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(Dance Tips for better Country and Western (C&W), Ballroom, Swing, West Coast Swing (WCS) and all kinds of dancing)

Will the Beat Go On?  Heart-healthy dance tips.  Download and print this flyer, (maybe put it in a cheap frame) and ask your doctor to post it in several locations about their waiting rooms (Doctors ALWAYS have several waiting rooms) Click here to download the flyer.

01 - Line of Dance and Dance Floor Etiquette

02 - Moving and Turning With Balance

03 - Want a quick way to spice up your dancing

04 - Leading and Following and Bad Habits

05 - Lady's Role in Dancing

06 - Connection Between Leader and Follower

07 - Ten Tips for Better Dancing

08 - Learning to dance (or ride a bike)

09 - Learning the Language of Dancing

10 - Moves, Patterns and Choreography

11 - Attitudes

12 - Dance frame & Posture

14 - What are your Goals

15 - Social Dancing Improves Social Skills

16 - Places to dance - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

17 - Dancing and Practice time - How to practice for different dance levels

18 - What, exactly, is a Country and Western dancer?

19 - Is that a Rumba, a Cha, or an NC2?

20 - Plateaus in Learning.

21 - Bad Habits for Men, Ladies, and Dance Places

22 - What is a Dance Event?

23 - Things to do and plan for at Weekend-Long Dance events

24 - Things I have learned in dancing

25 - Taking care of an important connection, your dancing feet

26 - Dance to the music

27 - Keeping Your Balance

28 - The melody gives us the feel of the music

30 - Dancing the Right Way (My Point of View)

31 - New Dancers and "learning" dancers

32 - Dance Etiquette, from a Lady's point of view (Feedback...for men only)

33 - Close Encounters - of the Dancing Kind

34 - Couple dancing frustrations

35 - Moms and Dads

36 - Learning to Dance; Through the eyes of a beginner

37 - The Traveling Dancer

38 - Slow Dancing; Not so easy

39 - Dangerous Drivers

40 - To Syncopate or Not

41 - Phrasing Your Dance to the Music

42 - Dance Habits: Good and Bad

43 - Are social people drawn to dancing - or does dancing make people social?

44 - Defensive Dancing

45 - Be aware of dancers around you

46 - To really learn to dance; teach a beginner

47 - Dance with your body, not your feet

48 - Body Mechanics in Dancing: (Bipeds Dancing?)

49 - Fast Learner?  Slow Learner?

50 - What are you doing before the "one" beat?

51 - Our dancing universe is both smaller and larger...

52 - What's the next trend in couples dancing?

53 - Four steps to becoming a successful Social Dancer.

54 - Heel Turns in Waltz and Foxtrot.

55 - Contra-Body Motion (CBM) and Contra-Body Movement Position (CBMP) in Dancing.

56 - Isaac Newton's First Law of motion in Dancing.

57 - More Things I Have Learned While Dancing, By Walter.

58 - Strict Dance Tempo Music VS Social Dance Music

59 - Open Dance Group Lessons - Closed Dance Group Lessons

60 - Mastering West Coast Swing (WCS) Connections

61 - Elements of Couple Dancing

62 - Finding Dance Music for Practicing

63 - Country Western Couples Dancers (men)

64 - Social dancing improves social skills (2)

65 - Memorial Day...Freedom isn't Free!!

66 - How to Pick a Dance Instructor....

67 - How do you look to others?

68 - Getting in your partner's (and others) way

69- Dance group etiquette: To ask or not? Mixing Dance Partners?
69- Dance group etiquette: To ask or not? Mixing Dance Partners?(Part 2)

70 - Lead and Follow Reaction Time in Dancing

71 - Stationary, or "spot" dance turns: .. Watch that shoulder!

72 - Dance Group Classes... Bring a Friend, or Even Just a "Casual Acquaintance" Dancer

73 - Differences in How Dancers Approach Dancing. Enjoy Dancing!

74 - Ten Inexpensive ways to improve your dancing quickly!

74 - Ten ways to destroy your dancing quickly!

75 - Reliance - in Dancing - and in Life

76 - Dancing? I Probably Forgot Everything...

77 - Dancing Your Way to Fitness and Health

78 - Dancing Fluid Motion

79 - Do-It-Yourself Suede-Soled Shoes or Sneakers

80 - Music Culture Shock

81 - Physics as applied to dancing

82 - Dancing is Too Nice of an Activity Not to Enjoy It!!!

83 -Dancing Can Be Soooo Technical - or Not...

84 - A Man's Dance Frame Affects You and Your Partner

85 - Shall We Dance? (The Movie)

86 - USABDA - A Good Dance Organization

87 - How Hard Can It Be - Not Dancing...Attitude?

88 - A Practical Exercise in Lead-and-Follow

89 - Refresher on Dance Floor Etiquette

90 - It's In The Presentation!

91 - Are You Open to Innovation in Your Dancing?

92 - Too Old for Dancing?

93 - Our Way of Doing Things is the Best Way!

94 - Dance Shoes...

95 - Getting in Your Partner's Way.

96 - Don't Dance Together...
97 - How Many Dancers Practice Like Athletes?

98 - Good dancers without instruction

99 - Dancing With Others...Don't be a Knucklehead!

100 - Save your dancing feet and legs choose shoes and socks!
101 - How to work on Lead/Follow
102 - How Good is That Beginner Dancer?

103 - All dance group classes are alike?

104 - Are Dance Judges Always Right?

105 - Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto. Does it Start on the 1-beat or the 2-beat?

106 - How Much Dance Practice Does It Take?

107 - One Good Turn Deserves Another (Turning Techniques)
108 - Another dozen abstract thoughts somehow related to dancing

109 - Improve your social skills through dancing

110 - Is Your Dancing Looking Awkward?

111 - Dancing With the Stars, Dance Off - A Review by Walter

112 - Dancing is...Moving Your Feet - or - Moving Your Body?

113 - So you think you can dance? Part Three....

114 - Dance Like a Pro....

115 - Dancing at Your Wedding.

116 - Jack & Jill contest, what & why?

117 - A tip for the guys... Lead then follow.

118 - USA Dance, Why support it?

119 - DO's and DON'Ts about dancing

120 - Look & Learn from "Dancing with the Stars"

 

More to be added later when time is available!

 

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