This Group Class will meet each Thursday from 7:30 – 8:45 pm, beginning 4 June 2009 and running until 16 July 2009, for a total of six sessions. There will be no class of 25 June 2009.

In this 75-minute class meeting for a total of six sessions, we will discover how to produce many of the common dance moves you see at social dances. Many people begin going to social ballroom dances and using their new skills after only two or three sessions! Yes, it is possible to learn enough about ballroom dancing to have a lot of fun very quickly.

We will mainly cover American-style Smooth ballroom dancing. During this series, we may cover all or some of the following dances: Waltz, Fox Trot, Tango, and Argentine Tango. While this course will be building on the material covered in New Dancer Ballroom 1, this class may be taken on its own with consent of the instructor.

We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in ballroom dancing. The class will emphasize creating a solid constant connection between the lead and follow and how to use that connection throughout the entire dance and in every move that we create! We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in ballroom dancing.

Improve your own balance and learn to recognize how each partner influences the balance of the other. Develop an understanding of how you move your own body and how those movements are felt and interpreted by your partner. (Applies to leads and follows alike.) Build the fundamentals for creating good partner connections and for leading and following well. Exercise those fundamentals to invent your own moves!

This class is intended for people new to partner dancing or new to ballroom dancing and will move at an appropriate pace. Experienced dancers, enroll to improve your sense of partner connection and to refine your body action and basics! There is no such thing as doing “too much work” on the most foundational parts of dancing!

You do not need to enroll with a partner. Expect frequent partner changes and numerous group activities and exercises.

Please, no Street Shoes on the dance floor. Dance shoes, dance sneakers, or stocking feet are all fine.

Pre-registration is required. Contact the Instructor to reserve space in this class.