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The Showgirl Academy
- About group: The Showgirl Academy is based in Bristol & Bath and offers vintage cabaret themed dance courses, workshops and hen parties. Instructors are experienced and professional and accredited with The Minsitry of Burlesque and ABC Ltd. Dance styles include Beautiful Burlesque, Fabulous Fan Dance, High Kicking Can-can, Cheeky Charleston and Ultimate Showgirl. For more information please visit the website: www.theshowgirlacademy.co.uk
- Group type: Open to all
- Founded: 2010-03-30 12:58:05
- Group Members: 2
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Quickstep
QuickStep
The Quickstep evolved in the 1920s from a combination of the Foxtrot, Charleston, Shag, Peabody, and One Step. This dance is English in origin and was standardized in 1927. The Quickstep now is quite separate from the Foxtrot. Unlike the modern Foxtrot, the man often closes his feet, and syncopated steps are regular occurrences as was the case in early Foxtrot. In some ways, the dance patterns are close to the Waltz, but are danced to 4/4 time rather than 3/4 time
Tango Heaven
Tango Heaven
Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango and vintage tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango have developed into mature dances in their own right.
Cha Cha Cha!
Cha Cha Cha!
The dance teacher Pierre Zurcher Margolie from London visited Cuba in 1952 to find out how and what Cubans were dancing at the time. He noted that this new dance had a split 4th beat, and to dance it one started on the second beat, not the first. He brought this dance idea to England and eventually created what is known now as ballroom cha-cha-cha.
Jive
Jive Away!
Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.