Sharing The Joy Of Dancing
Ballroom Dancing in the Quad-City Area (Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey-Humboldt)

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BALLROOM NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
NEWS ARTICLES 1997-2016 TECHNIQUES

		DECEMBER	2016	FULL BODY CONTACT DANCING!
		OCTOBER	2016	Change The Perception Of Who You Are
		SEPTEMBER	2016	Four-Legged Rules
		AUGUST	2016	What Is Standardized Ballroom Dancing?
		JULY	2016	Complete The Motion - Use The Handle Bar Stop
		JUNE	2016	Don't Listen To The Beat Of The Music?
		MAY	2016	The Psychology Of A Ballroom Dancer
		APRIL	2016	Missing The "In-Place Step"
		MARCH	2016	What Makes Good Ballroom Dance Musci?
		FEBRUARY	2016	Why Ballroom Dance Shoes?
		JANUARY	2016	"It's A Guy Thing"!!!
		DECEMBER	2015	Singularity - The "Two-Headed Four-Legged Animal"
		NOVEMBER	2015	The Secret To High Level Ballroom Dancing
		OCTOBER	2015	Who's The Boss?
		SEPTEMBER	2015	Syncopated Movements
		AUGUST	2015	Four-Legged Momentum
		JULY	2015	Ballroom Dancers: "Out Of Control"??
		JUNE	2015	What Is The Lure Of Ballroom Dancing?
		MAY	2015	Four Legged Balance
		APRIL	2015	The Power Of Words
		MARCH	2015	The Gentleman's Dilemma
		FEBRUARY	2015	The Ladies Dilemma
		JANUARY	2015	The "Singularity"
		DECEMBER	2014	The Progress Beyond Follow And Lead
		NOVEMBER	2014	Foxtrot Smooth
		OCTOBER	2014	Ballroom Dance Step Speed And Feeling
		SEPTEMBER	2014	Ballroom Isometrics
		AUGUST	2014	Ballroom Swivels
		JULY	2014	Full Body Dancing
		JUNE	2014	Tiger / Lamb or Tiger / Tiger ?
		MAY	2014	Ballrooom Dancing Is A Unique Sporting Activity
		APRIL	2014	Learning Dance Patterns
		MARCH	2014	The Physical Ballrooom Dance Relationship
		FEBRUARY	2014	New Dancer Odds And Ends
		JANUARY	2014	What Does A New Dancer Need to Know? - II
		DECEMBER	2013	What Does A New Dancer Need to Know?
		NOVEMBER	2013	Dance By Feeling Not By Mental Thought
		OCTOBER	2013	How To Move In Samba
		SEPTEMBER	2013	Step Movements Are Not The Same In Every Dance
		AUGUST	2013	Let Mother Nature Control Your Movements
		JULY	2013	Allow The Body To Be Alive And Free
		JUNE	2013	What Is A "Singularity:?
		MAY	2013	The Evolution To Singularity
		APRIL	2013	Above And Below The Yin-Yang Core
		MARCH	2013	Where Is Your Partner?
		FEBRUARY	2013	Partnership Is A "2", "3" And "4" Legged Animal!!!
		JANUARY	2013	Protecting Your Knees!!!
		DECEMBER	2012	CBM - The Key To Continuity Movement
		NOVEMBER	2012	How Low Can You Go?
		OCTOBER	2012	What Is The "Left Side Lead" All About?
		SEPTEMBER	2012	What Is The Difference Between Lessons And Training?
		AUGUST	2012	No Dead Bodies Dancing
		JULY	2012	Maintain Yoour Space In The Partners
		JUNE	2012	Add "S P E F" To Your Dancing
		MAY	2012	It's All In The Partnership
		APRIL	2012	Turn "Touch" Into "Feeling"
		MARCH	2012	Live In The Saddle
		FEBRAURY	2012	It's All In The Ankles
		JANUARY	2012	Use The Body's Natural Attributes
		DECEMBER	2011	Strive To Become A Ccomplete Ballroom Dancer
		NOVEMBER	2011	No Dead Men (Or Women) Dancing!!
		OCTOBER	2011	What Is American Style Foxtrot And Waltz?
		SEPTEMBER	2011	The Development Of A Ballroom Dancer
		AUGUST	2011	Why Do I Ballroom Dance?
		JULY	2011	What You "See" Is What You Get
		JUNE	2011	There Is Always A Reason - Ask For It
		MAY	2011	What Is The Theory Of Leading???
		APRIL	2011	How Do I Learn To Ballroom Dance???
		MARCH	2011	What Makes Ballroom Dances Feel Different?
		FEBRUARY	2011	Ballroom Partners Speed Relationship
		JANUARY	2011	Why Do All Of My Dances Look And Feel The Same?
		DECEMBER	2010	How Do I Dance With Unknown Partners?
		NOVEMBER	2010	The Ballroom Partners Physical Relationship
		OCTOBER	2010	The Ballroom Dancer's Head Position
		SEPTEMBER	2010	Ballroom Feelings
		AUGUST	2010	Rise And Fall In All Dances
		JULY	2010	Bodies/Legs And Steps?
		JUNE	2010	What Is A Trained Dancer?
		MAY	2010	It All Begins With The Frame
		APRIL	2010	The Concepts Of Ballroom Balance
		MARCH	2010	What Is Leading - Exactly?
		FEBRUARY	2010	Ballroom Connections - More Than One?
		JANUARY	2010	The Condundrum Of Trying To Lead
		DECEMBER	2009	"Allow" The Body To Move
		NOVEMBER	2009	Two-Legged & Four-Legged Rotation
		OCTOBER	2009	How Do I Chose Ballroom Music?
		SEPTEMBER	2009	Arm Styling
		AUGUST	2009	Why Learn The Technical Aspects Of Ballroom Dancing?
		JULY	2009	What Is The Difference Between Ballroom Two Step And Night Club Two Step?
		JUNE	2009	Stablizing The Partnership
		MAY	2009	What Determines The Speed Of A Dance?
