We've learned a lot and have been able to use it all over, at clubs, at parties, and in competitions. It's kind of fun having your friends ask to see you dance. I took ballet and tap as a child and have never really ever stopped dancing, although I stopped anything close to a formal style.
We've been learning a bunch of different dances:
Swing - a slower version of Lindy which is ultra-popular in the Washington DC metro area
West Coast Swing - a slower more sultry swing style, lots of fun and great for some of the techno/alternative songs out these days.
Waltz - 1-2-3 1-2-3 pretty much what you would expect, but there is so much to learn stylistically. The steps can be pretty hard too.
Viennese Waltz - waltz on speed - very fast, very tricky
Fox Trot - lots of fun to get up and dance to the oldies by Frank Sinatra, great for the lounge lizard
Rumba - Latin, slow, pretty
Samba - Latin waltz, or more appropriately latin Viennese waltz, super fast, super fun
Mambo - Latin, faster, fun to do, just watch West Side Story
Tango - Arnold does it you can to. Latin, slow sleezy, lots of fun
Cha Cha - Oh yeah! from Ferris Bueller's Day Off is the best cha cha known to man - fast, latin, flirty
Bolero - slow, sexy, like rumba only more so
Quick Step - like Fox trot on speed, very fun, very fast
I have some pictures to show:
Me and my instructor JR Duncan
Me and my instructor JR Duncan 31 Mar 2000
Me and my instructor Sean Climber 31 Mar 2000
Scott and Autumn Baldwin 31 Mar 2000
Scott and Susan Cox 31 Mar 2000
