Ballroom Dancing

Edited by Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com

Ballroom Dancing Directories:
Yahoo's Directory on Ballroom Dancing— http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Ballroom/
(Clubs, Events, Organizations, Regional Info, Salsa, Samba, Swing, Tango, Videos, Vintage Dance)
Ballroom dancing in the San Francisco Bay Area— http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/~moroney/dance/dance.html
(Ballroom studios & dance supplies, General interest: rules, music, graphics, Other dance resources)
Ballroom Dancing Resources:
Ballroom Dance Resource— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/
(Dance Lesson, Technical Tips, Dance Music, Discussion Forum, Glossary, FAQs, Professional Teachers, Studios, Places to Dance, Competitions, Organizations, Clubs & Teams, Partner Search, Costumes for Sale, Smooth & Latin Dances, Swing & Hustle)
Ballroom Dance Glossary of Terms— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Glossary/Default.htm
(You'll find ballroom dance terms such as Chassé, Promenade, Tuck-In Turn, and Whip defined here.)
Ballroom USA— http://www.ballroomusa.com/
(USABDA, Collegiate Dancing, US Competition, Partner Search, Places to Dance, DanceSport, Books & Video, Archive Links)
Dancesport UK— http://www.dancesport.uk.com/
(Dance NewsNet, Articles, Events, Coaches, Dance Studios in UK, Virtual Shoe Shop, Dance Fashion, Dance World Directory)
Henry's Dance Hotlist (by Henry Neeman)— http://zeus.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8080/~hneeman/dance_hotlist.html
(Dance & Partner Resources, Swing & Nightclub, Argentine Tango, Salsa, Country-Western, Dance Music, Supplies, Newsgroups)
Websurfer's Guide to Ballroom Dancing— http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~acjeong/home.htm
(What's New, Introduction, Smooth/Modern, Latin/Rhythm, Nite Club, Techniques, Resources, Supplies)
Ballroom Dance Organizations:
USABDA: United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association— http://usabda.org/
(USA Dancesports, Colleges & Universities, Social & Recreational, Magazines, Chapters, Events, Comps, Press)
USABDA Youth & College Network (YCN) — http://www.usabda.org/ycn/
(Social Dancers, DanceSport Competitors, Youth & College Dancers, Membership & Benefits, Press Center)
United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing — http://www.usistd.org/
(About the Society, Mission, History, Newsletters, Publications, Membership, Exams & Medal Tests, Related Sites)
NDCA: The National Dance Council of America — http://ndca.org/
(Directories, Events, News & Press Releases, Information, Registration & Store, Search for a Member)
Ballroom Dancing Worldwide — http://www.dancesport.uk.com/world.htm
(List of dance organizations and societies from Argentina to Yugoslavia)
International Dance Council — http://www.unesco.org/ngo/cid/
(Introduction, Members, Visitors, Press releases, Dance Directory, Publications, News)
Ballroom Dance Clubs:
Brown Ballroom Dancing— http://www.brown.edu/Students/Ballroom_Dance/
(Class & Room Schedules, Special Events, Pictures, Private Lessons, Links) Cornell Ballroom Dance Club— http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/wkiri/cbdc/
(Classes, Events, Pictures, Mailing List, Dance Organizations, Dance Supplies, Dance Library, Useful Dance Sites)
Harvard Ballroom— http://www.harvardballroom.org/
(Intro & FAQ, Dance Stuff, Social Dancing, Classes, Calendar, Guide to Local Dancing, Competitive Dancing)
MIT Ballroom Dance Club— http://www.mit.edu/activities/bdclub/
(Overview, Club History, Workshops, Dance Parties, Formation Teams, Music, Dance Links)
San Jose State University Ballroom Dance Club — http://www.sjsu.edu/orgs/sjsubdc/
(Class Schedule, Special Events)
Stanford Ballroom Dance Club— http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanford-ballroom/
(Events, Outings, Etiquette, Dance FAQs, Volunteers, Dance Links)
University of California Berkeley Ballroom Dancers— http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~ucbd/index.html
