Want to learn to dance but don’t know where to start? Let’s Dance will have you taking the floor with style and confidence, whatever the occasion. Written by ballroom’s most distinguished teacher, Lyndon Wainwright, and featuring simple foot diagrams and step-by-step photography, this book makes ballroom dancing fun and easy to learn.
This inspiring and accessible book covers all the most important social dances: foxtrot, waltz, cha cha cha, quickstep, rock ’n’ roll and jive, samba, salsa, tango, rumba and disco/freestyle. Foot diagrams, specially commissioned step-by-step photography and detailed instructions will help you to master the steps and figures. The book works equally well whether you are learning alone or with a partner.
The book includes a CD of dance music included for you to practise to. Plus there is a comprehensive directory of everything any dance enthusiast needs to know, from how to find a dance teacher in your area, to the best place to buy your dancing shoes.
Lyndon Wainwright is the author of seven instructional books on ballroom dancing and a regular contributor to Dance Today! magazine. A professional dancer, he has danced in every dance venue of note and performed to many major dance bands, including those led by Edmundo Ros and Victor Silvester. He is the holder of a string of ballroom dancing awards, and has held a number of key positions in dance organisations, including Honorary Secretary to the International Dance Teachers’ Association.