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Social Dance: Steps to Success, 2nd Edition (Steps to Success) Paperback – October 11, 2002

by Judy Wright (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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Move with grace and feel confident on the dance floor—step by step! Social Dance: Steps to Success will teach you all the moves for eight popular dance styles:


-Swing

-Cha-cha

-Foxtrot

-Polka

-Waltz

-Rumba

-Tango

-Salsa/mambo

Each step in the progression teaches you a new skill, then builds on those skills to develop creative dance routines. The first few steps provide a solid foundation of the basics to help you understand alignment, musical structure, and footwork synchronization with the music. As you progress, you will also learn how to lead and follow, move from one dance position to another, combine dance variations into sequences, and much more.

Every step also explains why the concept or skill is important, identifies the keys to correct technique, helps you avoid common errors, and explains how to practice each skill.

Written by master teacher and dancer Judy Patterson Wright, this book is part of the Steps to Success Series—the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published.

Includes music CD!
To help you practice, a compact disc is included that provides 19 tracks for training and practice. The first 8 are training examples (some with voice overs) for identifying the beat, measures, and highlighting general characteristics of selected social dance music. Tracks 9 through 19 include instrumental practice music (average 2 minutes each) for all 8 dances covered in the book.


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  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Human Kinetics
  4. Publication date
    October 11, 2002
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    8.5 x 0.75 x 10.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0736045058
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0736045056
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It's the next best thing to having a teacher there to show you. -- Dance Spirit, March 1, 2003

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"Wright provides a thorough, step-by-step approach in instructing prospective Freds and Gingers in body alignment and carriage, music recognition, brief dance histories, and basic and variant footwork. . . . Appropriate for school or public libraries with a demand for recreational dance methods."

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"Social Dance: Steps to Success is a real contribution to students and teachers who are involved in ballroom dance training. The systematic teaching outlined in this book has drills to emphasize basic technique. The illustrations and specific success goals are well outlined."

William J. Bennett
Ballroom dance consultant
Member, board of directors, United States Ballroom Dancers Association

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Human Kinetics; 2nd edition (October 11, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0736045058
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0736045056
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.74 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.75 x 10.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Judy Patterson Wright

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Judy Patterson Wright earned her PhD in 1981 in motor learning and motor development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she focused on the learning process for sequential dance skills and how teachers may facilitate that process. She is an accomplished dancer and educator who has taught social dance at the junior high, high school, college, and community levels since 1971. Dr. Wright's dance experience includes tap, jazz, modern, ballet, social, folk, square, country Western, line, and aerobic dance. She specializes in ballroom and social dance in which she has extensive experience as a competitor, coach, author, and instructor. She has taught courses at Walsh College in Ohio, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Richland Community College in Illinois, and the Wright Way Dance Studio, which she co-owns. She has also presented workshops at the state and national levels for the National Dance Association and AAHPERD, the National Teachers Association for Country Western Dance Instructors, and the National Dance Educators Organization.

Wright has judged and competed in dance competitions and specializes in teaching progressive classes and workshops for both social and competitive dancers. Wright and her husband placed second overall in the UCWDC Silver Advanced Showcase Division at the world finals in both 1996 and 1997. They are the 2009 UCWDC couples gold combined world champions. They also won first place in both strictly swing and strictly hustle at the 2012 world finals in Orlando, Florida.

In a career spanning 23 years as an acquisitions editor for Human Kinetics, Wright created the format for the Steps to Success activity series (of which her book is a part) while acquiring numerous books related to dance and exercise and remaining active in the dance community. She resides in North Carolina, where she is a member of the Charlotte USA Dance chapter, the Carolina Ballroom Dance Club, and Lynn’s Dance Club.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Paul J. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Pauli
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2012
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This book is NOT for the beginner dancer. That said, this book will help the intermediate dancer into the relm of the very good dancer - not only does it tell you "what"; it explains "why". The writing is good and the format is logical as dance is presented in a series of building blocks.
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TFB
2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete.
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2013
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The book is okay for beginner levels, but the DVD was missing! I think the DVD would have resulted in at least a 4 star rating, but...
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M. Hiland
4.0 out of 5 stars Presents a good number of dance steps
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2008
I liked this book because it presented around 8 or so dance steps for each dance. Other books present only 3-4 very simple steps, not enough to feel confident on a socal dance floor. Its alittle difficult for the absolute beginner since foot diagrams are largely missing for the more complex steps (its hard to follow written descriptions).
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Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars Less than advanced, this is for you.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2018
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Very instructive for beginning dancers and low end intermediates. Coupled with actual lessons, its a big plus.
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Peter Kenney
4.0 out of 5 stars Written By A Master Teacher
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2003
SOCIAL DANCE is written by a master teacher who has done a lot of research on her subject. The person who will benefit from using this book is not someone who is looking for an easy method to learn a few dance routines. It is rather meant for the serious enthusiast who knows how to study a textbook and appreciates the value of long hours of practice. It will also be useful to those who already know something about swing, cha-cha, fox-trot, waltz and polka and wish to increase their social dance skills.
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janet
5.0 out of 5 stars Social Dance
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2014
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How wonderful, a used book and cd set that is second hand AND intact. Great. Thank you very very much.
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