Social Dance: Steps to Success, 2nd Edition (Steps to Success)

By Judy Patterson Wright

Book Overview

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; Foxtrot; Waltz; Tango; Cha-cha; Polka; Rumba; Salsa/Mambo. Each step you take is a smooth transition from the one before. Your first few steps provide a solid foundation of skills and concepts. As you progress, you learn not only the basic dance steps and styling but also how to adjust to a partner, how to make the transitions between positions, and how to create sequences from variations of those basic steps. Each of the steps 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. A compact disc featuring music for each style is included to help you practice. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736045058
• ISBN13: 9780736045056
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Presents a good number of dance steps

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).

Written By A Master Teacher

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.