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.

First saw your videos on youtube, and found my way to this site. I was a long time line dancer, and recently started taking two step lessons. I am in San Francisco, so finding a teacher was really difficult. Last week I started classes with Arthur Murray, but was looking for content I could review and practice at home. Really like what I have seen so far!

Here I am at 70 but I still get around fairly well (thank you Jesus). I have done C&W since late teens, Mom & older sisters, and then as young adult with my wife and friends. I started with "formal" lessons around 1987 with the C&W so I have a lot exposure in that arena. I didn't start the Second part until about two years ago with Cha-Cha. Now it is Rumba, Tango, Cha-Cha, Waltz, a little of Salsa. I only wish that I had started the "Second part" years ago. It has opened many doors and I have met many new people who are "Ballroom" dancers. 

To my fellow dancers - expand your styles and enjoy what gifts you are blessed with. 

Thanks all!

I use it in the Tango, but I think that it would work in the Rumba also. The Slow and then two Quicks (4&1, 2,3)back up on the next Slow (4&1) and side step on on the Q, Q (2,3). Am I macking stuff up [MSU] Universaty!