Why Ballroom Basics?
Some people take dance lessons in order to become competitors, some take lessons in order to perform, and some take lessons in order to dance once at a wedding and never again, but most people take lessons in order to enjoy social dancing. At social dances, few couples dance exclusively with each other; most mix freely. Some social dance gatherings are form-specific: Polka-fests, Swing Dances, Milongas, Square Dances, Swing dances, Salsa Dances, to name a few. Other social dance gatherings are “variety” dances wherein many dance forms might be practiced, though even “variety” dances are necessarily limited. With well over twenty social dance forms currently popular, few people are proficient in more than half, no band is likely to be able to provide music for half, and a dance with recorded music for all popular social dances could continue for well over an hour before any one dance was repeated; thus most “variety” dances are limited to only a few dance styles. Ballroom variety dances
