Competitive Dancing Explained by Christoph Burgauner is an accessible introduction to competitive dancesport, covering Standard and Latin dancing, training, competitions, technique, and history.
Drawing on more than 20 years of dance experience, Burgauner introduces the ten competition dances and explains essential topics such as conditioning, coordination, choreography, floorcraft, musicality, competition preparation, adjudication, and judging systems.
The book also presents amateur and professional dancesport organizations and explains key technical concepts including posture, balance, contact, shape, sway, supporting and free leg, swing, and dynamics.
Contents
Getting Started
Dance schools, dancesport clubs, partner search, age groups, competitive classes, and formation dancing.
The Ten Dances
Standard: Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep.
Latin: Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive.
Training & Learning
Training plans, conditioning, coordination, choreography, floorcraft, musical dancing, and healthy training.
Dancesport Organizations
Amateur and professional organizations and international dancesport structures.
Competition
Competition preparation and procedure, adjudicators, judging, and judging systems.
Events
Championships, Open to the World competitions, cups, and trophies.
History of Dancesport
The development of competitive dancing, important periods, personalities, teachers, couples, and nations.
Fundamental Technical Terms
Posture, balance, lines, coordination, contact, shape, sway, steps, supporting and free leg, swing, and dynamics.
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