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Enrich your life through dance by calling on eHow’s variety of dance experts. Want to inject a little romance and fun into a relationship? Learning to salsa or rumba can certainly spice things up. Is your little girl taking up ballet? eHow can teach you how to fit her pointe shoes. From tap dance to swing dance, the waltz to the mambo, eHow’s experienced dance instructors can provide the moves to make you lord of the dance floor.

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How to Do the Pool Palace Dance

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Pool Palace Dance started in Atlanta as a dance performed to the song "Do It" by Atlanta hip-hop artist B.H.I. The Pool Palace Dance is not complicated and you can have a lot of fun adding your own personal touch. Get the tunes cued up and start ... more »

How to Do the Slip Down in Break Dancing

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Break dancing is well known in the hip-hop world as one of the most extreme dance methods of its time. The isolations and body movements involved in break dancing were like none other seen before. The slip down is a classic break dancing move... more »

How to Do the YMCA Dance

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If you're ever at a party, wedding reception, or other social gathering and the Village People's "YMCA" starts playing, you can be guaranteed people will be doing the dance and forming the letters with their bodies. If you want to join in the ... more »

How to Download Music for Breakdancing

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Music plays a very important role in breakdancing, as it sets the tone and speed for all of the moves you make. The easiest way to find the music fitting your style is to download music from the Internet... more »

How to Follow Ballroom Dance Etiquette

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Before attending a social ballroom dancing function, there are a few rules of etiquette that you should follow. Remembering to follow these rules will enable you to have a great time and also allows your dance partner to enjoy themselves. ... more »

How to Gain Body Control in Dancing

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Body control is an element every serious dancer should master. Once you attain body control, you can add moves and broaden your choreographic choices. Even if you just want to dazzle your friends on the dance floor of a local club, enhanced body ... more »

How to get over stage fright

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Many people get stage fright, from students giving out a presentation on Schubert to professional actors. There are many ways of dealing with stage fright and this is just a few ways below... more »

How to Jazz Walk

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Jazz is more than a music style. It also incorporates dance, dress and cultural aspects. Dances like the jazz walk are instantly recognizable as symbols of jazz. It is a low gravity type of movement, very smooth and floaty. It can be seen on its ... more »

How to Lace Ballet Shoes

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The transition from flat ballet slippers to pointe or "toe" shoes is an enviable rite of passage for dancers. It generally signifies that a dancer has trained her body to the point where she is now capable of taking on the most advanced ballet ... more »

How to Learn From Square Dance Videos

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Square dancing is a fun activity that anyone can learn. You can join classes and clubs to learn square dancing moves, but if you feel more comfortable learning at home, invest in instructional square dance videos that will teach you all you need ... more »

How to Learn Hip-Hop Dance Moves

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They're hip, funky, fun to do and a great way to exercise. Hip-hop dance moves aren't hard to master if you take your time and feel the music. If you enjoy hip-hop music, it's hard not to move. Here's how to learn the latest hip-hop dance moves... more »

How to Learn Rumba Dancing Moves

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The Rumba is a slow, sensual and romantic partner dance. Several of the moves are influenced by its Cuban and Spanish roots, which spice up the routine. In particular, incorporating an underarm turn and a Cuban walk creates a steamy, sexual ... more »

How to Learn Square Dance Steps

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Square dancing has a very long heritage in the United States. It started as a very simple art form that required group interaction. The reason for this is that unlike other dance styles that have a set group of movements, in square dancing there ... more »

How to Learn to Belly Dance

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The Western movement art known world-wide as belly dancing has actually existed for thousands of years. The dance has evolved greatly from an Islamic form of entertainment tradition to a highly enjoyable dance celebrations as well as a unique way ... more »

How to Learn West Coast Swing

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Swing dancing is an exciting and fun form of dance that rose to popularity in America in the 1920s and 1930s. Swing dance is still widely performed today socially and on a competitive level. West Coast swing, an elastic-looking fun dance, is ... more »

How to Limbo Dance

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The limbo is a dance that has been popular in the United States for several decades. Limbo dancing is relatively simple, and involves a dancer attempting to bend low enough to stay below a bar held by two people. The technique for a successful ... more »

How to Make a Ballet Tutu

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The ballet is deeply rooted in tradition. The costume most of us associate with ballet--the tutu--is a fairly recent invention, dating to the 19th century. You don't need to travel any farther than your local fabric store to find the supplies to ... more »

How to Ollie on a skateboard

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step 1) get your feet in the normal position step 2) slide your foot up the board, an then push down on it step 3) land it.. more »

How to Perform Fouette in Ballet

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It'll take years of ballet training before you're ready to perform a fouette, but mastering this move will pay off. Performing a series of fouettes almost always causes the audience to erupt into applause. It's the one ballet move that is ... more »

How to Perform the Body Wave Hip Hop Dance Move

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When you think of hip hop dancing, you most probably will think of the wave. The body wave is a classic move done by all hip hop dancers. Get a work out, have fun and learn how to body wave... more »

How to Practice Belly Dancing

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The belly dance has surged into popular culture through the music of Shakira and the need for more creative exercise routines. Belly dancing involves the quick movement of the hips and abdominal area to match the accompanying music. Your ... more »

How to Sew Ribbons on Pointe Shoes

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When you purchase ballet shoes they often are not equipped with the ribbons that tie up the ankle and leg of the dancer. The ribbon that forms these ties are generally attached after the purchase by the wearer because they are custom fit to the ... more »

How to Treat your teachers

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Teachers are the second parents of all the children or students who goes to school to learn something. Treating your teachers nice and with self-discipline will help you learn the lessons easy and useful to your life. Kids who does not honor ... more »

How to Choreograph a Salza

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The salza or salsa is a seductive and enticing dance. Originating in Puerto Rico and Cuba, this dance has very strong roots. Learning to dance the salsa can be fun and sometimes difficult. Feeling the rhythm of the beat is important because salsa ... more »

How to Clog Dance

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Clogging is a form of American Square Dancing that often is performed in the western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee region of the Smoky Mountains. Clog dancing dates back hundreds of years to when settlers from Holland, German, Scotland, ... more »

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