Craig Revel Horwood's Ballroom Dancing: A Strictly Fantastic Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering All Your Favourite Dance Moves (Teach Yourself General)

by Craig Revel Horwood

Overview

Whether you're an absolute beginner or a Strictly Come Dancing wannabe, it's time to get up and dance

Craig Revel Horwood's Ballroom Dancing gives you the confidence you need to take your first steps on the dancefloor. It even includes style tips from the style guru, Len Goodman, to give you that professional look.

Discover the history, foot positions, turns, and more, to all your favourite Strictly dances:
· Waltz
· Social foxtrot
· Quickstep
· Tango
· Rumba
· Samba
· Cha cha cha
· Jive

Ballroom dancing is totally cool, funky, and fantastically rewarding. What better way to get fit than tangoing your tension away, and foxtrotting the fat off your thighs?

Happy dancing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473689855
Publisher:	Mobius
Publication date:	04/09/2019
Pages:	261
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Meet the author ix

Introduction xi

Foreword xv

Line of Dance xvii

Abbreviations xix

The basics xxi

Caution xxii

Warm-up xxiii

The holds explained xxvii

Ballroom holds xxvii

Latin holds xxxiii

Part 1 Ballroom

1 Waltz 3

A little bit of wacky history 3

What music do I dance to? 4

Floorcraft 4

The basic waltz 5

The hold 6

The steps 7

Amalgamations for the waltz 26

2 Social foxtrot 27

A little bit of foxy history 27

What music do I dance to? 27

The hold 28

The steps 29

Amalgamations for the social foxtrot 46

3 Quickstep 47

A quick little bit of step history 47

What music do I dance to? 48

Heel leads 48

The hold 49

The steps 49

Amalgamations for the quickstep 72

4 Tango 73

A little bit of erotic history 73

What music do I dance to? 74

The hold 75

The walk 76

The steps 77

Amalgamations for the tango 95

Part 2 Latin American

5 Rumba 99

A little bit of raunchy history 99

What music do I dance to? 99

Hot rumba action 100

Basic rumba 101

The hold 101

The steps 102

Amalgamations for the rumba 132

6 Samba 133

A little bit of sizzling history 133

What music do I dance to? 134

The hold 135

Bounce! 135

The steps 136

Amalgamations for the samba 167

7 Cha cha cha 169

A little bit of funky history 169

What music do I dance to? 169

The hold 170

The steps 171

Amalgamations for the cha cha cha 200

8 Jive 201

A little bit of jovial jive history 201

What musk do I dance to? 202

The hold 202

How do I get the rhythm in my body and hands? 203

The steps 205

Amalgamations for the jive 229

To wrap up 231

Conclusion 233

Taking it further 235

What dance when? 241

Ballroom dance dictionary 245

Bibliography 259

Make up your own combos! 261