Getting Back to Your Dance Basics

Sometimes I am truly amazed at the amount ofneed to revisit and change some of your very basic
detail that goes into learning just one basic step insteps, as they are the foundation to the dance. Of
any one dance. Every dance has their own particularcourse breaking old habits is never easy, but always
look and feel. It can often be difficult to learn toworth it in the end. Even an intermediate or
dance properly if you have never been exposed to,advanced dancer can benefit from revisiting their
or experienced dancing with a proficient, trainedbasics.
dancer. For many of us, we "learned" to dance on aA dancer is only able to absorb and retain a small
social dance floor or in a bar environment byportion of what they are taught in a dance class. As
someone that has either taken a few lessons, or justtime goes on the amount of retention increases as
kind of picked up a few steps. If you are seriousdoes the ability to have a deeper understanding of
about learning to dance and improve your skills, it iswhat is being said. Do not expect to become a great
imperative to seek good instruction.dancer overnight. It take weeks, months and years
Even if you have been dancing for years, you willof practice to become a proficient dancer. Do not
likely find that there are certain things that you haveget discouraged. Focus on perfecting your basics, you
been doing incorrectly and that there is a better,may be amazed to find that there is one small
more efficient way to accomplish the same danceadjustment that changes the entire way you dance.
pattern. Good, clean, solid basics are imperative ifTake every opportunity that arises to practice and
your desire is to become an accomplished dancer.improve your basics. Basic dance steps are the
There are many minute details that go into even thefoundation and building blocks of a dance.
simplest of steps and you may find that you will