I just wanted to give a shout out. I'm 55 and trying to do some new things in life to break up the monotony. I see people dancing and having fun and some of them look very chique with their style. My goal is to eventually get to that point and not to have to get anybody to shoot at my feet to make me dance. 

At this point I don't have a practice dance partner. I'm taking a local class but they really don't have anything that can help me outside of their weekly 1-hr class as I'd really like to advance my dancing faster than what they can offer. I'm hoping I can get out at least once hopefully twice a week so I needed some additional online help.

At this point, I'm playing & replaying the videos very slowly while trying to figure out which foot to move, count, keep my hands in position, know how to position my body weight if at all, trying to remember the steps of some dance that I don't know fits this song hoping I remember the steps, listen to the music, figure out how to people know which dance goes to which song just by hearing the beat, etcetera while trying to look natural!  

So my two left feet and I checked out some other online dance services but settled on this one - as you seem to be very active with your video postings, customer interaction, have quite a bit of PDF material (as I'd like to learn everything I can more than just the actual dancing itself - I'm just geeky that way) AND the app was a VERY nice touch as well. I can see you are putting alot of effort into this. Oh and the southern charm of everyone there doesn't hurt either. 

I'm hoping I can give a great testimony in a year or so (although I know that will be very dependent upon the time I can focus as well). Thank you everybody for all that you do to help all various-level dancers. Keep up the great work as we do appreciate it!

-Noe

Hi, I am new here and I was wondering if it's a good idea to work through the wcs Videos without a training partner and when there is a party to pull out the learned stuff?

Or is it only possible to learn the patterns with a partner that I currently don't have?

I have one year membership. I have been trying to access pattern tree so I can select videos from there. When go to search box and select pattern tree all I keep getting is pattern tree video. Or no information. What is Wrong . Is that an extra cost that I am not aware of

Assuming it's not already there and I'm just not seeing it, I'd like to suggest a "recently added" section to the videos so you can easily see new content.

As a former dance instructor I have sent many people to your site and highly recommend you because I love the clarity and insight of how you teach and that's of course on top of a great technique. Looking forward to dance with you in person one day 🙏🏻

Currently live in southern NM, and its not only a literal desert, its also a WCS desert.  I'm wanting to move in the near future to somewhere in the northeast with WCS instruction and community.  Retired, so job market isn't relevant.   Here is a pic of the acceptable area (included Chicago and Detroit, although i know they aren't NE). Would love some feedback on where to go.

I've been involved with the social dance community in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for close to a decade at this point. We have a local chapter of USA chapter of USA Dance, and we're fortunate to have a few fine professional instructors in the area. My greatest personal challenge is retaining intermediate/more advanced patterns/moves learned in classes (or gleaned from instructional video like yours!). Of course, practice/repetition of new material is key, but do you find that crafting patterns into routine-like sequences is helpful to retention? Some instructors seem reluctant to teach routines for fear it will make students dependent on a particular (restrictive) sequence of steps, inhibiting the flexible floor-craft needed for social dancing.

So history tells me that if one person in a class has a question, then the same question is usually shared by another person. In Tango, when you / we start with the Quicks does that mean after the walks (two Slows), in place of the (two Slows), or either way?

Sorry but I can be so thick sometimes.