| Everyone seems to have gone crazy for Ballroom | | | | 3) - Make sure your knees and hips are nicely |
| Dance Steps, from Modern and Freestyle to Ballroom | | | | relaxed, thus making your moves to the music more |
| and Latin American, with new reality dance shows | | | | fluid. |
| popping up on TV almost each week. Two of the | | | | 4) - Focus firmly on getting those first basic steps |
| most popular are Dancing With the Stars in the US | | | | learned and practise them constantly, over and over, |
| and the UK’s sister version, Strictly Come | | | | until they have become second nature. Don’t go |
| Dancing. The popularity of these series alone has | | | | for any fancy variations until this part is complete. |
| soared, drawing millions of viewers and attracting | | | | 5) - It doesn't matter whether you have amazingly |
| sell-out audiences when the show is taken on the | | | | nifty footwork if your body is all stiff and awkward. |
| road. | | | | Fluid foot movements and a smooth flowing body |
| | | | working together will look really good so concentrate |
| It doesn’t stop there either as the pulling power | | | | hard on getting these right. |
| of dance has inspired thousands of us to sign up for | | | | 6) - Remember the phrase "small step." This is an |
| weekly Ballroom and Salsa classes or push back the | | | | important part of your dance bible rules. From a |
| furniture, roll up the carpet and learn ballroom dance | | | | purely social dancing point of view, keeping your |
| steps in the comfort of our own home. | | | | steps small means the dance will be much more |
| Wherever you are trying to keep in step, here are a | | | | enjoyable, far easier to lead and so very elegant and |
| few important pointers. | | | | controllable. |
| 1) - Poise, this is one of the vital points to focus on | | | | 7) - Never forget that, as you learn to drive, once |
| when learning Ballroom Dance Steps or Latin | | | | you have passed your test you still have to |
| American. Without the correct posture, you | | | | negotiate heavy traffic. Dancing will be like this. When |
| don’t have the right balance and, without that, | | | | you swap your practice in an empty dining room for |
| you and your partner will not master the right holds, | | | | a busy dance hall or ballroom, so the man will have to |
| resulting in faulty footwork. | | | | focus on guiding his partner to avoid colliding with |
| 2) - Stick to easy ballroom dance steps to start with | | | | other couples. Therefore, the man must be confident |
| and ensure you have matching music to practise with. | | | | with all the Ballroom Dance Steps. |