(Current Schedule, Events & Outings, DanceSport, Competitions, FAQ, Elsewhere in the Bay, Directions & Map)
University of Pennsylvania Ballroom Dance Society— http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ballroom/
(Club, Classes, Team, Photos, Links, Email)
Yale Ballroom Dance— http://www.yale.edu/ballroom/
(Club, Team, Events, Schedule, Competition, Links)
Ballroom Dance Lessons:
Dance Lessons On The Web— http://www.jps.net/adamd/dance/dancelessons.html
(Cha-Cha, East Coast Swing, Foxtrot, Hustle, Nightclub Two Step, Rhumba, Salsa, Tango, Waltz, West Coast Swing)
FAQ: Lead and Follow (compiled from the newsgroup rec.arts.dance by Mark Balzer)— http://www.eijkhout.net/lead_follow/index.html
(Concepts, Connection, Hustle, West Coast Swing, Sensitivity, Balance & Turning, General Tips & Social Graces)
Ballroom Dancing at the Cubberley Pavilion (Friday & Saturday Nights in Palo Alto)— http://www.cubberleyballroom.com
(Dance Calendar, What's New, Free Dance Cards, Bay Area Dance Search, Dancelinks, Dancing & Dining, Dance Etiquette)
Ballroom Dancing with Jim Morton— http://bdsweb.ballroom.com/jimmort/
(Group Class: International & American Style, Private Lessons, Parties & Events, Fun Corner, Links, Contact)
The Metronome Ballroom (1830 17th St., San Francisco)— http://www.metronomeballroom.com/
(Group Classes, Parties, Workshops, Teacher Training, Private Lessons, Competition, FAQ, Resources, Special Events)
The Starlite Ballroom in Sunnyvale (The largest ballroom dance club in the U.S., 17,400 sq. ft.)— http://www.starliteballroom.com./
(Classes, Current News, Jobs, Mambo Mania, New Comers, New Year's Eve Party, Parties, Photos, Workshops)
Bernice Dubro Dance Studio (Dayton, Ohio)— http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/7354/index.html
(Classes, Dance Courses: Swing, Foxtrot, Waltz, Rumba, Cha Cha, Mambo, Salsa, Polka, West Coast Swing, Hustle)
Ballroom Dance Articles:
BALLROOM DANCING: The Russians Are Coming, Stepping Lightly (By JOSEPH BERGER, June 11, 2003)
Before Dancers There Must Be Dance Teachers— http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/arts/dance/28DUNN.html
(by Jennifer Dunning, New York Times, April 28, 2002)
And One and Two: The Dancers Are Off!— http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/arts/dance/21SAMU.html
(by Shayna Samuels, New York Times, April 21, 2002)
Dance History Leaps to Life in the Archives— http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/18/arts/dance/18BALL.html
(by Jennifer Dunning, New York Times, January 18, 2002)
History of Modern Ballroom Dancing— http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/modern.html
(by Don Herbson-Evans, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, Australia, October 11, 1999)
History of Latin-American Dancing— http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/latin/latin.html
(by Don Herbson-Evans, University of Sydney, Australia, September 20, 1999)
Trends in Ballroom Dancing (by Dolly Reynolds)— http://www.metronomeballroom.com/trends_article.html
(An overview of popular dancing in America from the Swing era in the 1920s to the Argentine Tango of 1990s)
Ballroom Dancing Gains New Popularity on Campus— http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/010199educ-dance-ballroom.html
(by Ethan Bronner, New York Times, January 1, 1999)
Choreographer Has Line On Lively Steps— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/19/PN70607.DTL
(by Marcia Kaplan, San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 1999)
IN THE SWING: The Peninsula's vintage dancers kick up their heels with authority— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/07/10/PN33635.DTL
(by Kimberly Chun, San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 1998)
Passing Up Hip-Hop for the Lindy Hop— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/04/03/EB64693.DTL
(by Maitland Zane, San Francisco Chronicle, April 3, 1998)
SHALL WE DANCE?: Sure, because charming Japanese comedy takes all the right steps— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/07/18/DD47104.DTL
(by Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 1997)
