Fixed Partner Group Class

CHA-CHA – Cha-Cha was developed in Cuba in the early ’50s as a response to a new, slower style of mambo music, which included a syncopated beat, Dancers used a triple hip movement on the slow, syncopated beat, and this later developed into the triple step. Cha-Cha is still the most popular Latin dance in America, […]

HUSTLE – Hustle was developed in the early ’70s and grew to popularity with the rise of disco music. In Hustle, the man looks “cool” while the woman does lots of flashy turns and complex patterns with intricate arm movements lead by the man. Ballroom in Motion teaches street hustle and syncopated street hustle which originated […]

SWING – Swing was created in the Savoy Ballroom around 1927 by dancers dancing to early jazz music, which used a softer, more relaxed syncopated beat called “swing”. Within the next ten years, swing migrated from New York all across the nation. Since its beginnings, there has been a version of swing dancing in every generation. […]

WALTZ – Born in Vienna, this dance was originally considered shockingly immoral because of the closed dance position, as well as the rapid movements. The waltz music of Strauss and Lanner was so popular that by the end of the 1800’s, dances were made up of about three-quarter waltz and one-quarter for all the other dances […]

SWING – Swing was created in the Savoy Ballroom around 1927 by dancers dancing to early jazz music, which used a softer, more relaxed syncopated beat called “swing”. Within the next ten years, swing migrated from New York all across the nation. Since its beginnings, there has been a version of swing dancing in every generation. […]

WALTZ – Born in Vienna, this dance was originally considered shockingly immoral because of the closed dance position, as well as the rapid movements. The waltz music of Strauss and Lanner was so popular that by the end of the 1800’s, dances were made up of about three-quarter waltz and one-quarter for all the other dances […]

SWING – Swing was created in the Savoy Ballroom around 1927 by dancers dancing to early jazz music, which used a softer, more relaxed syncopated beat called “swing”. Within the next ten years, swing migrated from New York all across the nation. Since its beginnings, there has been a version of swing dancing in every generation. […]

WALTZ – Born in Vienna, this dance was originally considered shockingly immoral because of the closed dance position, as well as the rapid movements. The waltz music of Strauss and Lanner was so popular that by the end of the 1800’s, dances were made up of about three-quarter waltz and one-quarter for all the other dances […]

SWING – Swing was created in the Savoy Ballroom around 1927 by dancers dancing to early jazz music, which used a softer, more relaxed syncopated beat called “swing”. Within the next ten years, swing migrated from New York all across the nation. Since its beginnings, there has been a version of swing dancing in every generation. […]

WALTZ – Born in Vienna, this dance was originally considered shockingly immoral because of the closed dance position, as well as the rapid movements. The waltz music of Strauss and Lanner was so popular that by the end of the 1800’s, dances were made up of about three-quarter waltz and one-quarter for all the other dances […]

TANGO – The style of tango started in the lower-class sections of Buenos Aires, with girls in full skirts and men in gaucho costumes with high boots and spurs dancing “Baile Con Corte”, the dance with a stop. The tango came to both Europe and America around 1910 and was one of the only dances to […]

SALSA – Salsa is similar to Mambo in that both have a pattern of six steps danced over eight counts of music. The dances share many of the same moves. In Salsa, turns have become an important feature. The overall look and feel are quite different from those of Mambo which moves generally forward and backward, […]