right foot. Concentrate on your right leg until the weight is transferred to the other leg.

Repeat the same process on the left leg. Compress the left leg and spring forward from the left foot, concentrating on the left leg until the weight is transferred.

Keep moving forward repeating this process of walking and concentrating on the supporting leg.

What did you notice ? it felt more powerful didn?t it? With a little practice you will discover two major things. Your walk becomes stronger and you are able to arrive on the other leg in complete balance and control ready for the next move.

For better dancing, pay more attention to your source of power and balance - the supporting leg.

Happy Dancing!

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Dance to Your Own Tune!
10-19-2003, 06:39 PM
Double S Dances
The hardest thing about dancing is maintaining the rhythm and beat throughout the song. Is there any CDS with music on them that actually audibly counts the beats for you while the music is playing instead of words?
10-20-2003, 11:18 AM
Chris Stratton
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The hardest thing about dancing is maintaining the rhythm and beat throughout the song. Is there any CDS with music on them that actually audibly counts the beats for you while the music is playing instead of words?




Oddly enough, I've yet to hear of any even though it seems like it would make a lot of sense. It might be possible to create your own by re-recording with a voiceover - while at first there are songs many beginner's simply cannot make sense of, what usually happens is that the pressure and excitement of dancing - particularly in competition - distracts from an otherwise sound ability to count through something sitting down.

One thing that has been helpfull is formation-format group classes, where the teachers will often count the rhythm of the steps you are doing. This can help set an impression of what parts of something like a quickstep should really feel fairly slow and relaxed, vs the few spots where it actually will feel like flying.

It's worth point out that dances like quickstep and ECS/ballroom with many 6-count figures may benefit more from having a figure-oriented count than from having a measure-oriented one (ie, SQQS or step-a-step, step-as-step, rock-step vs 1234) - as in fact one of the common problems is distorting the timing to try to force fit it to measures, such that quickstep becomes SQ&Q (4 beats) instead of SQQS (6 beats).
06-16-2009, 04:14 AM
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TYPES OF TURNS

Very simply, there are only two directions in which you can rotate on a standing foot; towards the outside of the foot or towards the inside of the foot. For example, if you are standing on the left foot and rotate left, you would be turning towards the outside of the supporting foot; if you rotate right, you would be turning towards the inside of the supporting foot.tom and jery Gaming Computer


From these two directions, you can execute five types of turns or rotations:


Inside Swivels
Outside Swivels
Spiral Turns
Pivot turns
Spin Turns

By learning these 5 types of rotating actions you will be on your way to mastering any type of turn or rotation in any pattern.

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR TURNS

There are four main factors that can influence your ability to turn:


Your ability to maintain your balance on the supporting leg-column
Your ability to swivel the supporting foot enough to complete the turn
Your ability to create power for the turn
Your ability to absorb the power in the turn

You were introduced to the first factor in our previous issue: "Ballroom Dance Lesson - Improve Your Balance For Better Dancing" .

In this issue we will be concentrating on the second factor - the ability to swivel on the supporting foot.

TURN EXERCISE 1 - INSIDE SWIVELS

(Print this page so you can try this exercise as you read it).

This exercise will allow you to practice swiveling on the supporting foot, as well as developing a habit of bringing the free leg to the supporting leg before you turn.

Stand with your right side next to a table or kitchen counter. Put your right hand on the counter. Stand with your feet together and your weight towards the ball of your right foot.

Take a long step forward with your left foot - by pushing from your supporting or right foot. As your left foot becomes the supporting foot relax the knee and bring your right knee to the left knee. On the ball of your left foot, swivel 1/2 turn to your right (towards the inside of the left foot). Put your left hand on the counter.

Now you are standing with the counter on your left side. Feet together and the weight towards the ball of the left foot.

Take a long step forward with your right foot - by pushing from your supporting or left foot. As your right foot becomes the supporting foot relax the knee and bring your left knee to your right knee. On the ball of your right foot, swivel 1/2 turn to your left (towards the inside of the right foot). Put your right hand on the counter.

Now you are (as you were on the beginning of this exercise) standing with the counter on your right side. Feet together and the weight towards the ball of your right foot.

Repeat the same swivel exercise several times. As you become more proficient with this action try performing the same swivel action with your supporting leg straight as you arrive onto it and swivel, and relaxing it as you are ready to move on to the next leg at the end of the swivel.

This swivel action is used as a step in dances like Swing, Rumba or Cha-Cha. It is also the turning action used in walk around turns and walk around underarm turns. (Any half turn that turns towards the inside of the foot and moves back to the same direction it came from is actually an inside swivel).

Many dancers are surprised to discover this inside swivel action in many of the patterns they currently dance. Inside Swivels are also the foundation of the third type of turn in our list - Spiral turns.

Happy Dancing

Next Issue - Outside Swivels A popular type of swivels used in all dances - especially Argentine Tango. Also the fundation for the fourth type of turn in our list - Pivot turns.
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