Much Ado About Ballroom Dancing (Paperback)

~ Ronnen Levinson (Author)

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Product Description

Offers pointers on learning to dance, choosing shoes, finding dance music, and more. This handbook for the social dancer reveals how to

* speed up your dance training
* lead or follow well
* learn two or more dances for the price of one
* attract more dance partners
* choose quality dance shoes
* collect good ballroom dance music
* play music at dance parties.

Includes an etiquette guide, lists of songs for each dance, links to dance and music resources on the internet, and more!

About the Author

Ronnen Levinson started ballroom dancing in 1990, and has been dancing about three nights a week ever since. He presided over the campus ballroom dance club at the University of California at Berkeley (the UC Ballroom Dancers) in 1995, where he compiled an extensive collection of ballroom dance music used for the club's workshops and for social dancing. In real life, he is a Ph.D. mechanical engineer in Berkeley, CA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Ronnen Levinson (February 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967990904
• ISBN-13: 978-0967990903
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,095,316 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical information for beginning and intermediate dancers, April 8, 2000

By	FS (Annapolis, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This short book is an excellent reference for beginning and intermediate dancers. While it does not contain dance steps, it does contain good information on dance floor etiquette, dance technique, and clothing. Most dance instructors will agree with the author. While the last part of the book on collecting and playing dance music will have limited appeal to the average dancer, the first part of the book contains lots of good practical information.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview, January 31, 2001

By	DanceGuru99 (New York) - See all my reviews

I have come across many guides on dance steps, but never found a book quite like this that comprehensively covers all the other things that can make dancing so much more enjoyable. This book provides lots of useful tips and insights that allow the reader to avoid a number of the little mistakes that can add a degree of frustration to the process of becoming a social dancer. Skip the website and buy the book; the book has more information and doesn't require you to get online whenever you want to reference the content.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars " . . . music, music, music!", April 20, 2000

By A Customer

This is a nifty little guide for the amateur social dancer that tell some things teachers don't mention. Much of the book is devoted to dance music and has a quick guide to the current music scene with some ready-made dance programs. The scope includes selections from soundtracks as diverse as "Alladin", "A River Runs Through It" and "Strictly Ballroom" as well as vocalists that run the gamut from Doris Day to Lyle Lovett!