Masayuki Suo's Whole Wide Whirl Japanese director's Shall We Dance has brought audiences to their feet— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/07/13/PK29087.DTL
(by Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 1997)
Strictly Ballroom: It takes two to tango, and talent to win, in competitive dance— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/03/09/PK38253.DTL
(by Octavio Roca, San Francisco Chronicle, March 9, 1997)
The Healing Powers Of Dance— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/05/10/PN32348.DTL
(by Bill Workman, San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 1996)
Have A Ball: Some classy spots to do the waltz or fox-trot— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/03/03/PK7898.DTL
(by Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 1996)
All The Right Moves: PBS goes back to the ballroom— http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/02/07/DD74743.DTL
(by John Carman, San Francisco Chronicle, February 7, 1996)
Dance articles from the London Times— http://www.dancesport.uk.com/articles.htm
(Dozens of dance articles dating back to 1996 from UK's top daily newspaper)
Stretching and Flexibility (by Brad Appleton)— http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/papers/rma/stretching_toc.html
(Physiology of Stretching, Flexibility, Types of Stretching, How to Stretch, Splits, Joint Motion)
Ballroom Newsletter Articles (Ron & Rebecca Kellen: Prescott, Arizona)— http://home.att.net/~kellens/news.html
(Characteristics of Dances, Essential Information, History of Dances)
Ballroom Dance Music:
BallroomDanceMusic.info (by George Lindholm)— http://ballroomdancemusic.info/
(By Rhythm, Recommended, New Albums, Albums by Artists, By Record Label, Ballroom related links, Tempos, Help me find...)
Ballroom Dance Music (BallroomDancers.com)— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Music/Default.htm
(Browse by Dance Style, Browse by Album, Album Pick of the Week, Song & Ratings)
Universal Ballroom Dance Music Listings (University of Pennsylvania)— http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ballroom/music/music.links.html
(Sorted by list compiler or by dance type.)
Our Best Music (University of Pennsylvania)— http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ballroom/music/bills.picks.html
(Top Discs, Argentine Tango, Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Hustle, Jive, Merengue, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Rumba/Bolero, Salsa/Mambo, Samba, Slow Waltz, Swings, Tangos, Viennese Waltz)
Cha Cha:
Cha Cha— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/ChaCha/Default.htm
(Cha Cha Music, Basic Elements, Featured Steps, Bronze-Silver-Gold Syllabus, Other Dances)
Characteristics of American Style Cha Cha— http://home.att.net/~kellens/jul99.html
(July 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
History of the Cha Cha— http://home.att.net/~kellens/feb00.html
(February 2000 Ballroom Newsletter)
Foxtrot:
Fox Trot Tutorial— http://www.dancetv.com/tutorial/foxtrot/index.html
(Introduction, Basic Pattern, Left Turn, Conversation Step, Box Step, Turning Box, Side Step, Right Turn)
Fox Trot: Box Step (Bernice Dubro Dance Studio, Dayton, Ohio)— http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/7354/foxtrot_steps.htm
(Animated Gif of the Fox Trot's Box Step with count & rhythm for steps for man & woman)
Foxtrot— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Dances/Foxtrot/start.htm
(History, Description, Overview, Basic Figure, Video Clips, Music)
Piet Mondrian, Fox Trot; Lozenge Composition with Three Black Lines (1929)— http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/mondrian/mondrian_fox_trot.jpg.html
(Oil Painting at the Yale University Art Gallery)
Fox Trot: The Official Web Site for the Comic Strip FoxTrot by Bill Amend— http://www.foxtrot.com/
(Note: When I taught 3rd Graders to design a web page of their favorite things, one student wrote "Foxtrot".
I asked him when did he learn to do ballroom dancing, and he said "It's a comic strip!")
