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Social Dance from Dance a While » (2nd Edition)
Authors: Jane A. Harris
ISBN-13: 9780805353662, ISBN-10: 0805353666
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: 2nd Edition
Author Biography: Jane A. Harris
Book Synopsis
Social Dance from Dance a While, Second Edition teaches the skills and techniques for most popular social dances in a comprehensive, affordable book. The book introduces beginning and intermediate dancers to the exciting world of social dance and ballroom dance. Each chapter provides a brief overview of dance history and then focuses on the dance's ryhthm, style, and steps, providing readers with an understanding of and appreciation for social dance technique. This latest edition includes up-to-date information on the latest styles and changes in dance and features a new chapter on Swing dancing.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Teaching Social Dance | 3 |
| Style of Social Dance | 5 | |
| Dance Positions | 6 | |
| Dance Positions Illustrated | 8 | |
| Rhythm and Meter | 11 | |
| Analysis of a Basic Rhythm | 15 | |
| Basic Dance Steps | 15 | |
| Basic Dance Turns | 17 | |
| 2 | Ballroom Favorites | 21 |
| Foxtrot | 21 | |
| Disco Dance | 34 | |
| Disco Swing | 35 | |
| The Hustle | 36 | |
| Charleston | 38 | |
| Twelfth Street Rag | 41 | |
| Swing (Jitterbug) | 42 | |
| The Triple Lindy-East Coast Swing | 50 | |
| West Coast Swing | 52 | |
| Cajun Dance | 55 | |
| Cajun Waltz | 57 | |
| Cajun Two-Step | 57 | |
| Cajun One-Step | 58 | |
| Cajun Jitterbug | 58 | |
| Zydeco Two-Step | 59 | |
| Tango | 60 | |
| Waltz | 68 | |
| 3 | Country Western Dance | 77 |
| Country Western | 77 | |
| Country Swing | 79 | |
| Texas Two-Step Swing | 80 | |
| Cotton-Eyed Joe | 81 | |
| Ten-Step | 82 | |
| Texas Two-Step | 84 | |
| Traveling Cha Cha | 85 | |
| Sweetheart Schottische | 87 | |
| 4 | Line Dance | 89 |
| Line Dance | 89 | |
| Achy Breaky | 90 | |
| Cowboy Boogie | 91 | |
| El Tango Sereno | 92 | |
| Electric Slide | 93 | |
| Freeze | 94 | |
| Four Corners | 95 | |
| Macarena | 96 | |
| Para Bailar | 97 | |
| Slappin' Leather | 98 | |
| Tush Push | 99 | |
| Watermelon Crawl | 100 | |
| Western Wind | 101 | |
| 5 | Latin Dances | 103 |
| Cha Cha Cha | 103 | |
| Mambo | 111 | |
| Merengue | 113 | |
| Rumba | 117 | |
| Salsa | 124 | |
| Samba | 125 | |
| 6 | Mixers and Ice Breakers | 131 |
| Bunny Hop | 134 | |
| Conga | 135 | |
| Grand March | 135 | |
| Hokey Pokey | 138 | |
| Paul Jones Your Lady | 139 | |
| App. A: Periodicals | 141 | |
| App. B: Organizations and Resources | 141 | |
| App. C | Music and Instructional Aids Cassettes, CDs, Videos, Distributors and Producers | 142 |
| Bibliography | 144 | |
| Glossary | 146 | |
| Subject Index | 151 |
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