Latin Dancing
Latin dancing is known the world over as a sexy and sensual form of dance which involves frivolous body and hip movements, tantalising arm movements and teasing looks. Latin is an extremely popular to dance and to watch as well.
Swing is a dance with an abundance of energy, enthusiasm and plenty of fun with lots of spins and a lively animation that promotes a happy and cheerful attitude, adding even more excitement to the dance floor.
The Swing’s catchy rhythm and contagious beats have been adopted from the Rock ‘n’ Roll, Jitterbug, Bebop and Boogie Woogie styles.
This provides a challenge for dancers of all backgrounds for their physical fitness, ability to amalgamate steps quickly, whilst maintaining agility and lightness through their feet.
Movies such as ‘Footloose’, ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ and ‘Grease’ have given swing the popularity it deserves with catchy songs from their soundtracks.
Ask any one about this dance and they will say “The Cha Cha Cha”. It is one of the most popular Latin dances that is irrepressibly cheeky, playful and sassy.
Its provocative movements and syncopated rhythm emphasizes the playful nature of this sexy dance with a contagious catchy rhythm.
This dance provides the perfect opportunity for dancers to let loose, go wild and have fun.
No seriousness throughout the Cha Cha, just relax, have fun, enjoy being naughty and flirt the night away to songs like “Sway – Shaft”, “Let’s get Loud – J. Lo” and “Push It – Salt ‘n’ Peppa”.
Often known as the ‘Carnivale’ dance, Samba features vibrant colours, outrageous costumes and sexy hip movements.
Originating in Africa, but re-discovered and developed in Brazil, it is featured at the annual celebration of ‘Carnivale’ in Rio.
The Samba rhythm pulsates throughout a dancer’s body and has a happy expression with its characteristics.
Its unbeatable rhythm forces your body to bounce and dance to the strong drumming beats that are bubbly, infectious, rhythmical, sexy and full of groove.
Songs like “Macarena – Los Del Rio”, “Bamboleo – Gypsy Kings”, and “La Bomba – Ricky Martin” will get you moving.
Made famous by the movie ‘Dirty Dancing’, it is wild, fun, outrageous and irresistible.
The earthiness and sharp hip movements highly accentuate its sensuality, combined with the wild and exciting music, this ‘Dirty Dance' is not one to be missed.
The Mambo is greatly respected by advanced dancers as it requires dancers to lead and amalgamate steps quickly whilst maintaining control and rhythm.
Similar to Salsa, it is extremely popular socially, in clubs and functions where space is limited.
“Johnny’s Mambo” from Dirty Dancing, and “Mambo No. 5 – Lou Vega” are some of the Mambo tracks that are great to be seen dancing to.
The smoothest, sophisticated and most graceful Latin dance, Bolero uses a combination of sensuality from the Rumba and the slow sweeping motion with rise and fall from the Waltz as its main characteristics.
Its lingering effect and slowness in delivery creates the perfect opportunity for dancers to use their arms and body movements.
The music is used to express their emotions through creating different shapes, speeds and styling, and definitely teases the dancers while they express their ‘love pursuit’.
Bolero music creates an extremely romantic mood with songs like “Lady In Red – Chris De Burgh”, “Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet”, and “Take My Breath Away – Berlin”.
Rumba is known as the dance of romance, highlighting the man’s prowess and the ladies’ femininity, sensuality and earthiness.
It is the most passionate and romantic of the Latin dances and will teach you to exude your skills and masculinity as a leader, whilst focusing on the ladies’ ability to steal the show with her sexy and seductive body movements.
It is the ultimate love story between the man and the woman and expresses passion and tension.
The lady is the perfect picture of sensuality and the man is the powerful and solid frame, and the Rumba is designed to establish and give the lady all the attention she deserves.
Songs that are popular for Rumba range from the modern charts like “Falling Into You – Celine Dion”, and “The Look Of Love – Diana Krall”, to more traditional classics like “Historia De Un Amor – Luis Miguel”, and “Fallen – Lauren Wood from Pretty Woman soundtrack”.
All have romantic and passionate character attributes that are enticing and alluring and encourage dancers to imitate the Rumba’s instinct of love.