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Competing At Junior Level and Private Tuition
Preparing For Competition In Class
Competition preparation classes are taken by Edinburgh Dance School Principal Felicity Drever assisted by Max Ivlev and Fonteini Stergiou. All three have many years experience competing and teaching at the very top levels of competition dance.
All competition preparation classes are taken either at the EDSstudio in Edinburgh or EDS Inch Park Sports Club on Saturday mornings.
Private Tuition For Students
If you are looking for extra Ballroom & Latin dance tuition for your child, we can provide this either on Saturday mornings at Inch Park Sports Club or Saturday afternoons at the EDSstudio. Tuition will be tailored to the child's standards and can be used either as a class catch, up or if you just feel they would benefit from more tailored tuition.
Cost for private tuition is £40 per couple/ hour. Use the 'Book' button below to reserve your times.
Competition Prep Camps
We also hold Competition Prep Camps twice a year, where students can finely tune their dance technique and learn good floor craft, whilst enjoying our fun class atmosphere.
Details of all our Competition Preparation Camps can be found on the BallroomJuniors Facebook page under 'EVENTS'
What Is Ballroom Dance ?
Ballroom And Latin dance consists of
Standard (Modern) (sometimes still referred to as Ballroom) and
Latin American (mostly referred to as Latin).
Standard consists of :
WALTZ
A slow dance in three/four time which first came to the UK in the 19th Century.
At first not well received , being the first dance where the man clasped his hands round the woman's waist.
TANGO
A staccato and dramatic dance originating from Buenos Aires.
Became popular in Britain in the thirties.
FOXTROT
Probably the most technically difficult dance requiring perfect balance and control.
Its name originates from an American vaudeville dancer called Harry Fox.
QUICKSTEP
Like the names suggests it is fast. It sprung up in the twenties when bands played t
he foxtrot too quickly and the quickstep became a dance in its own right.
VIENNESE WALTZ
Originating in Bavaria and formerly a court dance in Austria.
Latin constists of:
CHA CHA CHA
Originates from Cuba and is a combination of Mambo and Rumba.
SAMBA
This Brazilian carnival dance is a progressive dance which takes many of its
characteristics from the percussion beating out the samba rhythm.
RUMBA
Originates from Cuba and is the most sensual of dances where
partners express their love and emotion to each other.
PASO DOBLE
Spanish for ‘two step' based on the Spanish bullfight. The
man represents the matador and the woman his cape.
JIVE
The fastest dance in the latin section but not a true Latin dance.
It is an adaptation of African /American swing - fifties style.
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