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Balboa Swing Dance History
Swing Dances Explained
How to Lead the Basic Balboa Swing Dance
How to Do Basic Partner Balboa Swing Dance
How to Hold Your Partner in Balboa Swing Dance
How to Do the Mush Position in Balboa Swing Dance
How to Do a Break in Balboa Swing Dance
How to Do a Basic Charleston Swing Dance Step
How to Do a Kick in Charleston Swing Dance
How to Bounce in Charleston Swing Dance
How to Combine Steps in Charleston Swing Dance
How to Do a Rock Step in Charleston Swing Dance
Balboa Swing Dance Compared To Charleston Swing Dance
How to Do the Skip-Up in Charleston Swing Dance
How to Lead in the Skip-Up in Charleston Swing Dance
How to Bounce in Six Count Swing
How to Do Basic Steps in Six Count Swing
How to Do the V Shape in Six Count Swing
Balboa Charleston Swing Compared To Six Count Swing
Full Swing Dance Demonstration
Summary: Learn about swing dance basics in this free swing dance video.
Nathan Bugh is an expert in swing-era dances and methods. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma City University and a Master’s degree from the prestigious Juilliard School. He...read more
" On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nathan Bugh, and my talented student Shannon Sheroni. Were here at Dance Manhattan Studios in New York City, to teach you Balboa and other swing era dances. We are going to be looking at Balboa and other swing era dances. We are going to be looking at Balboa, Bal Swing Charleston and six-count swing. These are all swing era dances. They're related and they are all done to the same type of music and some share the same type of ancestor. The Charleston is the earliest and the Charleston gave birth to almost every American popular dance form. The swing era basically took place between 1920 and 1950, Charleston was a little earlier and predates big band swings. The other dances developed between the 30's and 40's when the big bands were swinging hard. The music told the dances what to do. Bands like Duke Ellington and Count Basie brought the steps down to the ground, instead of kicks we started stepping. We will look at all sorts of swing dances in this video presentation."
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thewoollymammot said
on 11/7/2008 This guy is no expert you guys should have hired Sylvia Sykes or someone who actualy knows whaty they are doing. I would go to AllBalboa or Balboa Nation or some other place to see reall balboa this dance just looks lame.