Hello,
Anyone has the technical manual which can be bought from the ballroomdancers bookstore??

https://www.ballroomdancers.com/Shopping/books.asp

I want to know what is in the book, the description says:

"Technical manual with descriptions of step patterns in the International Standard style of ballroom dancing. Includes Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot and Quickstep in the Associate through Fellowship levels. "

So does it describe each pattern in details? how is the description like? do they have lots of dance notations?

thanks for whoever answer my question

Kev--

I know you didn't ask for this but...if you are a pre-bronze student I would strongly suggest you work from a video. The books are still an excellent tool, and are likely to benefit you immensely (especially if you are an analytical thinker). However, the notation of dance manuals does take some "getting used to".

Maybe purchase a book and a corresponding video so that you can get your feet wet that way.

Congrats on your willingness to practice alone...a prereq for any competent leading skills

Best wishes!

These book(s) are the technical descriptions for the ISTD syllabus (International style). They are very technical descriptions of the syllabus figures and are intended to be used as a reference by dance teachers. I don't think they were intended to be used as learn-to-dance manuals. However, if you understand the technical terminology (i.e. cbm = contra-body motion) used they can be very useful.

Blair