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What Dance Is This?

Posted by rebunting

6/28/2007 7:29:00 AM

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if someone could help me identify what dance the couple in this video is doing - I'm guessing it's a waltz, but don't know very much about ballroom dancing.

The video can be found on YouTube, here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=oRTZcRals9E. The dance in question starts about 1 minute into the clip.

The song they are dancing to is called "Save the Last Dance."

Thanks!
Rachel

Re: What Dance Is This?

Posted by dance_dance

6/28/2007 7:56:00 AM

That song is a rumba. It looks like they're trying to waltz to it. Waltz and rumba are both based on the box step.

Re: What Dance Is This?

Posted by rebunting

6/28/2007 8:12:00 AM

thank you!

Re: What Dance Is This?

Posted by phil.samways

6/28/2007 9:01:00 AM

I would say the music itself is more suited to a cha-cha. The steps seem to be a mish-mash. Some waltz box steps

Re: What Dance Is This?

Posted by Guest

6/28/2007 8:22:00 AM

The key word here is "trying."

Re: What Dance Is This?

Posted by CliveHarrison

6/28/2007 9:14:00 AM

That is really funny!

The music sounds more like Rumba than anything, but at around 138 bpm, doesn't really lend itself to any standard dance style.

Re: What Dance Is This?

Posted by SmoothGeezer

6/28/2007 6:32:00 PM

It's a typical Drifter's song. Almost everything they did sounded a little like rumba. They did have one good rumba, Under The Boardwalk, but Save The Last Dance For Me is really too fast. However, I guess it fits the dance since the dance was just a bunch of misc steps, kinda like real dance steps but with no particular style.

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