We’ve put together a Solo Argentine Tango dance routine for you, incorporating a selection of basic Argentine Tango steps. Lesson breakdown and timestamps to jump ahead below.

Our apologies also as it appears there were a few connection issues during the lesson so we had to make a couple of cuts, but you don’t miss any of the tuition thankfully. Hopefully it doesn’t affect your ability to enjoy the class but we will be moving to pre-recorded classes for future videos.

Solo Argentine Tango full lesson videos

You can find the full lesson video below as well as a demo of just the routine too:

Full Lesson

Routine Demo

Want to see a demo of the full Solo Argentine Tango routine? You can find our summary video below:

Full Solo Lesson Breakdown

You can find a breakdown for the lesson elements below:

[00:01:09] The routine starts with a Reverse Basic danced as both leader and follower. Before a Left Giro danced as a leader [00:05:50].

[00:08:30] We then introduce some Ganchos to finish off our first section (and we’ll finish the routine with these too).

We repeat the Basics and Left Giro.

[00:13:07] The Right Giro as a follower comes next once we’ve repeated the basics. There was a slight issue with our connection at around 15 minutes but it was restored and we go over the moves again for you so nothing is missed.

[00:18:51] Our final sequence is called the Fan (with a little flourish!).

There will be some tricky moments in the Solo Argentine Tango routine but we hope you’ll enjoy it as much as our students.

[00:25:30] Is our run through of the routine to music.

Argentine Tango Music Playlist

An Argentine Tango music playlist for practicing the individual movements can be found below:

Not looking for Solo Argentine Tango? We also have a Partner Argentine Tango routine as well as a lesson looking at the Sequence Dance Argentine Stroll.

We hope you enjoy this routine and keep an eye on our YouTube channel for all our videos.

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[00:00:41] We start off by showing you the first basic move of the Electric Slide. It starts with a slow chasse to the right, and back to the left again. This is followed by three walks back with a tap. To allow us to repeat this initial sequence we’ll briefly use three walks forward.

[00:03:35] Next up we finish off the routine by replacing the walks forward with the step tap and turn. This results in a quarter turn anti-clockwise to then repeat the routine facing the next wall.

Now we start to show options that you can include to make the Electric Slide routine your own. You can see a few of these options in the Candy Dance scene of the movie The Best Man.

[00:08:38] The first variation we show you is to replace the Chasse action with a Grapevine. You can choose to cross in front, or behind, or switch between.

[00:12:11] You can choose to replace the original chasse with a syncopated chasse movement.

[00:15:15] Then we talked about a few different options that you can use during the step-tap options. Whether you want to click, clap or introduce a lasso.

[00:17:56] Finally you could choose to replace your chasse or grapevine options with a spin.

[00:20:15] We finish up with a final practice of the Electric Slide routine.

The Electric Slide (aka Candy Dance) Video Lesson

We hope you enjoyed our The Electric Slide lesson. Hopefully next time someone asks if you know the Candy Dance, or Electric Slide, it’ll be an emphatic yes!

Music Dance Playlist

A popular song choice for this is Candy by Cameo (hence it is often referred to as The Candy Dance). For music licensing reasons we use a variety of different tracks but similar speeds.

All of our song choices work well for the Electric Slide and you can enjoy our playlist below:

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We originally taught this in one of our Cinema Night events. In these events we teach a dance routine inspired by the film that we’re about to watch.

Moves from throughout the Dirty Dancing film are incorporated to put together a fun beginner solo dance routine.

Hopefully the routine will be easy to pick up. It doesn’t matter then if you’re a complete beginner or don’t have any basic dance moves.

The routine has been choreographed to Do You Love Me – the Dave Arch Strictly Band version. Our original cinema night version was to the Contours version and is a slightly longer routine. However all the component elements are the same.

Watch the Beginner Dirty Dancing Lesson

You can find the full lesson below. If you want to skip ahead to just the Dirty Dancing beginner routine click here.

We hope you enjoy the lesson and keep an eye on our YouTube channel for all of our videos.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Offering regular live-stream classes, as well as useful dance uploads, subscribe to be kept informed when new videos are going live. Send us your suggestions of what you’d like to see us release and we’ll do our best!

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We actually ended up looking at the entire syllabus of Viennese Waltz (there are only seven steps). This did mean we covered the Reverse & Natural Fleckerls (Gold level).

Hopefully we have been able to simplify them enough to understand the basic components.

What do we cover in the Beginner Basic Viennese Waltz Lesson?

The Viennese Waltz Basics – Forward & Backward Change Steps

Initially we started the class looking at forward and backward change steps in a straight line. Once the basics had been covered we alternated our forward and back change steps; this time rotating in a box formation whilst also discussing swing and sway.