History of Foxtrot— http://home.att.net/~kellens/oct98.html
(October 1998 Ballroom Newsletter)
Hustle:
Hustle Dance Club— http://www.rahul.net/dhesi/hustle/
(Hustle Dance Club News, Where to Hustle Dance, Dance Club Images, Dance/Disco Links)
Hustle FAQs— http://www.eijkhout.net/lead_follow/hustle.html
(On the count in Hustle, Tempo, Style variation, Rock steps, Character of Hustle, Slotted Hustle)
Rumba & Bolero:
Rumba— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Dances/Rumba/Default.htm
(International Style, American Style, Video Clips, Music)
History of the Rumba— http://home.att.net/~kellens/dec98.html
(December 1998 Ballroom Newsletter)
Characteristics of Bolero— http://home.att.net/~kellens/oct99.html
(October 1999 Ballroom Newsletter; suggestions for Bolero danceable music)
History of Bolero— http://home.att.net/~kellens/aug98.html
(August 1998 Ballroom Newsletter)
Salsa:
Salsa— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Dances/Salsa/Default.htm
(Overview, Basic Figures, Video Clips, Music, Order Videos)
Josie Neglia's Salsa Site (Josie Neglia: "Dance is life at its most sensational moment")— http://www.latindance.com/
(What's New?, Video Clips, History Of Salsa Discussion, Photos, Life As A Dancer, Message Board, Chat Rooms, Tips Corner, Looking for Male & Female Partner, Events Calendar, Videos, FAQ, Mailing Lists)
Characteristics of Salsa Timing— http://home.att.net/~kellens/aug02.html
(August 2002 Ballroom Newsletter)
Swing:
US Swing Dance Server— http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/aswin/SwingDancing/swing_dancing.html
(dance events, clubs, styles, techniques, steps, literature, music, videos, competition, quotes, links)
Swing Moves— http://www.swingmoves.com/frame_home_page.htm
(a free, comprehensive, and useful online database of swing dance moves for swingers of all levels and styles)
The Swing Jive Dance Company— http://www.swingjive.freeserve.co.uk/links.htm
(Events Lists, Online Dancing, History of Lindy Hop, Music, Today's Swing Scene)
FAQ: West Coast Swing— http://www.eijkhout.net/lead_follow/wcs.html
(Specific to West Coast Swing, Ladies footwork, J-Lead, Arm tone & Body leads, Tricks for leaders & followers)
History of East Coast Swing— http://home.att.net/~kellens/may99.html
(May 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
The Beginning of the Lindy Hop— http://www.savoystyle.com/history.html
(Savoy Ballroom in Harlem 1926, Biographies, Motion Pictures, Links, Reading)
Lindy Hop Links— http://www.savoystyle.com/links.html
(116 links from Any Swing Goes to Yehoodi)
Tango:
Argentine Tango Dancing— http://home.att.net/~larrydla/basics_0.html
(By Larry E. Carroll: Seven Online Lessons)
Argentine Tango Music, Tango Lyrics— http://www.todotango.com/
(News, Artists, Academy, Library, Tango Tracks, Tango Sites)
Argentine Tango in San Francisco— http://www.SanFranciscoTango.com/
(Classes, Private Lessons, Parties, Tango Performances, Tango Videos, Tango Resources)
Algo de Tango— http://www.cs.nyu.edu/phd_students/parida/sundry/classnotes.htm
(Technique Exercises, Elementary Dance Figures, Lagniappe of the Evening)
Characteristics of American Style Tango— http://home.att.net/~kellens/jan00.html
(January 2000 Ballroom Newsletter)
History of the Tango— http://home.att.net/~kellens/apr99.html
(April 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
Ernesto's Tango Page— http://members.ping.at/kdf-wien/tango/
(Argentine Tango: read, listen, watch, and dance the tango— with hundreds of tango links)
Nora's Tango Week— http://www.tangoweek.com/
(Class Schedules, Instructors, Celebration Tango!, History, Photo Gallery, Press, Links)
Planet Tango— http://www.planet-tango.com/
(Complete connection to the world of Argentine Tango)
Top 100 Tango recordings— http://www.tango.montreal.qc.ca/homea.shtml
(Tango music rankings in English, French, and Spanish)
This Is The Tango— http://www.tango.montreal.qc.ca/cbc/tango.htm
(3 hours of excellent radio programs about Tango history with Guadalupe Jolicoeur in 3 Real Audio files from CBC)
Lausanne Tango Server— http://www.gotan.ch/
(Special Events, Teaching, Library, Music, Dancers, Shows, and Musician Profiles, Fashion, Links)
Forever Tango— http://www.showgate.com/tango/
(Luis Bravo's internationally acclaimed dance extravaganza from a year on Broadway and the national tour.)
