Dances We Teach
Romance Dances
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Waltz is a smooth, elegant partner dance in 3/4 time, characterized by flowing steps, rise and fall, and continuous rotation around the dance floor.
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Foxtrot is a smooth, progressive ballroom dance with long walking steps, slow and quick rhythms, and a gliding style that travels elegantly around the floor.
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Viennese Waltz is a fast, rotating ballroom dance in 3/4 time, featuring continuous turns, smooth rise and fall, and elegant flow around the floor.
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Argentine Tango is a passionate, improvisational partner dance with close connection, intricate footwork, and dramatic pauses, danced to expressive music with a strong focus on lead and follow.
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American Tango is a dramatic, staccato partner dance with sharp movements, strong posture, and intense connection, often danced in a smooth, walking style with sudden pauses and expressive changes in direction.
Latin Dances
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Rumba is a slow, romantic Latin dance with smooth hip action, expressive movements, and a strong focus on connection and musical interpretation.
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Cha Cha is a lively Latin dance with a syncopated “cha-cha-cha” rhythm, featuring playful steps, quick footwork, and strong hip action.
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Salsa is a vibrant, energetic Latin dance with quick footwork, turns, and rhythmic body movement, danced to upbeat Afro-Cuban and Latin music
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Traditional Bachata is a close, simple Dominican social dance with side-to-side basic steps, small hip motion, and a strong emphasis on partner connection and musical rhythm.
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Social Bolero Dance is a smooth, romantic partner dance characterized by slow, flowing movements, close connection, and expressive music. It emphasizes grace, timing, and communication between partners rather than fast or flashy patterns.
Swing Styles
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East Coast Swing is a lively partner dance with a triple-step rhythm, simple turns, and a bouncy, upbeat feel, usually danced to rock, blues, or swing music.
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Jitterbug is an energetic swing dance with fast, bouncy movements, spins, and turns, usually danced to upbeat jazz, swing, or early rock and roll music.
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West Coast Swing is a smooth, elastic partner dance with slotted movement, improvisation, and playful connection, danced to blues, pop, and modern music.
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4-Count Hustle is a fast, disco-style partner dance with a simple step pattern in a quick 4-beat rhythm, featuring spins, turns, and a smooth, continuous flow
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Hustle is a fast, energetic partner dance from the disco era with smooth turns, spins, and a continuous rhythm, danced to upbeat pop and club music.
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Country Swing is a fun, upbeat partner dance done to country music, featuring spins, turns, and playful moves like wraps and dips, with a relaxed, social, and improvisational feel.
Nightclub Styles
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Nightclub Two Step is one of our newer dances and holds a place of prominence because its smoothness of movement, and wide variety of music styles.
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Blues Dance is a relaxed, expressive partner dance with close connection, grounded movements, and improvisation, focusing on musicality, feeling, and rhythm.
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Originally known as Society Slow Dance, it has been danced in dinner clubs and at Galas for years through the last century. Clam and intimate, Slow Dance has been the preferred style to all who are dandling enough to take the floor, but not necessarily confident enough to go past the basics. We take you as far as you want to go, complete with spine and dips.
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Country Two Step is a fast, smooth partner dance done to country music, featuring quick-quick-slow steps, traveling movement around the floor, and simple turns with a strong lead and follow connection.
Other Dances
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Line dance is a fun, social form of dance where a group of people performs the same choreographed steps in lines or rows — all moving together to the rhythm of the music.
It can be danced to country, pop, rock, or Latin songs, and doesn’t require a partner, making it perfect for anyone who loves to move and enjoy music.
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Zouk is a sensual partner dance originating from Brazil, danced to smooth, flowing music with a strong, steady rhythm. It emphasizes body connection, fluid movements, and hair-whipping or body isolations, making it expressive, playful, and intimate.
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Rueda (short for Rueda de Casino) is a lively, social Cuban dance where couples dance in a circle, exchanging partners on call-and-response commands from a leader. It’s playful, energetic, and full of synchronized spins, turns, and patterns, making it a fun group dance with lots of interaction and community energy.
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Lindy Hop is a high-energy, social swing dance that originated in Harlem, New York in the 1920s–30s. It’s danced primarily to swing and jazz music, featuring partner connection, improvisation, and playful aerials (for advanced dancers). Lindy Hop blends 8-count and 6-count patterns, with a signature “swing out” move, and is known for its joyful, bouncy style and improvisational flair.