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How To Ballroom Dance For Beginners
Learn how to Ballroom dance with our step by step Latin and Ballroom dance lessons online.
Our videos will break everything to make sure you know your steps, timing and technique.
Below you will find free Basic Ballroom dance steps for beginners for Cha Cha, Rumba, Salsa, Swing, Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz and Merengue. In each mini course you will learn the most essential basic steps with HD videos.
How to Ballroom dance for beginners - Free Video Courses:
How to dance with a partner 101 - Social dance steps
Get introduced to social dance steps in this free mini course. Learn how to social dance with 3 Ballroom dances: Rumba basic, Swing basic and Waltz basic. These dances are perfect for partner dancing at weddings and parties. Perfect for beginners looking to get started.
Waltz dance steps for beginners
The slow Waltz is one of the most classical Ballroom dances - dating back to 16th century when they used to hold "Balls". The Waltz's main characteristic is the rise and fall used through out all the steps. Our videos will teach you the most basic Waltz steps with ease.
Cha Cha dance steps for beginners
This cheeky dance is perfect for anyone starting out. This Ballroom dance has a lot of quick and sharp foot and leg movements. It is characterized by a triple step which is danced on the "Cha Cha 1" counts. In this video course you will learn 3 beginner dance steps that you will be able to use right away.
Swing dance steps for beginners (East coast Swing)
The East coast Swing combines rocks steps and triple steps to create a very fun and energetic dance. This dance is influenced by rock n roll and Lindy hop styles - which give it tons of variations including kicks, flicks and turns. Have some fun with the swing now!
Rumba dance steps for beginners
The Rumba combines lots of body, hip and arm movements to make this Cuban dance very expressive. In this mini course you will learn the basic steps, box step and slow underarm turn.
This dance requires lots of control because of its rhythm - Slow, Quick, Quick. Learn the basic steps with our videos in this beginner course.
Salsa dance steps for beginners
This popular Latin dance is perfect for those of you who like to fast rhythms and lots of turns and spins. This dance is a great for social dancing with its emphasize on lead and follow - where the man initiates movements and the lady follows. After our mini course you'll be able to use what you learned in Latin clubs.
Foxtrot dance steps for beginners
One of the first Ballroom dances that people usually learn is the Foxtrot. It is a very elegant dance that travels around the room. Both men and women push off the standing leg in order to move from foot to foot. This dance is one of the best for pure lead and follow.
Tango dance lessons online for beginners
This Ballroom dance is great for passionate dancers who like to express the Tango music.
This is a traveling Ballroom dance that combines a lot of shapes and rotational movements. In our mini course you will learn 3 beginner moves to get you started. Enjoy.
Merengue dance steps for beginners
Here is a Latin dance that is considered to be the easiest of all! The saying goes: "If you can walk, you can Merengue". The basic steps all consist of small weight changes that could be danced on the spot, or across the floor. There are lots of intricate turns and arm twists too.
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How To Ballroom Dance For Beginners (Videos)
Ballroom dancing is one of the classiest types of formal dancing and it includes 20+ different dances.
In this guide you’ll learn how to Ballroom dance for beginners with 3 videos (below).
But first a quick intro…
There are the traditional Ballroom dances which include: Waltz, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Tango, Quickstep and more.
And then there are what are considered Latin-Ballroom dances which include: Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Bolero, Mambo, Salsa, Jive, Samba and more.
I’m a Beginner, Which dances should I start with?
Our recommendation is to learn the basic steps of these 3 dances: The Slow Waltz, Rumba and Cha Cha.
These 3 dances are great because they fit most of the popular music. Read more about the best social dances to learn here.
But wait, before you start learning the Ballroom basic steps below, you need to know how to take hold with your partner.
First, Learn The Ballroom Dance Hold
In this video we explain how to achieve what is referred to as “The Closed Hold” in Ballroom dancing:
The main points are:
● Leader’s left hand connects to Follower’s right hand, and held at Follower’s eye level.
● Leader’s right hand is placed just underneath the lady’s left shoulder blade area.
● Followers place their left arm on the man’s shoulder area, and press down slightly to connect with the leader’s right arm.
● When doing a strictly Ballroom dance you will have less space between you – and more space during the Latin-Ballroom dances.
● Keep your core engaged at all times for better balance and to feel your partner’s weight.
Next, Ballroom Dance Steps (Learn The Basics)
1st of 3: Learn The Slow Waltz Basics
The slow Waltz is beautiful dance with emphasize on smooth gliding across the floor with rise and fall technique (going up and down). The main characteristic of this dance is the iconic timing of 1,2,3.
Learn the basic step below.
The Waltz basic steps (The Box Step):
Breakdown of Waltz steps:
Men’s steps:
Forward with Left Foot
Side with Right Foot
Close Left Foot to Right Foot (And Switch Weight)
Back with Right Foot
Side with Left Foot
Close Right Foot to Left Foot (And Switch Weight)
Lady’s steps:
Back with Right Foot
Side with Left Foot
Close Right Foot to Left Foot (And Switch Weight)
Forward with Left Foot
Side with Right Foot
Close Left Foot to Right Foot (And Switch Weight)
Related: More on How Waltz dance here.
