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It was a pleasant thing to know about your web site. I like the subjects you are trying to cover in this page, and would like to see more especially some tips about ball room dancing, like Foxtrot, Slow Waltz, etc.
In agreement with Nizar, we would like lessons on foxtrot and waltz.
Thanks,
Ron
I would like to learn the eastern swing as I am a beginner and would love to dance the swing the wright way Ken.
We have Waltz lessons here:
https://www.passion4dancing.com/category/dance-instruction-videos/waltz-dance-steps/
And we have Swing lessons here:
https://www.passion4dancing.com/category/dance-instruction-videos/swing-dance-steps/
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I
UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS VERY WELL
I AM FRENCH AND SPEAK NO MORE
Also I would like to learn jive, merrilyn, waltz and some other ballroom dancing. Then I need to know how to purchase a cd for all the ballroom dancing and I want to purchase on your online . Thank you.
Thank you for the tips on timing. I love your instruction because you make it look so simple. I am taking an occasional ballroom class but I wish you lived in this area…I would sign up for a lifetime commitment I enjoy your video so much. I am thinking of joining your ballroom online and hope to do so in the next couple of weeks. You are fantastic. Thank you also for the trial classes that were free.
Florence
Thank you so much for your timing tip, now i know why i can not dance, I sure will try to dance without thinking about giving up
Different people have different ways of describing these beats. I’m still a beginner, but it seems to me that the 4 beats in a Cha-Cha are more like 1-2-CHA-CHA-4 aren’t they?
Hi Marc,
No the way we count the Cha Cha is “1,2,3 Cha Cha” and repeat.
As the video demonstrates the most important thing is to understand the beat value of the counts… the “cha” is only half of the beat. While the 1,2,3 are all full beats.
Hi Leon,
I am 49 years old, have always been loving to learn ballroom dancing… but I am so clumsy, have no clue or background of any knowledge about any steps in any type of dances…and I am also a very intimidated person and shy, I am afraid of attending dancing classes, I watched your free video in my mail, but still couldn’t figure out the next move…[ I guessed I am okay dancing by myself; but I don’t know the steps when with a partner], and on top, my husband is a good dancer; but he never wants to teach me, and never wants me to go to dance classes because he has a very narrow mind of an old fashion guy…I only want to learn to prove to him even if he never wants to teach me, I still can do it, but it has been for 25 years I tried but still could never get the idea of what to do.:(
Hi Christine, did you join as a member? When you do you can can learn each dance step by step from the beginning!
Hi Leon, We have been browsing your site and find that your sessions are very well explained. We live in India. We are near- senior, never seriously tried dancing before. We have been trying to get a hang of one sample – the cha-cha-cha. We need a couple of weeks more to decide if we go ahead or not. Till then, thanks. Ferdy.
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome post
Wonderful, clear explanations very helpful. I am considering being member of the club because dancing is my passion.
I liked the lessons so much thanks easy to pick up
Lovely lessons every now and then. Leon and Kim are amiable, with their Tango, Cha-Cha and Waltz among other dances. They always portray the dance lessons beautifully. Thank you for sharing, you are doing an amazing dance lessons for us. I am glad I signed the yearly membership. Keep up the Passion 4 Dancing, I am delighted that you are my teachers.
Thanks so much Leon – this is really great getting tips like these online straight away. Wow. You are so right : The timing is important because exactly as you say: dancing is expressing yourself to music. I am so glad I found your website. You speak my language … DANCING 🙂 . The Cha Cha used to frustrate me but the way Kim keeps it simple and clear, I think I’ve found what I’ve been doing wrong and it feels completely different now that I’ve copied her technique. I’ve heard it many times at lessons but somehow the way you show it on video makes it clear – thank you!
To anyone who might hesitate to learn how to dance …. just do it and keep at it. Once it ‘clicks’ you will feel like a zillion dollars. With these online lessons of Leon’s you don’t have to fake it till you make it – you can do it right, right from the word go. Hope to be a member soon!
Thanks, but i will internationel dance, not american style.
Thankyou so much for the tips. This is awesome, I am 60 years young and dancing is my passion ever since I was a little girl. I did take some lessons at one time but only for social gatherings. I appreciate the lessons u send and hope to be a pro soon. Kind regards.
Concerning the waltz.
Can you suggest any modern pop or rock songs which are suitable for waltzing to?
