I had just invested in a really good wireless microphone system – Azden WMS-PRO Wireless Microphone System (set me back roughly $150)… So you should hear much better sound from now on forward…So far the Salsa Underarm turn is the only video I used it on and it made a huge difference!! Can you tell? I want to provide you with the best possible learning experience so I think that investing in high quality video and audio devices will prove to be worth while! As I upload more dance instructional videos please feel free to let me know how you are finding the quality of the video and sound.
Thanks
Leon
How To Become A Better Dancer: 5 Tips
So you want to know how to become a better dancer?
Here are 5 important tips that will help you improve as a dancer fast:
1. Take Lessons Consistently (You’re not special)
Some people think that they can get good without ever taking any dance lessons…
This is a mistake. Think about everything else you ever learned in your life, did you just wing it? No, you probably took lessons to become good at it. The same goes with dancing. You can take lessons in person or online. For in-person lessons you can do group classes or private lessons. For online lessons you can learn from videos. Check out our online Ballroom dance videos here.
Furthermore, it is important to take the time to find the right dance teacher for your goals, because some are definitely more qualified than others. My recommendation is try out a lesson with several teachers before committing to one specific dance instructor. Read our article on what makes a good dance teacher.
2. Practice Daily At Home/Studio
One of the most important habits you need to adopt is daily consistent practice. No matter how naturally good you are, you need to practice if you want to become a better dancer. Many people assume that just because they take lessons, they don’t need to practice. This could not be further from the truth. It is precisely because you take dance lessons, you need to practice even more to make sure you retain everything you’ve been learning.
Becoming a better dancer requires muscle memory. And muscle memory requires a lot of repetition through practice. So don’t overthink it – simply make some room in your living room, get a mirror and practice the things you worked on at your last lesson/class. Check out our practice guide for Ballroom dancers.
3. Have A Goal
One of the fastest ways to improve your dancing is simply to have a goal to work towards. The goal can be a performance at your studio’s showcase or party. It can also be a dance competition. Even if you don’t want to perform you can still come up with a social dance goal such as “be able to dance comfortably at next month’s party”. Be creative with it as there is no wrong or right goals. The most important thing is to have one and to have a future date that you’re working towards. This will keep you motivated with your daily practice!
4. Feel your body
After you’ve learned the mechanics of the steps and routines, you need to make sure that you let your body “Feel” the movements so that all the steps and styling can really sink in to your muscle memory. You don’t want to be stuck in your head when you’re practicing or taking lessons, you need to be in “your body” to retain the dance moves, and progress faster.
After you got it pretty good, just put on the music and try to feel your body going with the music… This will also add enjoyment to your dancing.
5. Keep yourself inspired
It is critical to work on staying inspired and motivated with your getting better in dancing goal. Life gets in the way, so some days you will be more inspired than others… The key is to figure out some specific triggers that can energize you quickly to get back in the groove, whenever you’re not feeling it.
For example, let’s say you don’t feel like going to your dance practice today. What you can do is watch some videos of your favorite dancers performing your favorite choreography on youtube!
That should get you back on track fast.
Watch Video – 5 Tips For Improving As A Dancer:
What do you think? Leave a comment below.
By: Leon Turetsky
Professional dance instructor
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I came across a great article written by Dr. Peter Lovatt who is a Psychologist and a professional dancer. Dr. Lovatt spends most of his time researching human nature and how it relates to dance. In this article he explores the reasons to why people dance. I often ask myself this very same question: Why do I dance? And why do people dance in general? There are many reasons and for me I realized that I love to dance because of the FREEDOM. READ THE REST
Salsa Basic Steps for beginners – Learn Salsa steps online
In the video I teach you the first of many Salsa basic steps. This is the most important step in the Salsa as it will serve as the foundation for all your other Salsa steps. The basic Salsa steps consist of a forward half and a back half. Remember, it is very important to switch weight on every single step. The ladies start by stepping back with their right foot and men start with their left foot. You are essentially doing “rock steps”. Watch the video to master these basic Salsa moves right away.
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The Best Online Dance Resources You Need To Check Out!
Whether you are a new or existing student looking for a dance studio, a new partner, competition result, or you simply want to get more involved with your dance community, I have got great news for you. You can now find all these services online! Currently, there are many websites providing this information, but in my opinion, only few provide quality and user friendly content worth checking out. Below I outline my favorite websites for dance studio/instructor search, dance partner search, Dancesport news/results and dancing forums! READ THE REST
About Passion4dancing.com
Passion4Dancing.com was founded by Leon Turetsky, a professional dance instructor and proud owner of Leon’s Dance Center in Boston MA. Read more about him here.
From Leon,
I created Passion4dancing.com because I wanted to give people a resource where they can learn how to dance quickly and easily. I always loved watching online dance lessons but soon realized that THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION about dancing online but it was all over the place… And most of the videos had awful video and audio quality.
So in 2009 I created Passion4dancing.com where I started to publish high quality online dance lessons. Dance lessons that break everything down from timing, steps, lead and follow as well as technique. I organized all the steps by dances so that its easy to find and arranged them from easiest to hardest levels.
Here is a recent testimonial from one of our members:
“I love being a member of Passion4Dancing. It has improved my dancing immensely. Leon and Kim do a great job with the instructional videos in which they break down each step into its basic elements with different angles and the added bonus of the dance technique to help improve my dancing with connection and lead and follow tips. I look forward each time to the newly added video tutorials to help add more steps to my repertoire.”
– Emailed by Paul Hughes
Read more testimonials here
To get started, feel free to enter your name and email below and we’ll send you 5 FREE members-only videos:
If you want to get unlimited access to all of our online dance lessons you will need to join as a member. As a member you will be able to log-in and watch our videos lessons at anytime, from anywhere. You will also get access to all future lessons we upload since we always adding new lessons. With your membership you will also get many other bonuses like being able to download our lessons, one-on-one email advice with me and more.
Why learn dancing online?
1. New to dancing? Learn new dance steps from the very beginning. Each video breaks down the count, man’s and lady’s steps, lead/follow tips and provides extra tips (technique)!
2. Already taking classes? Watch and review dance steps you had already learned. Maybe it’s been 2 weeks since you last attended your dancing class and you just want to brush up on what you had missed...
3. Online videos make it easy! Fast forward, pause, rewind and replay the videos at your own pace and in your own privacy.
4. Take your dancing to the next level! Our instructional videos feature extra tips to help you improve your technique and styling.
5. Simply because physical dance classes are just not enough!
Besides, online dance lessons we have 100s of articles and tips available on our website. You can also browser our online ballroom dance lessons.
If you have any questions please email me at [email protected].
Best,
Leon Turetsky
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