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. Three Step
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
Many Country Western song writers & composers use a unique Latin sounding rhythm as a basis of many popular tunes. The Three Step, with its subtle hip action and small movements, is the perfect dance ...
2. Mambo
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
The fusion of Swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm and in turn created a new sensational dance. The Mambo could not have been conceived earlier since up until that time Cuba ...
3. Latin American Dances
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
... involve a rhythmic character as opposed to a set of choreographic distinctions; and 2) The standardized expression of popular Latin dances embraced by cultures other than Hispanic, such as: Cha Cha, Samba, ...
4. Bolero
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
Originally a Spanish dance 3/4 time, it was changed in Cuba initially in 2/4 time then eventually in 4/4. It is now present as a very slow type of Rumba rhythm. The music is frequently arranged with Spanish ...
5. Swing
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
... generally refers to the ballroom and nightclub version, which is based on two slow and two quick counts or the slow and two quick counts of rhythm dances. ...
6. Lindy Hop
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
... same as the quietly rhythmic Lindy enjoyed by good dancers on the ballroom floor. The rhythmic patterns takes place over two measures of music. The more acrobatic version were limited to ballrooms of which ...
... moving your feet to the music. Dancing puts you close -- at arm's length -- or heart to heart with someone special. It's cheek to cheek to the rhythms and beat of the music. You'll learn how to move together ...
8. Latin
(Category)
... involve a rhythmic character as opposed to a set of choreographic distinctions; and 2) The standardized expression of popular Latin dances embraced by cultures other than Hispanic, such as: Cha Cha, Samba, ...

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