Northern California Argentine Tango Events— http://bdsweb.ballroom.com/polot/
(Compiled by Polo Talnir: La Milonguita Tango Activities List)
The Stanford Tango Club— http://www.stanford.edu/group/tango/
(Classes, Practicas, Ben's FAQ, Links, Special Events)
Tango Primer— http://nfo.net/.DANCE/tprimer.html#gloss
(Music, Timing, Embrace, La Marca, Improvisation, Glossary)
Tango, Our Dance— http://www.planet-tango.com/ourdance.htm
(Articles published in El Firulete, The Argentine Tango Magazine)
The Women's Technique Class— http://www.planet-tango.com/elfiru/womtech.htm
(By Valorie Hart, El Firulete, The Argentine Tango Magazine, 6-5-2000)
Radio Cubik Network— http://www.radiotango.com/
(Radio Tango, Radio Salsa, Bossa Brazil, Bop City Radio)
Two Step:
Nightclub Two Step— http://www.LoveMusicLoveDance.com/niteclub.htm
(Philip Seyer: Interview with Buddy Schwimmer, the creator of this beautiful "new" dance)
Characteristics of Ballroom Two Step— http://home.att.net/~kellens/feb01.html
(February 2001 Ballroom Newsletter)
History of Ballroom Two Step— http://home.att.net/~kellens/mar00.html
(March 2000 Ballroom Newsletter)
Night Club Two Step (University of Saskatchewan DanceSport Club)— http://interactive.usask.ca/dancesport/articles/history/nc2step.html
(News, Classes, Articles, Training, Links)
Night Club Two Step Videos (By Buddy Schmimmer)— http://bdsweb.ballroom.com/twostep.htm
(You'll find a list of 45 steps in the Beginning-Intermediate-Advanced Two Steps in the two videos)
Waltz:
Waltz Tutorial— http://www.dancetv.com/tutorial/waltz/index.html
(Basic pattern, positioning, leading & following, under arm turns, hesitation, twinkle)
Welcome to the Waltz— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Dances/Waltz/Default.htm
(History, Description, Music)
American Silver Waltz Routine (Waltz Video in QuickTime)— http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~acjeong/wa2a.html
(Promenade, Open Natural Turn, Tiplets, Natural Hesitation Drag, Rise-up Step to Promenade, Fallaway with Slip Pivot)

Viennese Waltz:
Viennese Waltz— http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Dances/Viennese/Default.htm
(Overview, 10 video clips of the basic figures, presented by Jonathan Atkinson & Melissa Winogrand)
History of Viennese Waltz— http://home.att.net/~kellens/mar99.html
(March 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
Split Tree Waltz Page— http://www.splittree.org/waltz.htm
(Strauss Centennial Waltz Ball, Waltz Page Links, Year of Strauss 1999 100th Anniversary, History of the Waltz)
Art Print: Viennese Waltz— http://www.splittree.org/vienwalz.htm
(Hungarian print of "Vien Walz" circa 1820 photographed in Vienna)

© Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com
P.O. Box 390707, Mountain View, CA 94039
email: peter@wisdomportal.com (7-23-99, updated 7-23-2003)