Selbst diese Basicschritte kann man mit mehr Elan tanzen...Das Paar tanzt keinen Quickstep, sondern einen Quiekstep. Und der zweite Kopfdreh der Dame sieht mir zu unnatürlich aus...als würde sie ihren Kopf selbstständig drehen.
May be it is about time for me to say something about ballroom dancing. Almost any one could be a ballroom dancer, only after several BASIC technique training. Ballroom dancing from that point on is very much like the intengible art form, fine art, for example, it is very subjective to say who is better or not, unlike the 100 meter race, a definite winner if you can run faster than the other. That is why Ballroom dancing is like architecture,never go to the Olympic competition. George Wu, AIA
@georgewu5 May be because of this as I mentioned that it is hard to judge who is better or worse in ballroom dancing. I never saw so many thick-headed people on the dance floor through the years. For example, there was such a guy dancing 19 years ago, has been dancing since then.Today he still dances the way just like he did 19 years ago, never tried to improve.He probably felt that he already knew everything, no need to improve any more.Dancing attracts a lot of these people. George Wu, AIA
The first time I ever saw the Hiltons in person was in Hotel Vancouver, 1991 in Canada.. These days all I have to do is to close my eyes, Then I would see them dancing beautifully in front of me once again! YouTube Dancewu net
@roger2dc The negative result of not providing enough basic information here, unlike " Simply Beautiful Ballroom by the the Hiltons", & called the video BASIC is my objection. Because three years ago there was a young Martial artist who lived in England and wanted to learn the International Foxtrot so much, but he was intiminated to a point he almost gave up dancing. My suggestion to him to go to "Simply" did not help. He found out his own way to learn the Foxtrot elsewhere! YouTube Dancewu net
Fallaway Slip Pivot (S S q q) Double Reverse Spin (S q q) Overspin (&) Check Outside Partner (S S) Open out to haklf Natural Turn (q q) Lock (q q S) Natural Turn (q q S) Rumba Cross, twice (q q S q q S) Tipple to Right (q & q) Lock (q q S) Natural Turn with Back Check (q q S) Reverse Turn (S q q S q q) Hover line (S S S S)
@teddykan1 Thank you for your time to help out the poor fellows here who did not have the British Publications of the required figures in the competitions. we all want to learn from this beautiful video of the names of all the figures which were not provided here and still called the video "BASIC" ( misleading for someone to be able to start learning from). This discussion reminds my participation 3 years ago in "Hilton Basic Foxtrot" I had said almost the same thing then. YouTube Dancewu net
OK here's what I make of it.... Comments and corrections are welcome. Take hold Two preparatory walks (S S) Natural Spin Turn (S q q S S S) Vee Six (q q S) Reverse Finish (S S S) Lock (q q S) Natural Turn (S q q) Hesitation (S S) Chasse to Right (S q q) Reverse Finish (syncopated) (S q q &) Chasse (q & q) Lock (q q) Natural Turn (S q q) Tipple to Right (q & q) Side Cross (q q S) Quick Open Reverse (q q S q q) Travelling Contra Check (S q q S) Chasse to centre (q q S)... out of space
It is the Basics, i.e. technique and figures up to Gold (National Board) or about Silver (ISTD). I do this sort of stuff in my social dancing and I can enjoy it. There's no pressure from thinking 'competitive'. My partner and I simply enjoy it for the sheer pleasure of moving to the rhythm and doing figures which are physically exhilarating.
@teddykan1 Since you are so smart, why don't you show us what the figures are, one by one, posted at your next convenience, to show us that you are so much more intelligent than us to identify each figure that Marcus and Karen did here, such as fish tail, or running right turn, or outside change etc.. the students are eager to understand what all the SQQ,SSQQ,SQQ,SQ&Q meant. And the video did not offer that kind of information. You have to go to "Simply Beautiful Ballroom" YouTube Dancvewu net
@Kate0603: Not exactly. The International Style came from the UK ISTD which chose to document partner dancing in early 20th century in the same way that they documented ballet and other dances as cultural heritage items. Before that, there were many, many interpretations of the music in partner dancing. To choose one version to document, they held competitions, and the styles of dancing deemed the most attractive and representative were chosen and documented in the "syllabus" and preserved.