Not Viennese please
Was really looking forward to my 5 free lessons. Unfortunately could not play them on my computer, no matter how much I try. I was very disappointed. 🙁
Brunhilde Massa, I just sent you an email regarding this. Please discuss any technical details directly via email. It is most likely something with your browser. Try chrome or firefox.
Your videos are great and my (second) wife and I think they so easy to follow and we are learning from them. I learnt to dance a long long time ago and I have shown my wife the steps I remember but the two dances we can not get together are the Rumba and Foxtrot. We go dancing twice a month when we can we are in good health I am 80yr my wife 76yr so with your help now we should crack it.
I have a passion for dancing I am a great Linedancer but now have an instreast in this kind of dancing and I do inten to join but I want to proses what you have sent me first one question do you know of the dance call the three step
Thanks for your free lessons . Very easy to understand , clear and complete . I am interested only in salsa dancing , the social type . Can I buy only salsa lessons at a lower price .? I just retired and live an a reduced pension and I discovered salsa approx. 5mo ago . Sorry you are not in Calofornia . I have big problems with turns and looking on the computer ,I found that every instructor has a different way of doing it . How do I know which is simpler to do for an older person with not too good equilibrium and speed . I have problems spoting , too. Please help! Thank you . Rodica
Hi Rodica,
If you are only interested in Salsa you can subscribe for our monthly plan that gives you access to all our lessons including Salsa and you can cancel at anytime. Here are the plans: https://www.passion4dancing.com/membership-info/
Great teaching skills , I love your style and easy steps
I’m learning in Thailand so it’s useful to have your English explanations to supplement those of my Thai instructor, who speaks no English.
Thanks.. your free lessons are very clear and amazing but .before I sign up for the membership i just want to make sure that i master the beginners steps first. .Do you have DVD videos that i can buy. . then i can practise in front of the TV.
Originally, Sharon, I thought the same. Get the basic steps right first then join up. But I changed my mind and became a full member straight away.
There are some good technique videos that are only available to members on the yearly plan. One on posture, one on changing weight from foot to foot. And the Cuban Motion videos were particularly helpful in the Cha Cha. All useful for getting the steps looking correct.
What I did not want to do is just learn the steps and then have to “unlearn” any bad habits I had on foot and body movement.
I practice 1 hour a day in front of the TV with the P4D videos and at group classes twice a week
Thanks Matt, glad you find value in our videos!
While we do not offer DVDs at the moment, all our videos are view-able online and we also offer a download add-on (one time payment for yearly members) for our videos which you can get and burn them on a dvd for example to watch on tv.
Another option is just get an HDMI cable to hook up your computer to TV and you can watch our lessons on tv this way without any dvds.
Hi Leon, The year starts the date you join and goes to the same date for the following year. Correct?
I was replying to Sharon, Leon. I am quite happy not having dvds
My point was the importance of watching MORE THAN the free videos
Hi Leon,
I’m glad I found your website. I can dance and I’m good at it. Sometimes , turning is still a challenge for me.Watching your your videos enhances my ability and moves. Thanks.
Hi Leon
im glad to found your website , your free lesson are very well ! clear and easy to understand！ it very help to learn danceing … thanks ! I’m not so good at English , speak not very well …
One of the best teaching techniques, even a person who does not know to dance will definitely learn
great lessons ! I wish to have those lessons on my discs in order to practice more and more
woweeee! I love this……
I am currently going for lessons in Ballroom/Latin and feel that your hints and tips and styling could only enhance my dancing!
warm regards
Christine
What is the timing for the waltz?
Timing for waltz is 1,2,3, all equal beats.
Thank you, that was helpful, especially visualizing what you are going to do before you get on the dance floor
Thank you Leon. I am currently isolated because of the
COVID -19. I have been checking put your free lessons and am very impressed! I will be out of isolation at the end of the month and will be enrolling in your full program. Thank you again forth is chance to really learn to dance.
Hi Leon-I attended some of your group sessions before Covid. Are you offering them again?
Love your video on beginner Salsa.
We go to ‘Live’ Band dances,
What songs should I ask them to learn/play that are good to dance Salsa and or Cha Cha. ?
Some times there is a DJ, so we can ask him to play certain songs that are good for dancing also. Easy for him, to just enter
the name of the song in the computer !
Thanks
What is the timing for East Coast Swing?