Ballroom, Latin Dance Lessons

Ballroom, Latin Dance Lessons

Ballroom, Latin Dance Lessons

You're at a wedding, enjoying the celebratory vibe, the five-course meal and the decadent cake, but then the DJ calls everyone onto the dance floor and your heart sinks. We teach you how to fake some suave moves even if you have two left feet.

Keep it simple

If you're in search of the all-purpose step to guide you through waltzes, rumbas and even many modern songs, look no further than the box step, says Cristina Amalia Dina, director of Dance Art Studio in Richmond Hill, Ont.

The person who is leading steps forward with his left foot, steps to the side with his right foot, and then closes his left foot to his right foot on the third step. To complete the "box," he then steps back with his right foot, steps to the side with the left foot, and then closes the right foot to the left foot.

His partner mirrors his moves, starting with a step back with the right foot.

Don't hog the dance floor

As the night wears on and Michael Jackson tunes get shuffled into the playlist, the style of dancing will loosen up a bit. But the big dancing? The kind where you hog one-quarter of the dance floor? Don't pull that out, Ms. Dina says.

"Normally, the space is crowded there. Don't do large moves with the hands where you can slap somebody in the head. When [you] dance, look who is around and don't execute large steps."

If your skill level is higher or lower than your partner's, don't make a fuss about it, Ms. Dina says.

"All the women they try to lead. They want to do more than the man can do, they want to show off."

But that will only frustrate your partner and lead to stepped-on toes, arguments and an awkward display.

"Even if the couple is doing a basic simple step but co-ordinate with each other nicely and they do it in tandem, it looks very good," Ms. Dina says.

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