Last Updated - Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Swing Dancing Lessons
Swing is a popular dance in both the formal ballroom dancing world as well as the social dancing scene in Scottsdale and the metro Phoenix area. There are several forms of swing but by far the two most popular forms are the East Coast Swing and the West Coast Swing. East Coast Swing is one of the styles incorporated into the American Rhythm Ballroom Dance category, while West Coast Swing is a popular social form of the dance. Gainey Dance offers dance instruction in both of these forms of Swing.
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Salsa Dancing Lessons
Salsa is an immensely popular social dance form, particularly in the Phoenix area. While it is not an official ballroom dance style, it is a relatively easy dance to learn, which adds to its appeal to new dancers. We offer individualized as well as group Salsa Dancing instruction.
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Ballroom Dancing Lessons
Gainey Dance is a primarily Ballroom oriented studio. Ballroom dancing incorporates a wide variety of dances from a range of time periods and cultures. Ballroom dancing instruction offers the dancer the strong fundamentals needed to learn near any social dance style. Furthermore, learning the ballroom styles opens the new dancer up to a wide variety of fun applications in the social dance scene.
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Social Dancing Lessons
The terms social dancing is used to describe those dance forms that are not incorporated into the official ballroom dancing categories. Most dancers that begin dance lessons for social reasons, shy away from the ballroom styles due to the misconception that they are too structured or difficult to learn. Some of the social styles not included in the official ballroom dance syllabus but offered at our dance studios are Bachata, Merengue, Two-step, West Coast Swing, Salsa, Hustle and Nightclub two step.
