MUSIC Suggestions:
Salsa – Rita’s friends/Maui’s Own: Neto Peraza & Barbara (www.netoperaza.com); Rita’s friend/John Legend Band Horns Director Stephen Tirpak (http://www.stephentirpak.com/salsa_timing_cd.html); Lou Bega’s Mambo No. 5 (slow)
Cha-Cha – Marc Anthony’s “I Need To Know”; Santana/Rob Thomas “Smooth”
Argentine Tango – “Tango Lunaire”; “Santa Maria”; “Milonga De Mi Amor”
Rumba – BeeGee’s “How Deep Is Your Love?”‘; Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love”
East Coast Swing – Madonna’s “True Blue”‘; Michael Buble’s “I Want To Stop & Thank You Baby”
Hustle -BeeGee’s “You Stepped (Into My Life)”; Britney Spear’s “Hit Me Baby (One more Time)
Samba – Sanatana’s “Maria Maria”; Enrique Iglesias “Bailamos”
West Coast Swing – Blues, R&B, Soul, Contemporary – Variety of Smooth Grooves
Bachata, Bolero, Night Club 2 Step – Slow Ballads…Latin Club Style, Ballroom Latin, Smooth Open Club Style (respectively)
Waltz (Slow) – Nat King & Natalie Cole’s “Fascination”; Eagles “Take It To The Limit”
American Tango – Various Artists: “Hernando’s (or Fernando’s) Hideaway” or “La Cumparsita”
Foxtrot – Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Nancy Wilson songs
Viennesse Waltz – Celine Dion “Surprise Surprise”; “Blue Danube” “My Favorite Things”
Quickstep – “42nd Street”; “I Get a Kick Out Of You”; “Let’s Face the Music & Dance”
ABBREVIATIONS (As used in the Dance Class Step descriptions):
2HH – 2 Hand Hold ALOD – Against Line Of Dance Alignment C – Center Alignment CBL – Cross Body Lead DC – Diagonal Center Alignment DW – Diagonal Wall Alignment HSH – Handshake Hold LF – Left Foot LOD – Line of Dance Alignment RF – Right Foot UAT – Under Arm Turn W – Wall Alignment LF – Left Foot
DEFINITIONS:
Alignment: 1. the direction that your body & feet are facing in relation to the room (and LOD). 2. The direction of the movement. 3. body should harmoniously lineu p all of the different body parts to make the movement with ease.
Amalgamation: a multi-step dance pattern or combination of two or more steps; also called “combinations.”
Amount of Turn: How far your feet and body turn on a single step or between two steps; i.e., 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 of full turn.
Apart: Any dance position where the leader & follower are not in a hold togatehr or are dancing wtihout any point of contact/connection.
More to come…
TERMS: Coming Soon
DANCE HISTORY: Coming Soon
