Hello,

Do you know about plans to update the Syllabus of international dances in this site?

I means when videos regarding advanced steps will be available?

Thanks.

I'm doing it constantly. I just added beginning bronze Rumba, Paso and Jive over the last 3 weeks. Over the next two weeks I will also be adding beginning bronze Cha Cha and Samba.

Cha Cha and Samba are my last two beginning bronze level dances... Once I've completed those, I will have completed ALL of the beginning bronze syllabus, and I can finally move on to intermediate bronze. And likewise, once ALL intermediate dances have been completed, then I will move on to full bronze.

However, realize that I'm not just doing the 5 Int'l Latin dances. I have 21 dances in all (9 American style, 10 Int'l style, and 2 social). So the entire bronze syllabus will take me quite a long time to complete. I'll be adding one dance/level per style, so about every 4th or 5th dance will be Int'l Latin. For example, here's a tentative schedule (subject to change):

1. Int'l Waltz
2. American Cha Cha
3. Int'l Samba <<===============
4. American Tango
5. Salsa
6. Int'l Quickstep
7. American EC Swing
8. Int'l Rumba <<================
9. American Foxtrot
10. Lindy Hop
11. Int'l Tango
12. American Bolero
13. Int'l Paso Doble <<==============
14. American Viennese
....etc

As you can see from the example, each Int'l Latin dance will be spread out amongst dances of other styles. This, I think, provides the best balance until all dances have been uploaded.

Oh, and don't forget that the intermediate bronze & above levels will be for members only. So if you haven't yet created a user account, now would be a good time to do so.

Regards,
Jonathan Atkinson
www.ballroomdancers.com

Thats a very impressive list of dances. But do they learn the difference between a Reverse Turn in The Foxtrot and the Reverse Turn in the Foxtrot. By that I mean in the Waltz, commence to rise at the end of one.In the Foxtrot rise at the end of one. If we continue this further there is a vast difference to how step two is danced. This to me is learning the Basics correctly.I had a hard teacher and then met up with another who was equally so.

Here again you've asked a question relating to dancing or the teaching thereof, where in fact my answer is going to relate more to the technical aspects of building this website.

The matter of rise & fall, along with many other various dance techniques (sway, alignments, etc) will ultimately be addressed in the man's & lady's breakdown charts. At the moment this isn't the case because when I designed the format originally, I wasn't planning on going into that much detail. There were (and still are) 4 columns: Step #, count, general description of the step, and notes. The notes column will occasionally contain information regarding alignments, turn, rise & fall, etc, but only in specific circumstances. It will continue to stay this way until I overhaul the layout.

Once I do, I will present the information to the user in one of 2 levels of "difficulty" (based on preference settings): Simple and technical. The version you see now will be the "simple" model (default). "Technical" will contain all of the extra details one might want to know when studying for an exam, eg footwork, rise & fall, alignments, amount of turn, etc.

In addition to the charts, there are two other places where technique can be found: The overview page for a dance step, and the opverview page for an entire dance.

As far as rise & fall for Foxtrot and Waltz is concerned, I will probably take advantage of both of these locations to discuss it. The description of the overall difference between Waltz & Foxtrot rise & fall will be best suited for the dance overview page. The pecuiliararities of each step will then be discussed in either the step overview, or the technical charts.

And as I mentioned before, if you or anyone reading this would like to take a stab at helping us write some of these descriptions, we'd be more than happy to add them to the website.

Regards,
Jonathan Atkinson
www.ballroomdancers.com