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  • Terry Dean
    Ballroom Dancing Expert , Terry Dean’s Dance Studio
    www.terrydeansdancestudio.com  

    Terry is the owner and principal male dance instructor of Terry Dean’s Dance Studio, in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has been teaching ballroom dancing for 30 years and opened his own successful studio following a 19 year career with Arthur Murray Dance Studios. Terry has received accolades for his choreography and has been honored as Virginia State’s Top Studio and Top Teacher twice. He and his staff teach students of all levels, whether they are interested in social dancing, exhibition dancing, or competitive ballroom dance sport. He has led many of his students to win top level gold medal competitions, and he is pleased to share his expertise with you today.

  • Swing Dance

    In this video, Terry teaches the basic patterns and techniques of the Swing, and provides the fundamental knowledge you need to get started with this fun dance style. This video series is designed for the beginner, but there are techniques that the intermediate dancer will find useful as well. Terry demonstrates exercises to help get ready your body for dancing and teaches the basic pattern of the Swing. He shows the techniques that provide the characteristic styling of the Swing, and finally adds variations that will make dancing the Swing quite enjoyable.

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    <p>Terry Dean: Hi, I am Terry Dean from Terry Deans Dance Studio. Today we are going to be teaching you the awing. Swing is an American fun dance that was one of the most popular dances and it is always going to be I believe. It is one of those dances that came to about being around the late 30s, early 40s and it has been around ever since and will always be. It is a great wonderful fun dance. The music is fun and it is lively. I have been teaching it for 30 years and it is one of those dances, whenever the swing comes on, everybody gets up on the floor and has a great time doing it all around the world.</p><p>It is a great fun dance, and remember though, it is a very athletic dance, so you have to make sure that you are in good shape so you want to get yourself stretched out, there is some cardiovascular work because it is physical. Remember, dancing is always is physical, even though it might seem like a fun exercise, it is a lot of work, so you got to get your body in shape, and anyway we are going to start off with the basic components of the swing and then we will go from there. </p>

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