Just checking to to let you know we have a whole ton of new information pages about the foxtrot dance. It includes a few really interesting topics:

Foxtrot Dance Steps Videos

Of course you know about our Foxtrot instruction dance video by now, they are selling like hotcakes! (Well, I don't know actually how fast hotcakes are selling these days, but the videos are going crazy fast ) They break down all of the important moves, and some extra fun ones to add some spice to your dancing. Here's the preview if you haven't seen it in other posts:




Foxtrot Music

Not sure what foxtrot music sounds like exactly? Maybe you would like to know some of the big artists that play foxtrot music for practicing? No Problem! We have a great new page that will break all of that down for you.

Foxtrot Steps

In this page, we will break down all of the main foxtrot steps so that you will know in advance what you are about to learn. It is also sometimes helpful to read dance instruction in type, so you ca learn from a different perspective.

History Of The Foxtrot

Everyone's favorite topic: History! No just kidding, but this is actually a really interesting page that will teach you how this dance came to be. and many other cool things. Did you know the innovator was from San Francisco? Neither did I! Check it out to learn more.

Check it all out at our Foxtrot Dance Page.

OK, well thats it for now, but don't worry, we are busy building new stuff every day. Check Back Soon!

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Have you heard of Earth Dance? It's like some intense hippie culture dance festival that started in London ten years ago. I guess each year its in a different city, this year its in Miami. If I lived there, I would probably check it out.

I'm not sure if this is the correct video for this festival, but the description of the videos for it in youtube were a little vague. Anyway, here's what I found:

Wow, those guys look pretty hippy-ish. I'm always a little scared of that culture, no matter how much love they have.

Apparently, the festival has something going on in several ciites as well that "An estimated one million people spanning 350 locations and 60 nations will unite Saturday for what has been dubbed the world’s largest synchronized music and dance festival for peace." (taken from http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2007/09/give_peace_a_dance.php)

Very interesting, I wonder if there is something going on where I live. I starts this saturday, so look it up, and join some crazy dancing for the sake of "peace."

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We've been hard at work over at DanceCrazy.com witht he goal of bringing you the very best dance videos and information on the net. 

This week:  Bachata Dance. 

We've discuseed a bit before what bachata dancing is, what there were so many questions left unanswered.  Where did it come from?  What are the basic steps?  What does the music sound like?  Don't worry, we've got everything thing answer in some great new pages we built on our site! 

Ready to learn more?  Just go to our Bachata Dance Page, and get great dance information.

Just look at the great info we have for you:

Bachata Dance Instruction DVD

We have a 3 DVD set that everyone in the dance scene is completely flipping out.  Be it your very first dance steps, or an expert looking for a video to give to their students, these are the DVDs for you.  We breakdown every single step with multiple angles, tips, and a higly informative Q & A.

Bachata Dance Steps

What does bachata look like when its danced anyway?  What are the basic steps?  We have a great page for you that breaks all of that down, you can learn the basic step, and get an idea of how to advance in the quickest way possible.

Bachata Music

Who are the big stars in Bachata?  What does it sound like?  How do you know where the important beats are when you are listening to it?  All these questions and much more are answered in our bachatamusic section.  This is an amazing music with a great history.

History of Bachata

In this page, you will learn all about the roots of bachata, its evolution, and all of the different kinds of bachata there are today.  It is really amazing how this fun and sexy dance has emerged into such a vast and popular dance for all people.

Great topics huh?  Well, we will be building continuously, so expect some new great information next week, and let us know about any questions or suggestions you may have at DanceCrazy.com.

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The DanceCrazy.com team is as busy as ever working to get you the very best dance instruction and Information there is.  That is why we constantly have new articles and videos ready for you to check out.

Interested in dancing the waltz?  We don't blame you!  It's a beautiful dance, and has some amazingly long history and culture.  This is just one of the things we talk about in our New Waltz Dance Page.  Check out some of the great information we have in store for you:

Ballroom Dance Waltz Instruction:

As most of you know, we have an entire series of great waltz dance instructional videos!  Learn everything from the very basic waltz steps all the way up to fun and unique patterns that will really make you look great on the dance floor.  Each DVD is over 2 hours in length and an amazing price!  You will love learning to dance the waltz with us, and our highly professional ballroom dance teachers.  See It Here!

 

The History Of Waltz:

This dance was actually quite a controversial dance hundreds of years ago in countries like Germany and Austria.  But why?  Isn't a rather tame dance?  Especially by today's standards.  You'll be amazed to see all of the different styles and interpretations that have emerged from this dance.  Waltz is truly the oldest and most interesting in development of all of the popular ballroom dances today.  Waltz Dance History

Waltz Music:

Slow waltz? Viennanese Waltz?  How can you hear the difference?  In fact, some waltzes are even intended to be danced to?  This is all very confusing, isn't it?  Hey, stop worrying…DanceCrazy's got you covered!  We will break down all of the different style of waltz music, including it history, and lay it out for you in a way that is easy to understand and remember.  Waltz Music Page

Waltz Steps:

Ok, so you are interested in learning the waltz now, so what are the basic dance steps?  No Problem!  Our Waltz Steps Page will break down all of the most important and basic steps for dancing in the ballroom style.  This is a very helpful tool for learning because it will help you rmember the steps as you are practicing and dancig in real life. 

