Dance

Learn how to dance a basic waltz. Follow these easy to follow dance tips to enjoy one of the most famous and popular ballroom dances.

The Bachata is a dance originating in the Dominican Republic. Bachata music, played in brothels and bars, was considered low class. It was banned from the radio before 10 p.m. In the 1960s,...

Learn easy sexy dance moves to release your inhibitions, build confidence, strengthen your femininity with the body god gave you, improve your self esteem, build empowerment, burn calories, work...

Mambo is a Latin partner dance that is very similar to the Salsa in structure, but differs mainly in its musicality. Mambo was born in Cuba in the 1940s, and then brought to Mexico and New York...

Hip hop dancing is fun. The best way to learn is to start with the basic steps. Once you master those, you can add more complicated steps. Before you know it, you'll be impressing your friends and...

The Booty Call is a line dance performed to a song with the same name. A number of different artists have recorded this rap/funk remix. The dance resembles the Electric Slide, another well-known...

Line dances are a combination of dance steps that are performed in a line, with all dancers facing the same direction and moving the same way at the same time. Though the term "line dance" is...

The polka is a fast, festive dance that can be learned with great ease. This lively folk dance takes a lot of energy. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the polka is of Bohemian origin. It was...

The song "Low" by Flo Rida is a popular hip hop song that has many complicated beats and rhythms. To dance to this particular song you need to employ a casual attitude and style. Many professional...

The difficulty in teaching dance steps is usually determined by the natural talent and/or experience of the student. However, there are a few things that you can do to make the teaching process a...

Counting the Senegalese dance moves out loud will ensure that the movement follows the sabar drum beat. Learn to count rhythm while dancing to the Senegalese sabar with tips from a performer of...

For the Charleston dance, four-count U-move starts with a rock-step. Do the four-count U-move for the Charleston with tips from two dance instructors in this free video on dancing.

The twelve count is an important dance step to keep rhythm to flamenco music. Learn how to do twelve step counts in this free dance lesson video from an award-winning flamenco dancer.

In flamenco dancing the 12 count steps are very popular and require specific clapping rhythms. Learn more about 12 count step claps in flamenco dancing with tips from a dance instructor and...

Clapping rhythms for four count flamenco dance steps can be used on dances like the tango and rumba. Learn more about four count step claps in flamenco dancing with tips from a dance instructor...

A shuffle is a forward and then backward brush of the ball of the foot against the floor. However, a shuffle can be done as a quick treble, which it is in the treble hop (which also includes a...

After being introduced to the public by Harry Fox in 1913 (although the story varies), the four-count fox-trot quickly became one of the most popular dance crazes of the 20th century, sweeping the...

Cha Cha is a cheerful and dynamic dance, categorized in the Latin group of ballroom dances. It is danced with a vibrant body action with sexy hips and quick turns and stops. It is a lot of fun to...

Begin by watching the pros in action. The TV show "Dancing with the Stars" is a great primer on the steps and turns that are fundamental to almost any dance form. Films such as "Dirty Dancing,"...

When you hear a frap executed, it sounds as though a flap has been done, but it has not. A flap occurs when the dancer brushes the ball of the foot to the front and then steps down on it. There...

The dancer can travel to the back as she executes the shuffle heel step heel combination. This is close footwork, where the dancer is required to quickly make several different taps, sometimes on...

Tango is a sensual, dynamic ballroom dance that originated in Argentina. However, the Tango danced in ballrooms in America and other places around the world is an entirely different dance than...

Waltz is the oldest of the modern ballroom dances, as well as the most popular. Many brides dream of dancing Waltz at their wedding, and it is the first, and sometimes only, ballroom dance many...

The Squiggly Wiggly is one of those bizarrely named tap-dancing combinations; considering just what the step entails, however, it's aptly named. It is indeed a bit wiggly--or perhaps squiggly, in...

This tap dancing break is named for dancer Bill Bartlett. It is a complex and lengthy combination, and involves a lot of close footwork---a six-tap riff, for example, as well as heel drops, heel...

