Dance Trivia

Swing Dance is featured in "Blast from the Past" starring Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone.
Enrico Caruso gave Arthur Murray the idea for his famous footprints. Caruso was a student of Mr. Murray's. Knowing that Mr. Murray was having difficulty succeeding with his dancing-by-mail-classes, he jokingly suggested that Mr. Murray begin selling lessons for one foot only, and then when paid, send lessons for the other foot. The thought of lessons "by the foot" gave Mr. Murray the idea for the famous footprints that became an Arthur Murray trademark to define the dance steps.
Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Eleanor Roosevelt, John D. Rockerfeller, the Duke of Windsor, Groucho Marx, and Ed Sullivan were ALL Arthur Murray Students.
In the movie "My Blue Heaven", Steve Martin and Rick Moranix perform the Merengue
In Merengue, the first beat is interpreted by the dancers as a slight limp and was inspired by attempts to spare an injured war hero's feelings.
Jennifer Lopez was a member of the Fly Girls dance group from the TV show, "In Living Color"
The Cha Cha, Mambo, Rumba, and Salsa all have origins in Cuba
Michael Jackson used Fred Astaire as inspiration for his music video "The way you make me feel"
The Tango was performed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the movie "True Lies"
Christopher Walken is the famous actor seen dancing in the Fat Boy Slim music video "This and That"

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1. Waltz
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
Still the mother of all dances. The Waltz has been used in Country Western as far back as you can trace music. Contemporary Country Waltz is normally played at a quick pace although some artists still ...
2. Triple
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
... and variations also give us the Line Dances or Shadow Dances of Cotton-Eyed Joe and Ten Step.  ...
3. Progressive Two Step
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
The most popular and widely danced of all the Country Western dances. Originally an unpolished style of Foxtrot, the Two Step has taken on its own look and has become a uniquely stylized dance that reflects ...
4. Work For Arthur Murray!
(Employment/Employment)
... that will teach you all of the hottest and latest dances around, such as swing, salsa, tango, and more! Be taught and trained by certified and world recognized dance professionals with the most comprehensive ...
The cost depends on a number of factors: How good you want to be, what dances you want to learn, the number of days and weeks in your dance schedule, etc. After your first lesson, your instructor will ...
6. How long will it take?
(FAQs/General)
The length of the course depends on how many dances you would like to learn and how proficient you would like to become in each dance. However, you will be able to dance after your first lesson. ...
7. Is it difficult?
(FAQs/General)
You will learn the 4 simple basic movements from which all the dances are derived. ...
It is not designed as a teaching program, but it will introduce you to the basics in a few of the popular dances. Learning to dance smoothly and comfortable takes time. ...
9. Fox Trot
(Dance Lessons Austin/Ballroom Dance)
Said by some to have been originated by Harry Fox in 1913. It is now a standard ballroom dance the world over and serves as a good foundation for social dances in 2/4 or 4/4 time. See also Two Step ...
10. Hustle or Swing Hustle
(Dance Lessons Austin/Disco)
A number of similar style disco dances which had its beginning in the mid 1970’s and enjoys some continuing popularity as a swing style today. The record “Do The Hustle” by Van McCoy, ...
11. Line Dancing
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
... of the more popular line dances used at parties in recent times are: the “Chicken Dance”, “New York, New York”, the “Electric Side” and the “Cotton-eyed Joe”. The most recent addition to this list is the ...
12. Waltz
(Dance Lessons Austin/Ballroom Dance)
... of the 18th Century. In Italy it was the Volta, France had its Volte, Germany the Weller, and Austria had its Landler. These were round dances but at the end of the dance itself there was a short period ...
13. Tango
(Dance Lessons Austin/Ballroom Dance)
... Tango which is accepted worldwide as the format for dancesport events. The dancers remain in traditional closed position throughout and express both legato and staccato aspects of the type of music appropriate ...
14. Tango
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
... Tango which is accepted worldwide as the format for dancesport events. The dancers remain in traditional closed position throughout and express both legato and staccato aspects of the type of music appropriate ...
15. Samba
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
... is mostly in the tempo played since the steps in all three dances are very similar. The style is to bounce steadily and smoothly in 2/4 meter. They say that the late Carmen Miranda introduced the Samba ...
16. Latin American Dances
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
These are essentially divided into two categories: 1) The authentic, traditional dances that fall lately into the domain of the folkloric dances, many of which vary from region to region, and generally ...
17. Swing
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
An every popular blend of several African American dances, which include Lindy and Ragtime Jazz and Blues, was well as all the other dance music to accompanying dances of the past ninety years. Today it ...
18. Dancing at Your Wedding
(Dancing at your Wedding/Dancing at your Wedding )
... hustle and bustle of the day to spend an hour or so with your intended, having fun and working together productively at the same time. Besides the Waltz and other traditional dances, the Mambo, Salsa, ...
19. Latin
(Category)
These are essentially divided into two categories: 1) The authentic, traditional dances that fall lately into the domain of the folkloric dances, many of which vary from region to region, and generally ...

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