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Banas later became a choreographer, as well as a dance teacher in the Los Angeles area. [2] A dance he choreographed for the Shirley Ellis song " The Nitty Gritty " and performed (with five other dancers) on The Judy Garland Show in 1964 drew him renewed attention on YouTube in the 2010s, where copies of it had been viewed more than 19 million ...
Mad Hot Ballroom is a 2005 American documentary film directed and co-produced by Marilyn Agrelo and written and co-produced by Amy Sewell, about a ballroom dance program in the New York City Department of Education, the New York City public school system for fifth graders.
Vernon and Irene Castle, early ballroom dance pioneers, c. 1910 –18. Modern ballroom dance has its roots early in the 20th century, when several different things happened more or less at the same time. The first was a movement away from the sequence dances towards dances where the couples moved independently.
Following their mastery of square dancing, the Otas began ballroom dance training at the local Arthur Murray Dance Studio. From there, progressed to higher levels of instruction, which involved commuting to Los Angeles for lessons from a new group of English instructors teaching International Style .
Mary Ann Murphy (born c. 1958) [1] is an American ballroom dance champion, [2] accredited dance judge, and a judge and choreographer on the Fox dance competition-reality show So You Think You Can Dance.
The Champion Ballroom Academy (founded April 1990) is a dance studio in San Diego, California. Its main specialties are social partner-dancing , competitive ballroom dance (aka. Dancesport ) and the Latin-dance -based aerobic program Core Rhythms.
The natural spin turn is a ballroom dance step used in the waltz.It is typically used to advance a couple 5 ⁄ 4 of a turn down line of dance, although an underturned spin turn is also very useful for turning a corner.
Ekkart is an official examiner for dance teachers in Belgium. He judged the World Professional Showdance Championship in Germany in 1993, and regular national and international championships in Europe. He is an official WDC (World Dance Council) judge, and wrote the Ballroom Dance Technique Translation in Dutch and English.