		APRIL	2009	Under Arm Turns: The Same - But Different
		MARCH	2009	Creating The Characteristics Of A Dance
		FEBRUARY	2009	What Are Invisible Connections?
		JANUARY	2009	Men - What Does It Mean To Lead?
		DECEMBER	2008	Ladies - What Is "Following"?
		NOVEMBER	2008	Waltz - The Rise And Fall Of It
		OCTOBER	2008	How Does The Four-Legged Animal Move?
		SEPTEMBER	2008	The Art Of The Turn
		AUGUST	2008	The Why Of Ballroom Dancing
		JULY	2008	What Is Footwork All About?
		JUNE	2008	Body Rhythm
		MAY	2008	Dancers - Be Aware Of Your Focus
		APRIL	2008	Partners May Move At Different Speeds
		MARCH	2008	Four-Legged Feelings?
		FEBRUARY	2008	It's Not "Myspace", It's "Her Space"
		JANUARY	2008	"Allow" It
		DECEMBER	2007	Men Are Very Visual
		NOVEMBER	2007	Allow It Happen
		OCTOBER	2007	Leader And Follower Think Very Differently
		SEPTEMBER	2007	Ballroom Dancers Have Two Bodies?
		AUGUST	2007	What Is This Two-Headed Four-Legged Creature?
		JULY	2007	Four Legged Feelings
		JUNE	2007	Not All Steps Are The Same
		MAY	2007	Dancing Cha Cha To The Music
		APRIL	2007	Music And Ballroom Dance Movement
		MARCH	2007	Fundamentals Of Two-Headed Four-Legged Movement
		FEBRUARY	2007	Too Many Rules In Ballroom Dancing
		JANUARY	2007	Ballroom Dancing "Tells"
		DECEMBER	2006	The Instructor Said… I Heard… My Interpretation Is…
		NOVEMBER	2006	What Is The Learning Process For Ballroom Dancing?
		OCTOBER	2006	Why Do Instructors Teach What They Teach?
		SEPTEMBER	2006	No Connection, No Feeling, Just Patterns
		AUGUST	2006	What Is The Right Way??
		JULY	2006	Ladies: As Trained Dancers You Know . . .
		JUNE	2006	Gentlemen: As Trained Dancers You Know . . .
		MAY	2006	What Is Ballroom Dancing??
		APRIL	2006	The Evolution Of A Ballroom Dancer
		MARCH	2006	"You Be The Girl"
		FEBRUARY	2006	You Learn To Dance By Dancing! ! !
		JANUARY	2006	Understanding The Female Psyche
		DECEMBER	2005	What Dance Are They Doing?
		NOVEMBER	2005	Understanding The Male Psyche
		OCTOBER	2005	The Partnership Moves From The Supporting Leg
		SEPTEMBER	2005	Stop The Panic Of Cha Cha
		AUGUST	2005	The Lead Is Too Early! ! !
		JULY	2005	Be Light On Your Partner???
		JUNE	2005	American Style Tango Bent Knee Movement
		MAY	2005	Dance Frame Connections - 3, 2, 1, 0
		APRIL	2005	Elementary My Dear Dancer
		MARCH	2005	Lead And Follow Re-Defined
		FEBRUARY	2005	What Is Clean Footwork?
		JANUARY	2005	Ballroom Dancers Have No Arms
		DECEMBER	2004	The Ballroom Dancers "Frame" Of Mind
		OCTOBER	2004	Dancing Is What Happens Between The Steps
		SEPTEMBER	2004	Musical Notations For Ballroom Dances
		AUGUST	2004	How Do I Dance To The Music?
		JULY	2004	How Does The Smooth - Modern Frame Work?
		JUNE	2004	Where Does The "Lead" Come From?
		MAY	2004	The Process Of How To Learn To Ballroom
		APRIL	2004	What The Man Needs To Know
		MARCH	2004	Footwork & Movement
		FEBRUARY	2004	No Sharp Edges
		JANUARY	2004	The Perception Of Speed
		DECEMBER	2003	Dancing The Whole Body
		NOVEMBER	2003	The Infamous Cucaracha
		OCTOBER	2003	What Is A Strong Lead?
		SEPTEMBER	2003	How Do You Want Your Dancing To Feel?
		AUGUST	2003	The Continuation Of The Frame
		JULY	2003	The Continuation Of Movement
		JUNE	2003	Ballroom Illusions
		MAY	2003	Social Dancing Guidelines
		MARCH	2003	What Is Right And Wrong In Ballroom Dancing?
		FEBRUARY	2003	Moving To The Music . . . It's Called "Dancing"
		JANUARY	2003	Ballroom Dancers Have "No Bones" Part III
		DECEMBER	2002	Ballroom Dancers Have "No Bones" Part II - The Frame
		NOVEMBER	2002	Ballroom Dancers Have "No Bones"
		OCTOBER	2002	What Is A Ballroom Dance?
		APRIL	2002	Characteristics Of American Style Samba "Knees"
		MARCH	2002	Characteristics Of Head Position
		FEBRUARY	2002	Characteristics Of Direction Changes
		JANUARY	2002	Characertisctis Of Style
		DECEMBER	2001	Characteristics Of Shape And Separation
		NOVEMBER	2001	Characteristics Of Being "One" With Your Partner
		OCTOBER	2001	Characteristics Of Connection
		AUGUST	2001	Characteristics Of Lock Steps
		JULY	2001	Characteristics Of Swivels
		JUNE	2001	Characteristics Of A Four Legged Animal
		MAY	2001	Balance
		APRIL	2001	The Intangible Characteristics Of Partnership
		MARCH	2001	Characteristics Of American Style Footwork
		JANUARY	2001	Differences Between The Smooth Dances
		DECEMBER	2000	Characteristics Of Lead And Follow
		NOVEMBER	2000	Characteristics Of The Latin Dance Frame
		OCTOBER	2000	Characteristics Of The Smooth Dance Frame
		June	2000	Characteristics Of American Style Latin Motion
		July	1998	Role Playing In Partnership Dancing

