Hartford Ballroom Pre-Silver Steps Of The Month For August 2014: Hustle

This month was a tough one for the Pre-Silver class!  Lots of interesting new turns and combinations.

For those of you not familiar with Hartford Ballroom's levels, the Pre-Silver class is the most advanced class we offer.  Even though it says "Pre-Silver", we do include Silver Level Steps in this class.

Here's a list of steps that we covered:

Pre-Silver Steps For August 2014: Hustle
Tangle To Ladies' Syncopated Tap Steps 

Nate's Crazy Pickpocket (involves a right hand shake) 

Ampersand Into Sliding Door 

Parallel Sweetheart With Ladies' Free Spin 

Butterfly Into Diva Walk 

Triple Right Side Pass  

Half-wrap To Cuddle From Closed Position Basic (Involves Ladies' Left Arm Reflex) 

The Crazy Advanced Combination (Involves Sweetheart With Inside Turn, Cool Hand Slide Back To Sweetheart, Ampersand, To Cuddle)

Hartford Ballroom's Full Bronze Steps Of The Month For August 2014: American Tango

Ah, August!  You've flown by so fast!

Below is a list of steps we did in the Full Bronze level for this month.  For those of you not familiar with our studio, our Full Bronze classes are, numerically speaking, our Level 4 class.  It's the second most advanced class we offer.

Full Bronze Level August 2014: American Tango

Open Left Turn

Right Side Fans

Turning Rocks

Rock-And-Corte

Promenade With 3/4 Pivot

Closed Promenade With Challenge Line, Oversway, And Spanish Drag

There you go!
-Lisa Spiro

Hartford Ballroom's Intermediate Steps Of The Month For August 2014: Samba

 Seems like I only just taught this in the Basics level!  Where did the month go?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with our studios' levels, our Intermediate classes on Thursdays and Sundays immediately follow our Monday's Basics level.  If you were to look at this numerically, this is Level 3.

Below are the steps that were covered this month.  Enjoy!

Intermediate Level For August 2014: Samba
Basic Movements (forward/back, side crosses, box step, samba walk, volta, bota fogo)
Side Crosses With Outside And Inside Turns
Promenade
Open Break With Underarm Turn
"Samba Twinkle" (bota fogo+box close)

Hartford Ballroom Basics Steps Of The Month For August 2014: Bolero

Ah, August!  Where have you gone?
In case you aren't familiar with our curriculum, our Basics level class follows our Absolute Beginner level class (if you were to look at it numerically, Basics is level 2).  Each month we teach one dance style that will then move on to the next level (level 3) the following month.  In this class we cover the moves that we consider to be the basic movements for that dance style.

For this month, I taught Bolero.  Below you'll find a list of the steps I covered.

Basics Level August 2014: Bolero
Basic step
Crossover With Ladies' Underarm Turn
Crossover With Apart Turn
Crossover Into Back Breaks
Shadow Crossover
Shadow Crossover Into Shadow Back Breaks

Have a great day everyone!
-Lisa Spiro

Hartford Ballroom's Absolute Beginner Class Monthly Recap For August 2014: Tango and East Coast Swing

 Well, August somehow flew right by!  And we managed to get a lot done in the beginner class this month!
 
For those who aren't familiar with Hartford Ballroom's absolute beginner class, we host it every Monday night at 7:15 pm.  The class only costs $10 per person, and it's a very comfortable class for newcomers.  We always start the class with a little Merengue, which is the easiest dance to learn, and therefore the most beginner-friendly dance we have to offer.  After Merengue, we take a quick break and then we teach one of two monthly dances (2 weeks one dance, 2 weeks another dance).

For August, our monthly dances were American Tango and East Coast Swing, and I've listed the steps we covered below!  Hope it helps!
-Lisa Spiro

Merengue:

cuddle (inside turn)
basic outside and inside turns
backwrap (outside turn)
hand change behind the back
tangle

Tango:
Basic step
Corte
Forward Rock (bonus step)

East Coast Swing:
Basic step (single step)
Ladies' Underarm Turn
Hand Change Behind The Back