What is Round Dancing?

At a glance, Round Dancing looks like Social or Ballroom Dancing since the dance rhythms and movements are the same. However, round dancers have the advantage of “pre-choreographed and cued” dances which use defined (and practiced!) figures/steps – thereby, an alternate name has become Choreographed Ballroom or Choreographed Social Dancing.

Our program follows the standard created by Roundalab. Roundalab also designed a curriculum covering Beginner to Advanced Levels which enabled dancers to learn and progress through the moves, figures, and choreographed dances of the various rhythms. Our dancers do enjoy the informal and friendly atmosphere, well-presented lessons, staying active, and the challenge of learning more about dancing!

Beginners: Starting September, and in January, beginning dancers will be introduced to the Two-Step, Rhumba, Cha Cha, or Waltz rhythms. Over a few semesters, dancers are ready to join Class 3, which is learning and dancing to choreographed cues in these four rhythms. It is fun to learn new dances, some of which have one or two higher-level figures included.
Subsequent Levels: As students advance (Phases II, III, IV, IV+), additional figures and rhythms such as Jive, Slow-Two-Step, Foxtrot etc. are introduced along with choreographed dances appropriate for each of the Levels.