Ballroom Dance

Ballroom Dance Lessons

Learn how to ballroom dance with grace and finesse. We will teach you how to master the steps so you look like a pro on the dance floor.

Ballroom dance is also known as social dance because it encourages social interaction between dance partners. Learning how to ballroom dance may prove not only to be an excellent form of exercise and entertainment, but you may even meet your mate. Ballroom dancing provides an ideal social climate.

Basic Ballroom Dancing

• Waltz
• Tango
• Foxtrot
• Quickstep

How To Ballroom Dance

There are three main rhythms in ballroom dancing…

Slow
The first rhythm is known as a slow. A slow is equivalent to two beats. A slow is danced by stepping on the first beat and killing time for the second beat. When you are dancing, count it as “slow, slow”, or “one-two, one-two.”

Quick
The second rhythm is called a quick. A quick is equivalent to one beat. A quick is danced as one step for each beat. When you are dancing, count it as “quick, quick, quick, quick,” or “walk, two, three, four.” Quicks are generally done in sets of two.

Triple
Triples are used in patterns as part of basic dancing. For example, in the Swing, you might see this pattern: “triple step, triple step, rock step.” Triples consist of three steps taken in quick succession, “one-n-two…stomp-your-feet.” One triple step movement occupies two beats (the same as a slow). The extra step is crammed in between the beats so it still equals two: “one-and-two.”