Record details

• ISBN: 1592575773
• ISBN: 9781592575770
• Physical Description: xxiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 videodisc (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha, [2002]
• Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1 Before the Ball 1 -- 1 Past Ballroom Dancing Expressions: From the Renaissance to the Age of Reform 3 -- 2 Modern Ballroom Dancing Expressions: From 1900 to the Present 11 -- 3 What Makes Us Dance 19 -- 4 Dancing Through Your Big Day 27 -- Part 2 Before Your Ball 35 -- 5 Lifestyles Improve Socially, Psychologically, and Physically 37 -- 6 Challenges of Ballroom Dancing 47 -- 7 Music and More Music: About the Music on Your DVD 57 -- 8 Timing and Rhythm for the Layperson 67 -- 9 Plain Truth About Practicing, Expectations, and Prioritization 77 -- Part 3 Two Become One: Creating the Dance Couple 85 -- 10 Quickstart Program Progressive Movements 87 -- 11 Quickstart Program Nonprogressive Movements 95 -- 12 Dance Positions with Your Partner 101 -- 13 Interactions of the Dance Couple 109 -- Part 4 Fred and Ginger Here We Come: The Smooth Dances 119 -- 14 Your Best Directions 121 -- 15 Waltz 125 -- 16 Foxtrot 141 -- 17 Tango 155 -- 18 Viennese Waltz 167 -- Part 5 This Stuff's Hot and Spicy and Real Cool, "Daddy-O" 179 -- 19 Rumba 181 -- 20 Merengue 191 -- 21 Samba 201 -- 22 Cha-Cha 211 -- 23 Mambo 225 -- 24 East Coast Swing 235 -- 25 Hustle 249.

System Details Note:

Accompanying material: DVD.

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Subject:

Ballroom dancing.

Genre:

Video recordings.