@liltinysarah I m sure your teacher had found out what each figure was; but did you know what they are yet? Can you name the Running right turn, the Chase to the right ( slow quick and quick), the outside change, and the Fish tail etc.? As a student, one haS to know all those names of the figures in order to learn. If you don't. that is the reason why you kept on going back to pay your dance teacher for the same lesson, over and over again. YouTube Dancewu net
This semi competition style of quickstep is ok if you have the floor practically to yourself because you need a lot of space to cover the ground at that rate. But try it on a busy dance floor on a Saturday evening and see how popular you are with all the other regular dancers who happily get by with the original albeit outdated version. The quickstep used to be a dance for ordinary public to enjoy,not primadonnas..At least not when l and thousands of others practiced it 40 odd years ago.How sad!
@crankbv1 I think the most important thing is something call floorcraft. imo, a dancer could not dance the full routine on a busy dance floor BUT you can sneak in the odd quick open reverse when the floor permit. yes, i know of these jerks on have no regard to the other dancers. keep on dancing!
That's very true. It looks amazing if you can take up so much space, but at a ball or dance you almost never have that much room on the floor. The only time I was ever able to execute similar moves was at a military ball where virtually nobody was able to dance, and my partner and I only had to share the dance floor with one other couple.
The problem is that ballroom dancing (in the US, not so much in Europe) has not been a part of the regular mainstream social scene for decades, and the focus in the dancing subculture is on competition dancing. Few people know how to dance anymore, and those that learn study at studios that want to turn virtually everybody into a competitive dancer.
@Kate0603 Thank you for your comments. l was beginning to think l was alone in my opinions regarding ballroom dancing but which you highlight so succinctly. As you rightly point out,the only people who seem to take it up tend to be competition orientated...pot hunters..as we used to call them. Sadly,for them,behind the glitz and glamour there is little room for enjoyment,whilst ever more complex patterns are introduced which clearly were never intended for general public participation.
@BlakeyBoy57 Don't worry. I think it will take 3+ years to get to this point if you practise. The term basic refers to the steps are syllabus steps. Plus they are doing it letter perfect.
@BlakeyBoy57 It's not the basic. :) The real basic is standing in diagonal position, man goes two steps forward (left leg first) and than there is quarter turning on "quick, quick" on left side. Than the woman goes forward in the same way but she starts with right leg and you turn quarter turn to right.
Well, strictly, you're describing 'the basic step in quickstep', as opposed to this, which is 'a basic quickstep' in that it only involves syllabus steps
@BlakeyBoy57 It is meaningless if the video just announcing the slow and the quick steps without phrasing each figure clearly and slowly, like the video tape "Simply Beautiful Ballroom dancing by Marcus and Karen Hilton." Firstly danced the entire routine with music.Secondly danced with the slow and quick steps announced. Thirdly,close-up with detail, plenty of time allowed for the student to absorb each figure before going into the next . I found it more useful for myself was to sketch them !
@BlakeyBoy57 It is not your fault not to be able to understand one figure out of the entire video here. It is the wrong title for a beatiful quick step,---If the word "basic" is taken out, use the tape as a demonstration of how a quickstep is done by the world best ballroom couple, Marcus and Karen. Then the students like us will not be insulted for not intelligent enough to learn the BASIC ! About 21 years ago, when I first started sketched for myself.The rest was history. YouTube Dancewu net
anyone making jokes about this, this is just a basic routine. when you see people doing real difficult routines in quickstep, you see there isnt any room to make even one mistake, cause you'll both hit the floor and slide on for about 3 meters, yes it goes that fast.
i think that quickstep is like flying across the floor,. it is a joyful entertaining dance and the dancers have the ability to move quick without making any mistake ... this is too low for me and some kind of boring ... they have skill but their routine is not joyful as it needs to be
In a quickstep basic starting with the right foot forward for the leader, for example, the footwork is heel, toe, toe, toe-lower, and repeat, where the timing is slow, quick, quick, slow, so the last slow is initially danced on a toe.
Does anyone know where I can get my hands on this Exact version of this song? I know it's from "Kiss me kate" and called "Too darn hot", but I cannot seem to find this version anywhere :o,, can anyone give a hint? I need it! cause this is an awesome piece of music :)
I like the quickstep because it fits my personality. However, it seems contradictory because it supposed fast and yet controlled. The hold is hardest aspect. Latin forget it expect maybe for few of them, I simply cannot get the rhythm straight nor are my hips that flexible no matter how much I push from my knees or abdomen, Also I think some woof costumes are immodest. Don't slap together three or four pieces of fabric and call it a costume.
about the costumes your right. i also irritate me at some of the costumes. Latin is my personality. ballroom the most execpt the Tango. ive you wan't some tips for latin i can give you some. and yhe problem of most people with latin is the rhythm. you must listen to the under tones not the front tones. That's where the problem starts.
