The following are internet resources that will give you dance images, descriptions, videos and writings.
The selected videos are in no way supposed to portray correct, advocated or “proper” dance. They are simply ones that seemed to be pertinent at the time.
(When you are watching a video you may find a little button in the lower right corner that expands the video to full scrren).
Argentine Tango – Salon Style
- Tete y Sylvia
- Tete y Sylvia (Vals Crusada)
- Carlos Gavito y Maria Plazaola
- Osvaldo y Coca
- Dani ‘El Flaco’ Garcia y Silvina Valz
- Maria Plazaola y Andres Laza Moreno
- El Arranque #1
- Liliana Godoy y Abel (Vals Crusada)
- Exhibition at Salon Canning – Oscar y Mary Ann Casas
- Ruben Harymbat y Maria Plazaola
- Tango – Larroca (open style)
- Vals by Mariela Franganillo and Jorge Torres
- Pocho y Nellie en El Beso (This shows the essence of old-style dancing)
- Victor Barrios y Cristina Benavidez en Sunderland (Elegant and subdued)
Carolina Shag
Cha cha
- Philadelphia Cha Cha (YouTube)
Foxtrot
- Bronze American Foxtrot Figures (several SSQQ steps)
- Beginners Foxtrot (several brief videos)
- Bronze Foxtrot – got to youtube.com and search for “bronze Foxtrot”. You’ll find plenty.
Hambo
- Hambo
- Dancilla
- Hambo från Farsta (variation)
Ragtime One-Step
- West Coast Ragtime Festival 2007 (Here’s the best one)
- Four Families of Ragtime One-Step (pdf)
- West Coast Ragtime Festival 2006 (Plenty of ragtime Fox Trot going on here, also)
- Sacramento West Coast Ragtime Festival
- The Ragtime Ball (Intentionally distorted to give an old-time effect)
Ragtime Tango
- Scent of a Woman – Tango scene (Fairly loyal to the Ragime Era)
- Dancing Couple in Sacramento (You may notice some FoxTrot and Swing licks thrown in also, which is just fine.)
- Library of Congress (Video Clip 80)
Rumba
Schottische
- Gaskell’s
- Rainbow Schottische (choreographed)
- The International Polka Queen’s Schottische (choreographed)
Swing – East Coast
Waltz
- Victorian Waltz
- An American Ballroom Companion – Dance instruction manuals, 1490—1920.
- Late 19th Century Waltz Variations (from the website above)
- Bronze Waltz – go to youtube.com and search for “bronze waltz”. You’ll find plenty.
- Formation Standard – Waltz – German Championships 2004
- American Style Viennese Waltz
- Viennese Waltz (the essential version)
- Vienna Waltz
- Standard Viennese Waltz
- Dance course for the Viennese Waltz
- Cross-Step Waltz (with Richard Powers & Angela Amarillas)
- Cross-Step Syllabus, written by Richard Powers
- Latin Waltz with Walter Dill & Daughter, Twyla
- Perú Vals Criollo por Claudia y Gonzalo Herrán
- Latin Waltz Variations I
- Vals Peruano (begins about 1:15)
- Vals – Nelia Beamon & Page Binkley
Zydeco
- YouTube – Andre Thierry
- Dancing in the kitchen (You can find several other videos with this same couple)
- Harold & Mandy dancing Zydeco
Miscellaneous Information
- Seven Habits of Highly Enjoyable Dancers
- Developing Good Balance
- Lyrics to Donde Voy – Latin Waltz, written and sung by Tish Hinojosa
- Vintage Dance Images (Particularly Tango)
- Thoughts and Musings on Dance – Richard Powers
Teaching Notes
- Teaching Notes – Things for WaltzPlay teachers to think about.
- Generic Forms of Social Dance
- Notes On Teaching Tango – Steve Rose
- Teaching Tips – Richard Powers