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Since that time, Dr. Wright has progressed to the title of acquisitions editor, acquiring books across several interest areas: motor behavior (i.e., motor learning, motor development, and motor control), aging and physical activity, and dance (both academic and trade titles). Dr. Wright grew up in Ohio, taking classes in tap dance, some ballet, jazz, and baton twirling. In addition to her work at Human Kinetics, Dr. Wright, along with her husband, Sam Wright, now teaches, coaches, judges, ...
According to Judy Wright, dance expert and author of the forthcoming Social Dance: Steps to Success (Human Kinetics, 2012), it’s no surprise so many people attribute their shrinking waistlines to dance. “The low-impact aerobic workout of dancing continuously is a major benefit of partner dancing,” Wright explains. To achieve the aerobic benefit of dance, participants must gradually increase the amount of time spent continuously dancing.
Dr. Wright’s dance experience includes tap, jazz, modern, ballet, social, folk, square, country Western, line, and aerobic dance. She has also presented workshops at the state and national levels for the National Dance Association and AAHPERD, the National Teachers Association for Country Western Dance Instructors, and the National Dance Educators Organization. She resides in North Carolina, where she is a member of the Charlotte USA Dance chapter, the Carolina Ballroom Dance Club, and Lynn’...
Feel confident on the dance floor—step by step! The later steps show how to demonstrate dance etiquette, including how to adapt to a crowded social dance floor. “With more dances, enhanced diagrams, an instructor guide, and an accompanying DVD featuring dances and music, the third edition of Social Dance is a must-have for students.
A typical frame error occurs whenever you move your arms independently of your shoulder girdle. For example, a common frame error, called spaghetti arms, occurs when the elbows extend behind the body. Leading and following are enhanced when your arms, shoulders, and sternum (your frame) work together as a unit, but leading and following are ineffective if either partner’s frame is not established and firm.
The shine position (figure 4.1a) is used whenever you are facing a partner but not touching hands. This position (figure 4.1f) is a modified closed position with outside shoulders angled toward the joined hands. In the swing, the joined-hand position changes slightly such that the hands are lower and the leader rotates the fingers of his left hand clockwise approximately 90 degrees to have his thumb on top before grasping his partner’s fingers.
The cha-cha-cha steps (triple step) may be executed while traveling to either the right or the left side or in a forward or in a backward direction. The triple step is called the cha-cha-cha steps. Both partners execute the cha-cha rhythmic step pattern by splitting it into two halves defined by the direction of the break steps: a forward half basic includes a forward break step, and a backward half basic includes a backward break step.
The leader does the box step (the equivalent of eight half-box steps or four box steps). From a closed position, both partners do a half-box and a slow of the second half-box when the leader lifts his left hand and arm to form an arch. After the follower's backward half-box (first SQQ), she uses three forward traveling steps (left, right, left) with a swivel at the end to face the leader (second SQQ).
Drawing upon her book, Partnering Dance and Education, Judith Lynne Hanna was an invited speaker at the recent Learning and the Brain Conference in Washington, DC. Drawing upon her book, Partnering Dance and Education, and her recent article, "A Nonverbal Language for Imagining and Learning: Dance Education in K-12 Curriculum," published by Educational Researcher, 37(8):491-506, 2008, Judith Lynne Hanna, PhD, senior research scholar, department of dance, affiliate, department of anthropology...