Your right. she's one of the best. And the thing about lucky with my teacher your right. But the american en dutch way of learning to dance is So different. If been in america for a few months. For learning for ballroomdancing. I had a great time but i prefer the dutch way. I think whe have allot of great dancers. In latin but also ballroom. its to bad that there are not enough sponsors here. Never mind. how long do you dance Georgewu5?
If any one wants to learn to dance like a world champion both in Latin and Standard Ballroom, and could not afford several hundred dollars a private lesson, what would he or she do? Take lessons from the instructors locally? No way! The instructors themselves are still struggling to learn from the best privately from the videos! Why not learn directly? Buy the videos or DVD by the Champions one likes to learn from. It costs only a few private lessons! Own & use them forever!---dancewu(dot)net
But learning from the videos is not for every body. I have met many dancers in my life time who confessed they could not learn any thing from the books or videos. Well, not everyone in the world can be visual, can draw beautiful pictures either. Some people just did not have the talent to do certain things, so long they did not try to knock down other people is very secured of them! they did not get intimidated by not able to do something!---dancewu(dot)net
When I learned Standard ballroom, I have been learning ONLY from the BEST in the world---Marcus Hilton! But when I learned International latin, I have been learnong from Donnie Burns, Shirley Ballas, Slavik, Michael, and Joanna. Because I think Marcus is the best in the world as a Ballroom dancer, there is no one can catch up with him! And he is a true gentleman! That is why he is always on the top!---dancewu(dot)net
someone asked for name of this video... video file name i have is called "Marcus and Karen Hilton Ballroom Light and Shade" but playing video there is "Beautiful basics" headline
Georgewu, you are writing only malevolent gossips about the best standard dancer at this moment in all the world, Mirko...It' simply shameful..And if you only listen to false gossips and do only bla bla bla, I know Mirko and I can say is really a wonderful boy.
Ops...I don't mean that you can be stupid, absolutely, but maybe you find teachers not good at all...I am Italian, I am studying standard dance taking lessons directly from Pino William, Fabio Selmi, Mirko Gozzoli, their partners and their trainers (international competitors)...that's what I mean for "good teachers". You got complete literature about dance on your website, but TO DANCE is another thing..is foot action, breathing, sweating, feeling. Not videos, not books, no words..
1F: Without your stating your background, I already knew that you were from Mirko! believe me! I knew about Him ever since there was a small Korean fellow insisting that Mirko was better than Hilton! Well, in the dancing circle, I overheard that Mirko is not a nice person. That amounts to a lot to me! After all, the character of a person is very important also! Hilton is a gentleman! and Mirko is not!---dancewu(dot)net
Another Mirko, lost the lawsuit in Hong Kong court to his student, a wealthy 60 years old Chinese woman banker involved with U.S. millions of dallars! That was in the news last year. Character of that Mirko is very low!---dancewu(dot)net
You can't learn to dance standard dances looking at VHS or DVD. The only way to learn to dance is sweating and hard working on the floor quite every day for years, in a very goood school with very good teachers.
1F: Those " very good teachers" I know they all took lessons SECRETLY from the videos of the World Champions. I saw them in Vancover, Seattle, New york, Connecticut all over. My teacher, Mr. popov, the Russian Champion in Seattle 1992, told me that he did that and also took notes the way I told him I did. So why not go to buy a video or two by the World Champions. Remember being poor does not stop people from enjoying the dancing the World Champions way of doing it.---dancewu(dot)net
I have had trouble dancing Latin for years since 1983. It is not me being particular stupid, just because I was taught at the very beginning by the "very good teachers" from Arthur Murray. Only a few years ago I started with "Simply Beautiful Latin" by Ballas. then I watched and sketched from Donnie Burns,Fairweather,Slavik, Michael and Joanna Leunis. I began enjoying Latin very much without inventing the wheel on Monday Morning.---dancewu(dot)net
hard to imagine that "they took lessons SECRETLY from the videos of the World Champions" as a 100% thing for everyone. to each his own, i guess, but it sounds really generalizing and biased...
The fact that you hanged around the World Champions Marcus and Karen Hilton's videos many times here in the past proved that you are secretly learning from the best,but so ashamed to admit that you have to learn, as if you already know them all. It indicated that you are full of shit,you have no room for more knowledge, because you are full of! With that kind of attitude,you cannot be a better dancer,at least you cannot be as good as the Hiltons! What a shame!---dancewu(dot)net
This are the videos by the World Champions Marcus and Karen Hilton! Why are you here if you are not trying to learn something? This is the proof that people do try to, secretly or openly,learn from the best videos possible,but ashamed to admit that! But why ashamed? you know them all already?! Humble yourself a little bit might do you some good- you might learn something!---dancewu(dot)net
and to learn dance steps? clever notion, but just to get some old music into my player, do i even have to get that? honestly, i, and, more likely, other people, have other reasons for watching videos like these. give it a thought perhaps. and your zeal and fanaticism to these "world champions" of yours isn't exactly appealing much...
