Dancing Around

We consider our Cultural dance to be any dance where you hold your partner in your arms, and the man leads and the lady follows. Cultural dance covers, waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha cha, swing, salsa, mambo, merengue, hustle, rumba, bolero, jive, samba. There maybe a few dozen others, many of them that are considered specialties and require special fans.

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

For now the required basics are few. Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Tango, Swing and Line dancing at break time are on the solid agenda. Samba and Tango are in process of evolution away from strict syllabus International and American styles and progressing nicely. There are too many movements in the discipline dances that are "exhibition type."

But most disciplines begin the "class" or exhibition kine stuff late in the intermediate class. This after they have only cover a couple dozen moves, having left out an equal amount. The cultural dancer may consider at least 25 as basic movements and at least 20 as intermediate. This for dancing socially. Anything in the advanced is considered for show, exhibition kine.

Most of our dancing is not dictated from up above anywhere. Waltz is danced because in cultural dancing they can enjoy the basic music of waltz. We will not have anything to do with Quick Step or Paso Doble. We can respect those people, they should do as they wish, but we do not have a duty to follow anyone's dictation of what we should dance and how. West Coast Swing is beginning to swing more. Salsa has peaked. Bachata is making inroads and none of it is being dictated from up above wherever that may be.

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