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Chapter: Triangle, NC - #6030

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  • USA Dance is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality and the quantity of ballroom dancing in the United States.  The Triangle chapter has been providing dance opportunities to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area for over 20 years.  In addition to running our monthly ballroom dances, we support our local college ballroom dance clubs, provided public demonstrations at events like the North Carolina State Fair and for over ten years have hosted a free New Year's Eve dance, with lessons, at First Night Raleigh.
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    Dance Floor Etiquette

    Dancing on a floor is done in a counter clockwise direction, known as the “Line Of Dance”. This applies to traveling dances including Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, and Viennese Waltz, as well as Polka and two-step in the country western repertoire. Latin and Swing dances are more or less stationary and have no line of dance. Sometimes it is possible to dance more than one type of dance to the same song. For example, some Foxtrots can also be swings. In that case, swing dancers take the middle of the floor, and the moving dancers move along the periphery in the direction of the line of dance.

    Getting on the floor:

    Some caution should be exercised when getting on the dance floor, especially if the song has already started and couples are dancing on the floor. It is the responsibility of incoming couples to make sure that they stay out of the way of the couples already dancing. 

    At the end of the dance:

    After the dance is finished and before parting, thank your partner.
    If you enjoyed the dance, let your partner know.
    Remember that dancing too many dances with the same partner and booking many dances ahead are both violations of social dance rules.

    Leaving the floor:

    Responsible usage of the floor requires that one stays out of the way of others. Some figures require a momentary movement against line of dance. These figures should be executed with great caution on a social dance floor, and only when there is no danger of collision.
    Another aspect of sharing the floor is to match one's speed to that of others.

    Aerials:

    The only thing to be said about aerials on the social dance floor is: don't do them

     


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wrote on the Chapter: Triangle, NC - #6030 wall: Please read all the information, we have made some changes and updates. Our dances are the 3rd Saturday of the month. 7:00 pm - Complimentary Lesson 8:00 - 10:30 pm - Social Dancing Highland United Methodist Church, 1901 Ridge Road, Raleigh NC USA Dance Members $7 Guest/Visitors $10 Student Members $5 Guest/Visitor Students $5 Visitors $10; Students $5 • Water provided, but no snacks. • You may bring your own individual snacks if desired • Masks optional For additional information call Brian Shaw at 919-616-36 For updates, our website is: http://triangleusadance.weebly.com/ For the dances in our area: Dance Gumbo website: http://www.dancegumbo.com/
Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Administration posted a new entry in the December Dance 2021 blog in the group Chapter: Triangle, NC - #6030 .
Posted Thursday, December 9, 2021
wrote on the Chapter: Triangle, NC - #6030 wall: Here is the Ballroom Dance Etiquette road map.
Posted Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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