LOS TANGUEROS
A short story by Pattie Wells published in ZYZZYVA
Zanetto considered himself lucky, in many ways, to have landed a two-year contract to lay tile in Bue...
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LATIN & SALSA DANCE PARTY
Free Dance Workshop, 7-8 PM
Every 4th Saturday monthly!
Fabiola Gomes, Latin dance pro, teaches a FREE Latin dance workshop every 4th Saturday, 7-8 PM prior to the Latin & Salsa Dance Party!
A candid phot...
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West Coast Swing NEWS
Mark Pablo & Pattie Wells Teaching Team is back!
One of San Diego's finest teaching teams, Pattie Wells & Mark Pablo is back on Thursday nights for Dancetimes West Coast swing classes! This dynam...
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West Coast Swing Thursdays Postponed
Thanks to all the San Diego WCS dancers that supported our West Coast Swing Thursdays and made it a great place for so many dancers! The teachers and staff at the Dancetime Center thoroughly enjoyed hosting and...
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The NEW Hustle Nightclub Dance Jam will feature a new music music to include 1/3 nightclub music selections including nightclub two step, jitterbug, West Coast swing, cha cha and salsa plus requests for all your favorite social dance music tunes. The...
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Charity Ball And Show Night 2012
Saturday, December 1st, 8-11 PM, $10
The holiday season is a great time to share in the joy of giving with our dancing friends community so the Dancetime Center is holding its second annual "Charity Ball and Show ...
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ZUMBA FITNESS starts October 2012!
I. What is it?
The Zumba Fitness is a Latin inspired dance fitness program that incorporates dance moves for different types of music including Latin salsa, merengue, bachata, as well as, pop, rock and ot...
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Viennese Waltz & Smooth Ball
1st Saturday Ballroom & Latin dance party Saturday, October 6th, 8-11 PM Hosted by Dan Gibbons
Dancetime's last Viennese Waltz & Smooth Ball was so popular, we are holding a second one t...
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The West Coast swing is a living dance that is constantly evolving to fit contemporary music and culture. It is flourishing because it is perfect for all ages of dancers due to its fluid movement and the breadth of West Coast swing music that works f...
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WALTZ evolved from forms of earlier dances in the mid-eighteen hundreds along with the popularity of Johann Strauss’s music. The term waltz originated from the Italian word “volver,” which means revolve or turn. It is one of the fir...
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House of Austria Lawn Program
(A member of the House of Pacific Relations)
Balboa Park's International Cottages
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Austrian delicacies 11-4 PM
Austrian Show 2-3 PM featuring Brandon Detty & Stephanie Swain...
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Tango dance lessons teach the dancer body lead, timing, musicality, non-verbal communication and contribute to the dancers education. San Diego is a tango dancing hub with tango milongas, practicas and tango dance lessons offered somewhere ever...
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What is the difference between Lindy hop, East Coast swing, jitterbug and West Coast swing?
Swing dance originated in the 1920's at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem with swing era jazz music. The first swing dance was Lindy hop, which evolved into all t...
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New Travel & Dance Club, August 26, 2012.
Have you been thinking about traveling to explore new places, people and cultures? Do you also enjoy dancing? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, then you are perfect for our new Travel &...
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The 1940's was the decade where many of our favorite dances originated or at least were danced by Americans of all ages. The swing was king with Lindy Hop, East Coast swing and jitterbug but the foxtrot was still popular too. Americans were crazy f...
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Dancing works the left and right hemispheres of our brains to create a synergy of art and science of movement. The Mirriam Webster dictionary describes movement as the act or process of moving or a particular instance or manner of moving. For our pur...
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Salsa dancing is one of the most popular dance genres in the United States. It's popularity has continued to grow in the last three decades since it originated in the 1970's. Part of the reason for its ongoing popularity is American's love for contem...
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Dancing is an ekphrastic art form, as well as, a recreational activity. Ekphrasis is term that describes the process of one art form responding to another art form. An example would be a poem written about a painting. Dancing responds to music. In &n...
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Recent innovations in social dance instruction have brought new, fresh ideas to the dance teaching methods that have been used since the early 20th century. These new methods concentrate on dance elements and the use of conceptual learning techniques...
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Scientific research suggests that ballroom dancing is one of the best forms of exercise for not only our bodies but also for our minds. In this article, the term ballroom dance will refer to both social and Da...
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The Country Western dance genres include the waltz, cha cha, polka, East & West Coast swing, Nightclub two step, Cowboy cha cha, We Dance and Country Two Step. Country dance club deejays play lots of great music that social ballroom dancers enjoy...
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The Salsa originated in the Latin dance nightclubs the late 1970's. It evolved from mambo and cha cha but is smoother, some dancers execute the break step on count 1 while others like to break on count two, which is referred to as salsa on two. Curre...
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What is dance connection for swing and ballroom dancing?
Dance connection is a term that refers to both the type of contact between partners and the concepts that are necessary for leading and following in social partner dancing. The concept...
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The term "swing dance" is an umbrella term that embraces a wide variety of swing dances including Lindy hop, Balboa, Bal-swing, East Coast swing, jitterbug, St. Louis shag, Collegiate shag, Carolina shag, Texas push, D.C. Hand dance, West Coast swing...
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Why are the Latin nightclub dances so popular (especially the bachata)?
The Latin dances are especially alluring because of certain features that most of the Latin dance genres contain like:
The Music: Latin dance music is exciting and energetic ...
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The American style foxtrot was popularized by Vernon and Irene Castle in the early part of the 20th century along with other ballroom dances like waltz, rumba, tango and mambo. Dancers and dance studios across the United States were instrumental in i...
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"Waltz is like flying without wings" --- Pattie Wells
The flight accomplished while dancing the waltz, particularly the Viennese waltz is like flying without wings. Flight is accomplished by pushing off our feet to accelerate our bodies moving throu...
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A part of social American style ballroom dancing includes the Latin dances that originated in Puerto Rico, South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and other areas along the Caribbean. This dance genre includes the rumba, bolero, cha cha, m...
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What is nightclub dancing?
A simple definition might be social dances that are not usually included in Dancesport competitions, can be danced in small spaces like nightclubs and have regional variations like Hustle, Nightclub Two-Step, West Coast sw...
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"West Coast swing is unique among the social partner dances; it is more like a non-verbal dialogue where movements are done in collaboration among partners unlike the strictly conventional lead/follow tradition..."
West Coast swing evolve...
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"There have been strong efforts to standardize or codify the dance in order to adapt it for competition and a judging panel but swing dancers are very resistant to any attempts to take away the freedom of expression focus of the dance. It is sometime...
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The Dancetime Center has a unique West Coast swing dance program. We offer classes designed for Follows (dancers that are following), as well as Leads (dancers that are leading).
We focus on the elements of dance like the walking steps, triples...
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Why is West Coast swing the dancers dance?
The West coast swing is a favorite dance genre for accomplished dancers because of its complexity and freedom of expression. Many dance professionals consider the West Coast swing to be the ultimate design ...
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What is social ballroom dance?
The first ballroom dance was the Viennese waltz, which was scandalous in its time since the partners faced each other and took a close embrace unlike the more proper minuets.
The waltz traveled from its early roots in...
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This blog offers insight into a frequent misconception that is often discussed in dance circles.
TRUE or FALSE: A person's dancing will improve if they dance with accomplished dancers only?
FALSE
In fact, every dancer differs in term...
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