A forward pull-back: Isn't that an oxymoron? How can a dancer pull back and move forward? The name is a bit misleading. The dancer is brushing to the front and not to the back. She isn't required...

The shuffle is the basis for many tap-dancing combinations. In this step, the shuffle precedes a heel drop and a toe tap to the back. If you choose to add two more steps--a step and another heel...

A running cramproll is also a double cramproll done in quick succession as the dancer moves to one side or the other. A cramproll can be preceded by steps, flaps or shuffles. Some camprolls are...

This is yet another variation of the time step, which has so many configurations that it might take a dancer a lifetime to learn them all. This combination includes a toe jab, or toe tip, to the...

Some tap combinations approximate other sounds. In the case of the leap riff heel, when done rapidly, it sounds like the hooves of horses pounding against the ground. When doing a tap combination...

A time step in tap dancing can be a buck (starts with a stomp) or a traditional version (starts with a shuffle). It can be a single, double or triple. The time step can travel or stay in place,...

A wing in tap dancing is considered a flying step, because the movements of the dancer's arms approximate the flapping of a bird's wings, and because both feet come off the floor. Dancers...

In this time-step variation, the dancer does a "fake" wing; it looks and sounds like a wing, but she is not doing it on her supporting foot, so it's not the real McCoy. However, whether real or...

This variation of the traveling time step is an old version. In the newer version(s) stamps aren't generally incorporated into the time step. A stamp does bear weight unlike a stomp, which...

When a dance step is described as off the beat or offbeat, it means the dancer accents the "and" or the "a" count,s rather than the primary counts ("1," "2" and "3." For a full explanation of...

The traveling half break time step is also considered the triple standard break. A break occurs when there is an interruption in the rhythm of the music. Generally, when a dancer does a traveling...

The basic Irish step in tap dancing involves a shuffle, a hop and then a step. The Irish can be a front or a back Irish, depending on where the dancer steps--to the front or to the back-and the...

Clog dancing is considered country tap dancing or a form of dance originating in mountainous areas. The dancers wore wooden-soled shoes without taps. The clog dance is also associated with...

There are a variety of time-step variations in tap dancing. The time step generally occurs at the beginning of a routine and sets the tempo for it. This particular time step is considered a triple...

When a dance step is syncopated that means that the regular metrical accent has been changed. The dancer will accent the weak or upbeat note. In the combined syncopated step, the dancer...

Standardized time steps all begin with the count of "8" and are capable of being singled, doubled or tripled. A fourth sound/tap has been added to this time step turning it into a quadruple....

Just when you think you've mastered most of the time steps that have been tossed at you, along comes a double triple pull-back time step. In this combination, note that when you spring up and...

In this combination, the dancer does a forward riff followed by a backward riff. All of the steps are done on one foot. Once the dancer becomes accomplished at doing the forward/backward riff and...

This dance combination is considered a double because the dancer does shuffles (but doesn't step down, which would create a third tap and turn the combination into a triple), as well as flaps...

When a dance step is designated as a "military" something or other the dancer knows that the sound of the dance combination is going to have a drum-like effect, which is very much the case with...

The essence is the integral step in the soft shoe. The soft shoe, when first introduced, was done while the dancers wore soft-soled shoes and the dance was executed on a sandy surface, which...

Entertainers in days of yore, and perhaps still in contemporary times, often finished their routines--whether it was a dance or a comedy sketch--with the tune, and accompanying dance steps, "Shave...

Ironically, this dance step is called the "stamp" time step whereas the dancer is actually doing a stomp. Go figure! This time step combination is considered a "double" because the dancer is doing...

A time step can be a single, double or triple, depending on how many sounds are made. If the dancer does a step, she makes one sound/tap; that equals a single. If she does a flap step (brush...

The Lancashire clog originated in Lancashire, England, where the clog-wearing factory workers would dance on the cobblestone streets--not only to entertain themselves, but to keep themselves warm...