Meredith & Harold

ROUND DANCING — CHOREOGRAPHED BALLROOM

EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES

by Harold & Meredith Sears
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In 2005, we began to write educational articles for the monthly newsletter of the Dixie Round Dance Council. Elsewhere, we have a list of all the dance essays we have written, loosely organized by topic (see How To Dance Gracefully in the navigation bar at left). Below, we list the DRDC articles chronologically.

An admission — a web site is temptingly easy to edit. Along the way, if I thought of something to add or thought better of a statement, I might have done some revision. So let's just say that a version of each of these articles was published in the newsletter.


2004

How the Phase Rating System Reflects the History of Modern Round Dancing by Veronica McClure (PDF), 2/2004


2005

There Is More Than One Way To Lead, 1/2005

Don’t Fight With Your Partner, 2/2005

Icing On the Cake, 3/2005

Skiing Through the Foxtrot, 7,8/2005

The Foxtrot & Quickstep, 10/2005

Some Waltz History, 12/2005

 


2006

Dancing Or Just Standing There, 1/2006

Pitfalls In Lead & Follow, 2/2006

Balance and Good Posture, 3/2006

Jive and Swing, 4/2006

West Coast Swing, 5/2006

West Coast Swing Figure Patterns, Part I, 6/2006

West Coast Swing Figure Patterns, Part II — Four-Count and More, 7,8/2006

Dance Position and Connection Between Partners, 9/2006

Dance Position and Connection, Part II — A List, 10/2006

Twists and Twist Turns, 11/2006

Single, Double, and Triple Twist Turns, 12/2006

 


2007

Hip Twist Figures, 1/2007

Be Gentle, 2/2007

Tipples, Ripples, and Body Rolls, 3/2007

The Healthy Side Of Round Dancing, 4/2007

Inside & Outside Rolls In Slow Two-Step, 5/2007

A Few Rondes In Slow Two-Step, 6/2007

Animal Figures, 7,8/2007

The Long and the Short Of It, 9/2007

Mini-Picture Figures, 10/2007

Let's Put On A Show, 11/2007

Samba by Chris & Terri Cantrell (PDF), 12/2007


2008

Continuous Figures In Latin, 1/2008

Continuous, Extended, and Interrupted Figures in Smooth, 2/2008

Paso Doble Styling by Shirley Aymé, 3/2008

Left Hinge, Right Hinge — Increasing Figure Variety, 4/2008

Give Her Leg A Nudge, 5/2008

Rumba Styling by Shirley Aymé, 6/2008

Whip Her Across, 7,8/2008



If you are not a member of DRDC, do consider joining. The group sponsors quarterly weekends with great dancing and teaching, and the newsletter is one of the most informative available.

Past DRDC Educational Articles by
Jim & Barbara German, ca. 2000-2001
Chris & Terri Cantrell, 2001-2005
Harold & Meredith Sears, 2005-present

Some articles and dance helps by
Sandi & Dan Finch
Gert-Jan & Susie Rotscheid


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