The option to introduce swing or not really depends on the space that you have available. If you have the space you should try to include it though if you are able.

Natural & Reverse Turns

Next up were the staple moves of your standard Beginner Basic Viennese Waltz. First we looked at the Natural Turn, a clockwise rotation aiming to turn 360^o over the six steps. We also discussed how important sway is in keeping your balance.

Some simple sway movements are incorporated to allow us to repeat the turn back and forward in a straight line. We danced the turns on a diagonal to maximise the available space.

Following a practice we then looked at how the Reverse Turn differs, with a crossing action on the forward part. The turn also rotates anti-clockwise. We kept the move to the same pattern as the Natural Turn though, with sways at either end.

Reverse Fleckerl, Contra Check & Natural Fleckerl

Now we get into the difficult steps of our Viennese Waltz. The Fleckerls and Contra Check are not basic beginner Viennese Waltz steps, but we felt the lesson would be more interesting if we included them! For the purposes of the class we taught them from the leader’s perspective.

To help beginners to understand the basic steps of the Fleckerls we began with the Reverse Fleckerl. This should be a spinning rotational step anti-clockwise on the spot. However to help you understand the moves that make up the step we taught it as a travelling movement around the outside.

Alternating two left foot crosses in front, with a left foot cross behind and side steps in between, we moved around three walls of our room. Antony then demonstrates briefly how you would do this rotating around on the spot.

We touch briefly on the Contra Check as a means of changing feet and direction, before looking at the Natural Fleckerl (again around the outside of the room).

Beginner dancers may wish to keep practicing these Fleckerls around the outside of the room. Once you have mastered the pattern with the feet you can then start to introduce rotation of the spot (as much as you are comfortable with).

Beginner Basic Viennese Waltz Dance Lesson Video

You can see the full Basic Beginner Viennese Waltz lesson below. We have also included the timestamps should you wish to skip ahead to particular moves.

[00:01:11] Changes Steps forward and backward
[00:04:26] Change Steps rotated in a square
[00:09:57] Natural Turns
[00:19:06] Reverse Turns
[00:26:26] Fleckerls (intro and demo)
[00:27:46] Reverse Fleckerl (spread out)
[00:30:04] Reverse Fleckerl (turning)
[00:30:37] Contra Check (simplified)
[00:31:07] Natural Fleckerl (spread out)
[00:32:20] Reverse Fleckerl (rotating), Contra Check, Natural Fleckerl (rotating)
[00:33:18] Fleckerl section (spread out) to music
[00:34:39] Fleckerl section (rotating) to music
[00:36:14] Sway & Spin
[00:37:54] Solo Viennese Waltz Routine breakdown
[00:41:58] Solo Viennese Waltz Routine to music

Fun Solo Dance Routine

At the end of our live-stream Beginner classes we always like to throw in a simple routine that incorporates all the moves we’ve learnt.

The Viennese Waltz routine was a little bit more complicated, due mainly to the Fleckerls, and so we recorded a demo both with and without the rotation.

Viennese Waltz Dance Playlist from the Beginner Basic Lesson

To help you practice your Beginner Basic Viennese Waltz dance steps we have uploaded a playlist of the music from the lesson. We have a selection of speeds as well as a mix between traditional songs and more contemporary pieces.

We hope you enjoy the Viennese Waltz music playlist.

Have fun with your Viennese Waltz, and keep an eye on our YouTube channel for our next live-stream dance class.

About Learn To Dance

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Looking for more personal tuition on your Basic Beginner Viennese Waltz? We provide both in-person and streamed lessons and classes. Check out learndance.co.uk/online for more information.

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What Do We Cover in the Beginner Basic Cha Cha Lesson?

The Cha Cha Basic – Closed, Open & In Place

We start the class off with the Basic in Place, using weight changes to practice our Cha Cha Cha technique and timing.

Once we’ve mastered that we then look at applying the technique to the Closed Basic, which tends to be the standard basic move. It should also be normally rotated, although most teachers (including us) would tend to teach it straight to complete beginners.

Next up is our final basic option the Open Basic. This involves taking the chasse forward and back with a locking action.

New Yorks & Hand to Hands with Spot Turn ending

Once we’d covered all the basic beginner Cha Cha options we then introduced a New Yorks with Spot Turn ending. Sometimes these are also known as New Yorkers. Here the basic movement involves turning a quarter turn and stepping across yourself from one side to the other.

A similar move is the Hand to Hands, which involves a quarter turn in the opposite direction to the New Yorks, so that you end up stepping back rather than through the middle. We’ll also finish this with a Spot Turn for the moment too.

