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Learn: Jive
Course Content: This dance originated in the southeast of the USA, where it had an affinity with war dances of the Seminole Indians in Florida. The word “Jive” is probably derived from “Jev”, meaning, “to talk disparagingly” in the West African Wolof language. In the 18...
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Learn: Waltz
Course Content: When the waltz was introduced into England during the early 19th century it scandalised society. Never before had the man clasped the lady to him in a facing position with him arm round her waist and rotted round the ballroom in what was almost an embrace; and rarely, if ever, had the danc...
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Course Content: In 1913, Harry Fox, a vaudeville comedian, introduced a trot to a ragtime song in the 1913 Ziegfeld Follies that pushed other trots into the background. It became America's most popular dance and remains so to this day as the standard of social dances. The basic components of Fox Trot are ...
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Learn: Samba | Latin Dance
Course Content: The Samba is an animated (exciting n lively) dance with a strong characteristic rhythm. It originated in Africa and was taken to Brazil by the African slaves sent to work on Brazilian sugar plantations. The slaves mixed with the indigenous Indians who worked with them at the plantations an...
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Learn: Rumba | Latin Dance
Course Content: Rumba which can be traced back to the African slaves, is the spirit and soul of Latin American music and dance. It has a fascinating rhythm and bodily expressions which enable the lady dancer to express her grace and feminity, while the male can put the best foot forward as he reels under ...
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Learn: Cha-Cha-Cha | Latin Dance
Course Content: Cha Cha is perhaps the most popular of the Latin American dances. This tantalizing Afro-Cuban dance combines the elements of personality, character, rhythm, basis and appeal from the mambo and the swing. This exciting syncopated Latin dance originated in the early 1950s, but has same foot ...
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