This is an absolutely basic routine and is absolutely clear an clean. If you are studying standard dances since 1992 and you still got trouble to understand this routine there's something wrong...Since 1992, you still need to 'syllabus' steps...in 16 years the Hiltons has been about ten time world champion...mmhh..
In "Simply Beautiful Ballroom- by marcus and Karen Hilton" named each figure clearly in the the routine, therefore I understood every time what I was learning from. But this video also by the Hiltons, called "HILTON BASIC QUICKSTEP" is not "BASIC" at all, because I, as a student, did not know what figures I was learning from, and got lost right at the beginning. I have been learning from the World Champions Marcus and Karen Hilton since 1992, and still had trouble with it!---dancewu(dot)net
I am afraid the Hiltons did not make the DVD yet after the video tapes- at least I did not find them listed. But those VHS are excellent and clear instructions. Marcus and Karen Hilton- Developing choreography, Ballroom. and Simply Beautiful Ballroom. I, myself, am also looking for the DVD for the same, but so far no luck. Try dancevision(dot)com------ dancewu(dot)net
This may just be making my ignorance obvious, but this is exactly (or at least in my mind), the waltz, but slightly quicker...still a nice dance though
International quickstep is more like speeding up the Arthur Murray style foxtrot which is SLOW SLOW QUICK QUICK SLOW ------ That was what I thought over the years! That was also my confusion for over 18 years! Among the five international ballroom dances, I confessed that the quickstep gave me the most problems because I started learning the American style 24 years ago, American Foxtrot counted that way! I never could really UNLEARN it after I changed into International style! dancewu(dot)net
AboveSuspicion: Feel really sorry for you. There must be a better way to learn such a beautiful dance! why don't you go to my web site, see there is anything I can help. As I said before, the figures are all mixed up and even an experienced student would find it hard to identify each. I am writng a 3-D dance book to include each figure spelled out clearly, may be that will help. It helped me learning! dancewu(dot)net
Where is this dance studio. I see lots of videos which are filmed in this studio - or one which looks identical to it. Just interested to know where it is ?? Anyone know ?
Just a quick correction on the sequence of figures: Natural Spin Turn V6 Natural Turn with Hesitation Progressive Chasse to Right 6 Quick Run Tipple Chasse to Right Forward Lock Quick Open Reverse Progressive Chasse Running Cross Chasse Running Right Turn And I'll do the rest later!
To finish... Natural Spin Turn Quick Open Rev Rev Piv into Cross Swivel Rev Turn Heel Pull Fishtail I think I saw an closed impedus 2x Rumba Cross Tipple Chasse To Right Fwd Lock Checked Nat Spin Turn (only legal in waltz) 2x Reverse Turn into Heel Pull Hover Corte (of some sort)
csh: There were 3 different versions of routine for this quick step here in YouTube. If we cannot agree upon what the names of the each figures are, how can we ever learn to dance this routine? Therefore I believed that is the producer's job to name each figure clearly before going into the next figure. If the student not sure what the name of the next figure is, how can the student know how to dance the next eighteen figures here? Go to "Simply Beautiful Ballroom-Hilton"to learn.dancewu(dot)net
dude wtf are you talking about? im just finishing up what melvynharbour was doing, if i have a few wrong then fix em, otherwise don't put some bullshit up about disagreement when i see none thus far.
Must say that one excellent feature of this clip is that there is none of that hideous hopping and skipping about that so often makes male quickstep dancers appear of questionable sexual orientation. The music is crap, but it always is with the quickstep.
Speak for yourself. I'm gay and I love quickstep. So don't write about "questionable sexual orientation"... sounds nasty of you. And I adore exaggeration and campy figurer of quickstep. That's why I love quickstep, actully :D
Seems as though you're supporting the very point I made. Since I'm not gay, why then would I like the campy figures and exaggeration? Incidentally, in what sense did you take me to be speaking for anyone other than myself? Did I inadvertently give the impression that I was speaking on behalf of some movement?
You're missing the BASIC point, which was whether the steps shown in this clip were truly basic, at least in the sense in which a layman would apply that term. As for the Quickstep's campy hops and skips that make my blood run cold, they are not actually on view in this clip. So, it's a good clip but mistitled. Can we at least agree on that?
