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The 100 Best Hustle Songs to Dance to

Here is our compilation / playlist of the 100 best songs to dance the hustle to. We’ve included slow, medium and fast paced songs with a variety of beats per minute. Hope you’ll enjoy dancing the hustle to these classics: Song Title Artist Name Beats per Minute Dancing Queen ABBA 100 Stayin’ Alive The Bee Gees 104 Hot Stuff Donna ...

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21 Slow Hustle Songs to Dance the Night Away

So here is a playlist of 21 slow hustle songs to dance to. By slow we mean less than 110 beats per minute. Enjoy your hustle dance tonight! Song Title Artist Name Beats per Minute The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room The Mellomen 90 All That She Wants Ace of Base 94 Dear John Letter Whitney Houston 99 Superstition Stevie Wonder ...

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Dancing the Hustle – Our Playlist of 62 Lesser Known Medium Speed Hustle Songs

All these hustle songs we’ve selected are a little below the radar. There are all between 110 and 120 beats per minute so the perfect pace to dance a good hustle to. Bring it: Song Title Artist Name Beats per Minute Secret in the Dark Monika 42 111 Get Down Tonight KC & The Sunshine Band 112 I’m Your Boogie ...

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44 Below the Radar Fast Hustle Songs to Dance to

We thought we’d dig beneath the surface and look for some less known songs to dance hustle to. What do we mean by lesser known? We’re sure you’ll still recognize almost all of them. We’ve just not included anything on our list of top 100 Hustle songs. And what do we mean by fast? Good question. To qualify the beat ...

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Ballroom Dance Poses and Positions – Essentials

Apart Any dance position where the man and lady have no points of contact. Since there is no physical connection, the use of apart position is limited to visual lead and follow, or open choreographed dance routines. Arabesque A pose with one leg stretched straight out to the back and one arm usually stretched out to the front. The back ...

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Ballroom Dance Music Beats

Accent the dominant beat of the music measure, usually the first beat of the measure. Bar A unit of music representing a group of consecutive beats. The number of beats in a bar or measure is measured by the time signature, and is determined by the ratio and relative strength of the naturally strong and weak beats occurring in the ...

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Ballroom Dance Movements – The Complete Guide

Action A movement or type of movement (e.g. Pivoting Action, Lowering Action). Activate To set in motion (e.g. Activate the moving leg). Adagio slowly developed movements such as attitudes, arabesques, and developpes where only one foot is in contact with the floor. Allegro fast movements where only one foot is in contact with the floor. These include kicks and flicks. ...

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Ballroom Dance Levels

Associate The first complete level of the International style syllabus, representing the foundation of movements and basic dance concepts. Bronze The first complete level of the American Medallist System, representing the foundation of movements and basic dance concepts. Fellow The fourth complete level of the International system, representing the highest level of achievement of syllabus patterns and concepts. Gold level ...

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Ballroom Dance Footwork and Feet – What you need to know

Alignment The direction that the feet are pointing in relationship to the room and to the line of dance. Alignment can also indicate the direction of the movement. Amount of turn The amount of rotation of the feet which occurs on one step, or between two consecutive steps. In the charts, rotation is measured in fractions of a full turn. ...

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Ballroom Dance Styles – The Full List

American Rhythm American Rhythm consists of: Cha Cha, Rumba, East Coast Swing, Bolero, Mambo American Smooth A subset of the American Style of Ballroom Dancing which includes the following 4 competitive dances: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, and Viennese Waltz. American style The American style smooth dances allow the dancers to be in open positions allowing much freedom of choreography. The nine ...

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