Whatever program you select, you'll learn skills, moves and style that will stay with you all your life. With over 90 years of experience we have developed several methods of teaching that can get you looking and feeling like dancers in the most effective, fun ways possible. This is a brief description of some of the many methods we can deliver to you.
Private Session
- Taught by professionally trained and certified instructors.
- Complete scheduling flexibility.
- One key teacher is responsible for charting your progress and teaching your program.
Group Class
- Variety classes allow you to move at your own pace.
- Arranged to accommodate all levels and abilities.
- Instruction and practice with students at similar learning stages.
- Develops lead/follow with a variety of partners.
- Moderate size to insure personal attention.
Class instruction will reinforce and supplement private instruction. A concentrated review with each other 's instructors and students enhances the learning experience and speeds up progress.
Practice Session / Club Dance
- Practice time with teachers as well as other students.
- Learn how to deal with crowded dance floors.
- Utilise new patterns, creating your own variety.
- Learn how to relax and enjoy your dancing.
Parties are vital parts of naturalising basic movements, and developing confidence to move around the dance floor.
Types of Programs
There are many types of programs available to you in Australia from many different studios but only Arthur Murray standards are truly Internationally recognised standards of dancing.
1. Introductory Program
This program is designed as an introduction to the popular
social dances. This allows your teacher an opportunity to take care of your immediate dancing needs and to evaluate your future ones.2. General Variety.
This program will develop several of your essential social dances to a comfortable competent social standard. Emphasis is placed on the three most important elements of dancing namely foot positions, rhythm, and timing and leading and following.3. Associate Bronze.
This is the program for the impatient dancer who wants everything. It will develop free flowing movement around the dance floor, much more variety, technique, footwork and your first introduction to styling, that is those sensuous latin movements and that smooth flowing grace. This program is popular with those people that want to look good on the dance floor right away.4. Full Bronze.
This is the full social standard. This level of styling will have you looking very comfortable and confident on the dance floor. It will strengthen your lead and follow to the point that no matter who your partner is, what kind of music is playing, or what type of dance floor your on, you will look poised and comfortable with all the popular dances steps and many variations. It will give you all the confidence you will ever need on the dance floor. This is the fun point in dancing when you don't have to think about anything except enjoying your partner and feeling the flow with the music.
5. Silver.
Silver is a dance standard with a high degree of styling. Flashy movements make this standard stand out on the dance floor. Continuity of movement enables a couple to glide around the dance floor with great sophistication and grace. Technique is very important to develop this type of movement. This is the first true step to an International Style of dancing.6. Gold.
Strictly for the hobby dancer who enjoys dancing for it's own sake or for the person who enjoys exhibitions. It's intricate patterns are only to be used when both people know what they are doing. Choreography, Styling, Technique and Showmanship are necessities in this standard. The smoothness and control make this a beautiful standard to sit and watch. You had better be prepared to be here a while and work hard if this is your standard, but you will truly be regarded as an outstanding dancer, able to excel in any dance there is.
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