There and Back and Side Steps

The next move introduced is called the There and Back. This involves two weight changes on the spot (like the Basic in Place) before a three step run backwards, a back rock, and then three runs forward. When danced with a partner you would mirror their movement, running away from each other before coming back in again.

Finally we introduced a move that we don’t normally teach our regular students – Side Steps to Left and Right. It’s easy to confuse yourself with these so just take it slowly and get used to whether you’re starting each section with a weight change or a side step.

Beginner Basic Cha Cha Cha Lesson Video

Want to skip ahead to particular moves? You can find the timestamps below:

[00:01:07] Basic in Place
[00:06:17] Closed Basic
[00:10:26] Rotating the Basic
[00:13:35] Open Basic
[00:18:58] New Yorks, with Spot Turn ending
[00:22:23] Hand to Hands, with Spot Turn ending
[00:25:08] There and Back
[00:27:21] Side Steps to left and right
[00:30:22] Solo Dance Routine
[00:37:16] Solo Routine to Music

Fun Solo Dance Routine

Once we’d covered all the steps we began teaching you a simple solo Cha Cha Cha dance routine to practice all the steps learnt.

The routine features all of the basic beginner steps and we’ll talk you through it as we dance, after a brief recap of the routine.

Cha Cha Cha Dance Music Playlist

We have also uploaded a Cha Cha Cha Dance Music playlist that you can use for practice. With a selection of slow and quick songs, as well as a mixture of traditional and contemporary.

We hope you enjoy the Cha Cha Cha music playlist.

About Learn To Dance

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Looking for more personal tuition on your Basic Beginner Cha Cha Cha? We provide both in-person and streamed lessons and classes. Check out https://learndance.co.uk/online for more information.

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On Sunday 14th March 2021 we held another free live-stream class on YouTube, this time a Beginner Basic Samba dance class.

In this class we started with the Samba Reverse Basic. This is a step forward with the left foot, a bounce on the spot, and then a step back with the right foot (repeating the bounce).

Some time is then spent discussing the Samba pelvic action, using a mild thrusting action by ‘pulling in’ your belly button.

Next we introduce the Samba Whisk. This is a side step with a bounced cross behind.

The Stationary Samba Walk followed which involves a close with one foot, a point back with the other, and a slip back of the front foot. When you then do the subsequent close on the next foot it is closed slightly forward (where you had originally started) to keep the overall movement on the spot.

Bota Fogos are introduced next, moving forward and backward before we start looking at the Voltas. Initially we do our Voltas in straight lines, at both half and then full speed, before looking at the Solo Spot Volta that rotates around on the spot.

Finally, just when we need a little breather, there’s a basic Rhythm Bounce.

Watch the Beginner Basic Samba Lesson

You can watch the roughly 30 minute lesson below. If you want to jump ahead to certain moves we’ve included the timestamps below it:

Lesson Timestamps

[00:01:50] Reverse Basic
[00:07:31] Whisk
[00:11:52] Stationary Samba Walk
[00:17:32] Bota Fogo
[00:23:30] Voltas
[00:26:47] Solo Spot Volta
[00:30:25] Solo Samba Routine

Solo Samba Routine Demo Video

The lesson ends with a basic beginner Solo Samba dance routine to help you practice the steps learnt.

We have chosen the song Lady De Rojo by Bassio for this routine. Before demonstrating we quickly remind you of the basic steps included too!

You can find just a demo of the Solo Samba Routine below:

If you want to check out some more of our solo routines we have a playlist over on YouTube.

Samba Dance Music Playlist

So that you can practice the basic beginner moves we’ve also uploaded a playlist of a selection of Samba tracks. The songs start off slowly then ramp up in speed, and we’ve also included songs used in some of our other lessons.

We hope you enjoy the below playlist:

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Offering regular live-stream classes, as well as useful dance uploads, subcribe to be kept informed when new videos are going live. Send us your suggestions of what you’d like to see us release and we’ll do our best!

Looking for more personal tuition on your Basic Beginner Samba? We provide both in-person and streamed lessons and classes. Check out learndance.co.uk/online for more information.

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The video lesson will last for around 30 minutes and we’ll start you off with a few basic beginner Salsa dance steps. There will be a range of steps taught and hopefully you’ll be confident in them all by the end of the class.

Throughout the class we’ll also teach you a simple basic Solo Salsa dance routine.

We’ll talk you through how to do the basic Salsa steps as well as a little on improving the technique of the beginner steps.

The Basic Beginner Salsa Lesson Video

Our lesson will go live on our YouTube channel at 11.30am on Sunday 7th March.