Wow,  that's a lot of information to keep you covered for a while, but keep posted because we are adding new informationa dn videos all the time.  You won't want to miss what is coming next!!

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Hey Everyone,

Are you ready for the big holiday weekend?  Well, so are we…

To celebrate Labor Day weekend,   the SalsaCrazy and DanceCrazy team are bringing you an amazing sale on all of our dance videos!

We are talking about HUGE savings, with a ton of bonuses to boot. 

Thinking about buying one of our priducts off DanceCrazy.com?  Well right now we are offering 20% off on all of our individual DVDs…and thats not even the real meat of the sale.  SalsaCrazy.com is offering crazy bonuses.  I'm talking about free cds, fe DVDs, and a whole ton of other great stuff.  You gotta check this out!

Here's the link for our sale:

Dance Videos Sale

But make sure to act soon, because supplies are seriously limitied.  Every time we have a sale, these things go fast (because we have the best Dance Video Insructional Videos on the market

Well, anyway, I hope you take advantage of this while it lasts, and I wish you a great Labor Day Weekend!

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Hey Everyone,

It's been a while since my last post, but I have some great news for all of you who have been waiting to learn some new types of dances.  What kinds of dance you ask?  Well, how about:

• West Coast Swing Dancing
• Two Step Dance
• Line Dancing
• The Hustle Dance
• …and More!

Wow, that's a lot, huh? 

We know what eager to learn dancers all of you are, and we working our very hardest to bring out new series for all of the types of dance, but in the meantime, we wanted to let you know about some amazing videos from our friend Shawn Trautman.   He's a great dance instrutor with the same passion for helping learn as us.  

Of all of the different dance instructional videos we have seen, we found his series to be very high quality and easy to learn from, that is why we choose his products to recommend until we have our own series for each type of dance. 

Caught your interest yet?  I hope so!  Check out all the different dance videos he has to offer at Our Shawn Trautman Page.

 This is some really great stuff that we know you will enjoy and learn from, so check it out. 

Talk to you soon. 

 

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As some of you may or may not recall, a few weeks ago, I wrote about how grade schools in Hawaii were starting to implement the video game "Dance Dance Reveolution" into their phys. ed.  requirements as a way for kids to fight obesity.  I have always argued that dancing is a great way to lose weight, but I felt that using a video games to do this was cutting short the full potential of learning how to dance because it denies the social aspect.  

Well, I have just read that China is having their students learn the waltz as a phys ed. requirement.  Their intentions are the same - to help children become more physically involved, and to fight the growing problems with obesity in their country.  But they are doing it one step better because they are having the students learn to dance with real partners, instead of a video game.  They realize the social aspects that dancing  can bring to the students as well.

It seems that China, much like the United States, has been having a growing issue with child obesity.  The article I read about this from explains that this is a cause of the "one couple, one child" policy that China has had in hope of reducing the population.   They say that having one child is causing loving parents and families be treating their children with an abundance of food and candy. 

Another explanation for the recent health problem was the busyness of the students schedules, because many students, on top of having a normal full school day, also tend to take music lessons, and additional classes outside of school such as english, and math in order to help them get ahead.  Add all this with a ton of homework, and then there is not much time to run around after school.

I don't know how much of that is true, but either way, I think learning how to dance is a great way to solve the problem.  I was a bit surprised they are going to learn the waltz, however, simply because it is a little more difficult of a dance to learn than other styles.  Also, because it is a less popular dance that kids can use in a real life circumstance. 

The article says that secondary school teacher will also be required to learn the dances so that they can properly teach the students.  And the students will practice the dance both in gym classes and inbetween classes.  There will also be regular gym activites. 

 

 

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It has apparently existed for 80 years, but I've only just heard about it. Did you know that it is illegal to dance in bars in NYC? The biggest culural center in the United States doesn't have legal dancing venues everywhere.

Surely, this couldn't be a heavily enforced law, I know I have danced in several bars in New York, and I don't recall anyone having a problem with it. But apparently there are only 170 venues in all of Manhattan that allow dancing. It became a bit issue again with Giuliani.

The reasons that I could understand had to do with noise. I can't even imagine how many noise complaints the police must receive in New York. 8 million people in like a 10 square mile area? Yeah, that could probably get a little loud.

This law has recently cause such a stir that the people of New York City decided to have a protest against these laws. They are called "cabaret laws".
This did not seem to be like too much of a protest as it did a fun day in the city however. I found a vdeo documenting some of this:

Still, very interesting, I can't believe these laws have been going on there. This happened a few months ago, so I don't know what the outcome was, or what thecity intends to do about this. I'll post if I find out.

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Hey Guys,

I was searching around on youtube for some interesting dance videos to put up, and I found this:

I'm not really a big fan of the song to be completely honest, but the video looks like a lot of fun.  The treadmills are pretty much doing all the dancing for them.  It kind of reminds of that jamiroquoi video "virtual insanity".  Although in that one I think the singer had a little more dance skills than this crew.  What do you think:

I have heard that in this video, instead of running a bunch of treadmill like belts on the ground, the drector had a crew of people sliding the whole room around. That must have been very disorienting! He really does a good job of making all the movement of the room believable, and he has some nice style. I like this song better too:)

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