Anyone else going to the Rio Grande Classic this weekend?  

Is there any reason you would not do something like an open break-to-back spot turn in NC2?  Thinking more of it from either a social dance or J&J point of view vs. closed syllabus.

We saw some of your lessons on YouTube and liked your approach and are trying the free trial period. We have a disco thing going on here in our town, so we're practicing hustle moves. On YouTube, you have, for example, a video called The Neck Wrap (Intermediate). I am not finding that on this site. How in sync with your YouTube videos is this site? Or are they just named differently. I hope that anything you have on YouTube will be findable here.

Hello SDO community!!

We wanna know...
When you first started dancing - what was your biggest struggle?? Can't wait to hear your answers! :-)

Just curious if the set your location option for the profile is still a work in progress.  I notice it only gives me city that are not in the U.S.

Mark and Debbie Jordan, we have been dancing about 5 years.  We live in a small town and since Covid there is no where for us to take lessons.  We have made the best friends dancing.  There is a group of us that go out every weekend dancing.  We need some new steps and continue to learn.  It is good for us.  

Hi, I am a beginner. The confusion for me is to know which way to turn, it can be so confusing!! Are there any tricks are than the leader be a good leader to know which way i should turn in passes, under arm passes, turns etc...It would be so helpful to have an idea if I should be turning clockwise or counter clockwise. Thanks

Here's another issue I have. Most likely because I'm newer and think about the steps too much. I end up breaking proper upper body frame, having shoulders too high, drooping my arm, and putting too much pressure on the leader's arm. I've been given a physical example of using the back muscles instead of the shoulder muscles, but I have to focus on that. So when I get to focusing on learning the footwook, I can't help but to lessen my focus on keeping my arms up. Any advice on that? 

What are the best videos to work on upper body position/balance during turns/spins? Like keeping your head above a specific foot or keeping upper body neutral (in line?) while doing footwork (I hope that gets the point across). I have a tendency to lean too far back and that's an area I need help with. I'm a beginner but not super new. 

Hello everyone, my name is Becky. I’m 41 and live in Indy. I loved dancing in my earlier years, but it was always “solo” dancing, mostly hip-hop, because I’m not good with learning steps on the spot and sucked at following. I was in a horrible relationship for 15 years, which sucked the life out of me. A year after recovery from that (2 months ago), I started taking private lessons to keep up with a 73 year old super active and experienced dancer I see every week now at karaoke (mostly country music, slow and fast). I also started watching YouTube videos to speed up my progress. The videos from here are the ones I ended up watching about 80% of the time, so here I am now. Officially a member! Right now, I am trying to focus on Hustle and WCS, but also learning Two Step, Rumba, Cha Cha, ECS, and Waltz.