GENERAL INFORMATION

		JUNE	1998	What Is Ballroom Dancing
		MAY	1998	The Rules Of Ettiquette
		APRIL	1998	For Ladies Only
		MARCH	1998	Learning To Ballroom Dance
		FEBRUARY	1998	Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
		JANUARY	1998	The Sound Of Music
		DECEMBER	1997	The Sport Of Ballroom Dancing

CHARACTERISTICS Of DANCE

		SEPTEMBER	2002	Salsa Timing II
		AUGUST	2002	Salsa Timing
		JULY	2002	Salsa
		FEBRUARY	2001	Ballroom Two Step
		AUGUST	2000	American Style Viennese Waltz
		MAY	2000	American Style Samba
		APRIL	2000	East Coast Swing
		JANUARY	2000	American Style Tango
		NOVEMBER	1999	International Style Quickstep
		OCTOBER	1999	Bolero
		SEPTEMBER	1999	American Style Rumba
		AUGUST	1999	American Style Waltz
		JULY	1999	American Style Cha Cha
		JUNE	1999	American Style Slow Foxtrot

HISTORY

		JUNE	2002	East Coast Swing
		MARCH	2000	Ballroom Two Step
		FEBRUARY	2000	Cha Cha
		MAY	1999	East Coast Swing
		APRIL	1999	Tango
		MARCH	1999	Vienesse Waltz
		FEBrUARY	1999	Samba
		JANUARY	1999	Waltz
		DECEMBER	1998	Rumba
		NOVEMBER	1998	Quickstep
		OCTOBER	1998	Foxtrot
		AUGUST	1998	Bolero

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