2nd of 3: Learn The Rumba Basic Steps
The American Style Rumba is one of the most social friendly Ballroom dances. The basic step is a also a box step (Just like the Waltz) but the difference here is that there is no up and down motion, instead dancers use what is called Cuban Motion technique – where the dancers bend and straighten their knees on every step – producing a hip action.
Rumba Basic Steps (The Box Step):
Breakdown of Rumba steps:
Men’s steps:
Forward with Left Foot
Side with Right Foot
Close Left Foot to Right Foot (And Switch Weight)
Back with Right Foot
Side with Left Foot
Close Right Foot to Left Foot (And Switch Weight)
Lady’s steps:
Back with Right Foot
Side with Left Foot
Close Right Foot to Left Foot (And Switch Weight)
Forward with Left Foot
Side with Right Foot
Close Left Foot to Right Foot (And Switch Weight)
Related: More on Rumba dance steps here.
3rd of 3: Learn The Cha Cha Basic Steps
The Cha Cha dance is a very lively and fast dance. It’s a dance that has lots of quick footwork and hip actions – with emphasize on the rhythm.
The main characteristic of this dance is the triple step chasses which are present through out the entire dance.
Cha Cha Basic Steps (The Side Basic Step):
Breakdown of Cha Cha steps:
Men’s steps:
Side with Left Foot
Back with Right Foot
Replace weight Forward on Left Foot
Side With Right Foot
Close Left Foot To Right Foot (Switch weight)
Side With Right Foot
Forward with Left Foot (Check action)
Replace weight Back on Right Foot
Side with Left Foot
Close Right Foot to Left Foot
Lady’s steps:
Side With Right Foot
Forward with Left Foot (Check action)
Replace weight Back on Right Foot
Side with Left Foot
Close Right Foot to Left Foot
Side with Left Foot
Back with Right Foot
Replace weight Forward on Left Foot
Side With Right Foot
Close Left Foot To Right Foot (Switch weight)
Related: More on Cha Cha dance here.
Other Dances To Learn
The following 5 dances are also great for anyone looking to expand on their Ballroom dancing learning (They are also taught in our membership). Click on them to learn them:
Learn East Coast Swing Moves
The East coast swing is a dance that originated from Lindy Hop and has lots of turn and spins. The leaders and followers both do rock steps and triple side steps through-out this dance, with bending and straightening the knees.
Learn Foxtrot basic steps
The Foxtrot is a great Ballroom dance to use to get around the rooms and at weddings and Ballroom dance parties. This is one of the easiest dances to learn because it involves 2 walks and side steps for both partners. It is a classy dance that fits may of the Frank Sinatra and Michael Bubble music.
Learn Bachata dance steps
The Bachata is a sensual Latin dance and is a perfect dance to do socially for couples. The basic steps involve side to side stepping, with the 4th and 8th steps done as taps (without change of weight).
This move is great to do at Latin dance clubs and parties.
Learn Salsa basic steps
Salsa is one of the hottest Latin dances right now and it fits many of the Reggaeton music played at clubs and parties. The Salsa basic steps consist of fwd and back rock steps and aside from that many of the moves include: spins, underarm turns, hip actions and dips.
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Video lessons in ballroom dancing
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Ballroom dancing, as a kind of sports art, fortunately develops quite quickly. This, in a completely natural way, creates the need for a large number of highly qualified trainers. The professional skills of the dancers have also improved. The requirements for dancers, necessary in order to achieve the highest possible results, are significantly lowered along the age scale.
The fact that only professionals danced a dozen years ago is now being performed by ball dancers at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Time has advanced the art of ballroom dancing so technologically that today video lessons of sports ballroom dancing have become one of the teaching methods. Such lessons allow you to constantly improve, improve your professional level, learn new directions, methods of preparing and conducting training. And the fact that looking through them is very easy to analyze what you see and your mistakes, it greatly simplifies the task for the dancers. Moreover, webinars on ballroom dancing are already being held.
Among those to whom such video lessons can really provide significant assistance, two groups can be distinguished.
The first group consists of both coaches and dancers who have reached a high level. They have enough professional knowledge and skills to understand and adopt all the subtleties shown in the video lesson. For a trainer, such video materials are also useful as carriers of new dance trends, some finds in terms of the technique of modern successful dancers and experienced masters of their craft.
You can also try to analyze what you see with your students, thereby teaching them to independently find their mistakes and strive for the perfection they see.
The second group is those people who are simply interested in ballroom dancing. They saw the performance of the dancers, it fascinated them, and they certainly wanted to learn. Well, you can try your hand and start learning with video lessons. Over time, some of these people will decide that they really need it and will come to the ballroom dancing school to real trainers. The second group also includes those who independently put on a dance for matinees and other events in schools, kindergartens, and the like.
Of course, the representatives of this group will not care about Donnie Burns' breathing technique or aspects of the body work of other famous dancers, but such lessons are excellent tutorials that open up a lot of new things even at an amateur level.
Those who are in the middle, between these two categories, clearly understand that it is impossible to learn ballroom dancing and reach certain heights without a live coach from just one video.