You can join us during the live broadcast and the video will be available to re-watch after the lesson has finished.

Whilst you’re waiting check out our Solo Salsa Dance Routine that we released during lockdown 1.0. This also features some of the basic beginner Salsa steps, as well as a few trickier movements thrown in.

It was our first ever online lesson video, so was a learning curve, but we hope you enjoy it!

Don’t forget if you want to be among the first to know about new videos and lessons subscribe for free to our channel. Make sure to click the ‘notification bell’ to be notified as soon as a new video is available or going live.

We’ll also upload a video demonstration of just the Solo Basic Beginner Salsa dance routine as well as a Salsa dance playlist for you to practice to.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Offering regular live-stream classes, as well as useful dance uploads, subcribe to be kept informed when new videos are going live. Send us your suggestions of what you’d like to see us release and we’ll do our best!

Looking for more personal tuition on your Basic Beginner Salsa? We provide both in-person and streamed lessons and classes. Check out learndance.co.uk/online for more information.

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

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How long should our Beginner Basic Charleston lesson be?

We’re in the process of planning the Beginner Basic Charleston class for Sunday. If you want to have your say on the potential lesson length vote now on the community page of our Channel.

What are we going to cover?

Depending on how the voting on lesson length goes will dictate how much we get to cover.

We will however be starting with the Charleston Basic step before looking at a couple of variations.

There’ll be some time spent discussing and explaining the twist action, but beginners may wish to come back to that when they’re more confident.

After that we’ll show you how to have fun with a selection of beginner Charleston steps. Including the Twists, Mess Around and Peckin’.

Finally we’ll teach you a simple routine to be able to practice what we’ve covered.

Where can I watch the Basic Charleston video?

The class will be live on our YouTube Channel at 11.30am on Sunday 28th February 2021. You can also watch it below, as well as on-demand 24hrs after it has been broadcast.

What shall I do whilst I’m waiting?

If you can’t wait until Sunday for your Basic Charleston fix check out our Solo Charleston video from lockdown 1.0:

We hope you enjoy our Charleston videos and do let us know what you’d like to see us cover next.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Whilst our studio may be closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’re still trying to help people to keep dancing!

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

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A number of commentators on our YouTube Channel have been asking for this following our Saturday Night Fever disco dancing lesson from lockdown 1.0.

The lesson will start with some basic beginner disco dancing moves. As we go through will look to add in variations as well as increase the number of disco steps. The aim to give you confidence to be able to get up on the dance floor and bust out some moves!

If you’re viewing live on YouTube you will also be able to send questions or comments via the Live Chat feature. We won’t be able to see your video feeds so you’ll need to let us know if there’s anything you’re struggling with or would like to see demonstrated again.

We hope you’ll be able to join us for the disco dance lesson. If you have any questions before our class feel free to drop them in the comments.

Watch the disco lesson live or on-demand:

We hope you enjoy our Learn To Disco dance online dance lesson. Don’t forget to share with your friends and family. You can also check out our other online dance lessons.

The disco dancing lesson will be available to re-watch after broadcast. It normally takes around 24hrs for YouTube to fully finish processing the live-stream video.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Whilst our studio may be closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’re still trying to help people to keep dancing!

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

Website: learndance.co.uk
Youtube: youtube.com/learndance
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This video gives you a taster of what we’re going to be teaching you in our special Valentine’s Day lesson. Antony will demonstrate the entire routine to music, giving audio cues throughout.

The dance starts at a Viennese Waltz pace before slowing down into a Slow Waltz. You may want to focus on the feet first of all, and then when you’re feeling confident look at introducing the arms.

With our live-stream on Sunday Antony will take you through the solo Waltz dance routine step-by-step. Hopefully by the end you’ll then feel confident to practice the routine without our help.

What steps are in the solo Waltz dance routine?

Our solo Waltz incorporates a number of Slow Waltz dance steps:

• Box Steps both forward and backward
• Reverse Turns as a leader
• Natural Turns as a follower
• Change Steps both forward and backward
• Whisk as a leader
• Left Whisk as a leader
• Wing as a follower
• plus a few American Smooth elements

Once the class is finished we’ll also upload a demonstration without any audio cues if you want to test your memory.

We hope you enjoy this video and if you have any questions before our class feel free to drop them in the comments.

Watch the Solo Waltz Dance Routine video

We hope you enjoyed our Solo Waltz dance routine online dance lesson. Don’t forget to share with your friends and family. You can also check out our other online dance lessons.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Whilst our studio may be closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’re still trying to help people to keep dancing!

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

Website: learndance.co.uk
Youtube: youtube.com/learndance
Facebook: facebook.com/learndance
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