Dance Instruction

Etiquette, Leading & FollowingOctober 11, 2018

Dear Leads, Please Dance To My Level

By Tanya Karen

I get it: you’ve spent ages mastering these beautiful moves. They look great. They go great with the music. And they feel great. Except…

Dance 101, General DanceMay 3, 2018

By Leon Turetsky

As a Ballroom and Latin dance instructor, I’m always surprised to hear my students’ response to “did you practice last week?” Too often they…

Dance 101, SalsaOctober 1, 2014

By Sorrel Holliday

If you’ve been dancing salsa for a while, you may well have noticed the explosion of popularity in ‘six week choreography’ courses and the…

1 Victor You NEED to be OK with Dancing like an Idiot!

I only started dancing last year but I have to admit I was stopped for many years before that because I was also embarrassed of seeing myself dance badly even…
2 Marius Labels

Thank you! Great article 👍👍 Very important, I think. We should be very aware of labels! In most cases teachers are the creators of labels, like for simpler communication, as…
3 Jim Evans What I Learned By Asking Men If They Want To Lead Or Follow Bachata

Men must remember to lead gently, it's more about getting a woman to follow a lead not forcing her to do it. When you lead remember the follower show follow,…