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How funny! It's always surprising what sorts of things will turn up with search terms that seem really straightforward. I hope you found your song, and thanks for taking the time to comment!

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!

Merci pour les mots gentils! Bonne danse !

Thank you so very much for the kind words! We both really love teaching, so it's very gratifying to know that you are finding our little videos useful. We are hoping to start producing more videos sometime soon. It's been we weird time since the pandemic, but we will be back on track again soon!

Thank you kindly!

Thanks so much!

Thank you for the nice comment! It is appreciated!

Thank you so much! I am very glad that you're enjoying these. I am hoping to make more over the summer. It has been a long time since I've been able to get back to this project.!

Thanks so much, Jason! I'm sorry it took so long to reply to you, but your kind comment is very much appreciated. I'm hoping to release a few more over the summer, and I hope you will find those useful too!

Hello Jason! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you found the video useful. Happy dancing to you!

@@bravodancing Thanks Lorena for your kind reply. I was a fan of Waltz before dancing LA/Mambo salsa in Beijing. Your teaching is very adaptable to ballroom social dancing even here in Beijing.

Thanks so much! The Waltz was actually composed by my dance partner, Jonathan. The end credits were created by BenSounds, which is a fantastic site that makes royalty free music. They have a huge selection of free pieces and premium pieces for a fee. Anyway, thanks so much for watching!

Again, thank you so much! I'm so glad you're finding the videos useful.

Thanks so much for the kind words!

Thanks so much Sea! I'm so glad the video was helpful to you. I am currently working on a project to provide much more comprehensive videos that should stand alone as opposed to these little videos that were only meant to be reviews of classes taught live. Hopefully you'll find those useful when I release them!

I just realized that I replied from my other account. Sorry about that! The sentiment remains!

Hi Baji. Thank you so much for the kind feedback! Let me take a stab at explaining the timing on here. It's a really good question, and I may try to do a video on the subject in the future. As you have correctly observed, the basic in social Foxtrot is danced over 6 beats of music, but the music that it is usually danced to only has 4 beats in a measure. The result is that if you begin your first basic on beat one of a measure, by the time you finish, you will be ready to dance your next figure beginning on beat 3 of the following measure. If you were to continue using this rhythm pattern, by the time you began your third pattern, you would find yourself once again beginning on beat one of the 4th measure of music. In other words, you will find yourself beginning on beat one of a measure on every other pattern, and beginning on beat 3 on the interim steps. While that might seem very strange, it is in fact the prescribed timing for the dance. Some styles of swing also use 6 beat patterns. East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Jive are some examples. As you keep studying these dances, you will find that while the "backbone" of the dance is based on a six beat basic, there are several figures that use a 4 beat or even an 8 beat pattern. I haven't covered any of these patterns just yet, but hopefully I'll be able to get to them soon. In the meantime, take a look at the Waltz figures and try to apply a Slow-Quick-Quick timing to them instead of the normal 1-2-3 timing. Take the basic box step as an example. As you take the forward step on your left foot, slow down your pace so that you use up two beats of music instead of just the one (Slow). Then, speed up as you take the side step to the right to only use one beat of music (Quick), and close your feet on the next beat (Quick). You can repeat the same rhythm pattern on the back half of the box. Now you have taken a Waltz step and turned it into a Foxtrot step. Going back to your question of why, the truth is I don't really know exactly how that rhythm pattern emerged in the dancing. My best guess is that the interesting a complex rhythms found in jazz music inspired people to dance in rhythmically interesting ways, i.e. not being restricted to always beginning on beat 1. Again this is complete speculation on my part, but if I ever do come across the answer, I'll be sure to come back and let you know. I hope this was helpful. Happy dancing!

That's an excellent explanation, very helpful! Thank you very much!

Hi! I'm so sorry for the slow reply, but I wanted to make sure to thank you for the encouraging feedback. Online, people usually more eager to criticize than to praise. Lol! Happy dancing to you!

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to reply to this, but the notification fell through the cracks somehow. Thank you for the kind feedback. I'm hoping to put out a few more videos this summer!

Hi! I'm so sorry for the slow reply. Thanks for the feedback. You are quite correct on all points. I just wanted to point out that the bulk of the videos on this channel were never meant to be full instructional videos for the general public. They were simply meant to be very quick little reviews for the people who had taken that particular class in person. Theoretically, the students had already learned the material and the videos were just meant to jog their memories. I have in the past year started creating actual instructional videos where we used lapel microphones, and the video quality itself is far better. If you are currently studying things like dips and drops, you will probably find the new videos a bit too basic, but hopefully with time, the library will include more advanced material that you will possibly find useful. Thanks for watching, and happy dancing.

Thanks so much!

I know this is very late in coming, but thank you for your comment. I will be releasing new videos very soon. Hopefully you'll find those useful too!

Well, thanks for that info. Any chance that you could list the steps of your routine. Just trying to learn Amercian VW. Do you have any other postings? Very good!!

Thanks ever so much. So, would you say you're learning the NDCA American Smooth syllabus or is this a social version??

Hi again! This is not the NDCA American Smooth syllabus, although there is some overlap, and all of the elements are allowed in NDCA sanctioned events. I actually teach from the BallroomDancers.com syllabus. I find it to be the most sensible syllabus, as it is component based, rather than amalgamation based. In a way, the amalgamation based syllabi are useful for creating competition routines easily, but I like my students to be able to create their own patterns and routines. As social dancers, the more flexible they are regarding the structure of the dances the better, and as competitors, they will be able to be more creative with their routines. I like my competitors to be able to go out dancing and not just get stuck on one routine.

Sounds like quickstep, but dvida musics are good enough for this kind of routines...