Not sure I got the point of this clip, which I had hoped might be instructional, not some guy rolling off a succession of "Slows" and "Quicks". A nice clip to watch and all that but it taught me precisely nothing.
Any Tech guys/girls out there like to add to what I think this routine is: Nat spin turn,V6,fwd Lock Hesitation Change Prog Chasse Right 4-Quick Run forward Lock Running right Chasse Running Right Turn Nat spin/Prog Chasse face DC Quick Open Reverse/Slip Pivot Double Reverse Spin Cross Swivell FishTail Nat Turn.... Anyone like to complete from here or amend above?
Quick step was the easiest dance to learn from many years ago, because it was very similar to the Arthur Murray foxtrot S S Q Q S. But because it is so identical that I got confused even to this date. That is why I always said it was more difficult to unlearn something! dancewu dot net
I have returned to ballroom dancing after 6 years. Although my technique was a bit sloppy, I was surprised to remember most my these steps in this video. I now have to wear neoprene braces on both knees, but I once again enjoy having a woman in my arms and dancing. Thank you for posting this great example of the quickstep.
You know, if you are taking lessions with your wife in the near future and like to learn this router, just ask your teacher to teach you the routine. The routine is gold/silver level syllabus. If you like to dance that well, it will take a little hard work though. :-)
I'll never learn that!!! Pfffff
jannieronnie 3 days ago
Selbst diese Basicschritte kann man mit mehr Elan tanzen...Das Paar tanzt keinen Quickstep, sondern einen Quiekstep. Und der zweite Kopfdreh der Dame sieht mir zu unnatürlich aus...als würde sie ihren Kopf selbstständig drehen.
Es gibt bessere Beispiele.
KrasnyeRozy 1 month ago
Quick Step dealer........... laminaatzogelegd.nl
laminaatzogelegd 2 months ago
What's the name of that song?
J145105 2 months ago
I so damned LOVE this dance!
Feuerblut 2 months ago
May be it is about time for me to say something about ballroom dancing. Almost any one could be a ballroom dancer, only after several BASIC technique training. Ballroom dancing from that point on is very much like the intengible art form, fine art, for example, it is very subjective to say who is better or not, unlike the 100 meter race, a definite winner if you can run faster than the other. That is why Ballroom dancing is like architecture,never go to the Olympic competition. George Wu, AIA
georgewu5 4 months ago
@georgewu5 May be because of this as I mentioned that it is hard to judge who is better or worse in ballroom dancing. I never saw so many thick-headed people on the dance floor through the years. For example, there was such a guy dancing 19 years ago, has been dancing since then.Today he still dances the way just like he did 19 years ago, never tried to improve.He probably felt that he already knew everything, no need to improve any more.Dancing attracts a lot of these people. George Wu, AIA
georgewu5 4 months ago
The first time I ever saw the Hiltons in person was in Hotel Vancouver, 1991 in Canada.. These days all I have to do is to close my eyes, Then I would see them dancing beautifully in front of me once again! YouTube Dancewu net
georgewu5 5 months ago
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roger2dc 5 months ago
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roger2dc 5 months ago
@roger2dc The negative result of not providing enough basic information here, unlike " Simply Beautiful Ballroom by the the Hiltons", & called the video BASIC is my objection. Because three years ago there was a young Martial artist who lived in England and wanted to learn the International Foxtrot so much, but he was intiminated to a point he almost gave up dancing. My suggestion to him to go to "Simply" did not help. He found out his own way to learn the Foxtrot elsewhere! YouTube Dancewu net
georgewu5 5 months ago
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teddykan1 5 months ago
@teddykan1 Thank you for your time to help out the poor fellows here who did not have the British Publications of the required figures in the competitions. we all want to learn from this beautiful video of the names of all the figures which were not provided here and still called the video "BASIC" ( misleading for someone to be able to start learning from). This discussion reminds my participation 3 years ago in "Hilton Basic Foxtrot" I had said almost the same thing then. YouTube Dancewu net
georgewu5 5 months ago
teddykan1 5 months ago
It is the Basics, i.e. technique and figures up to Gold (National Board) or about Silver (ISTD). I do this sort of stuff in my social dancing and I can enjoy it. There's no pressure from thinking 'competitive'. My partner and I simply enjoy it for the sheer pleasure of moving to the rhythm and doing figures which are physically exhilarating.
teddykan1 6 months ago
@teddykan1 Since you are so smart, why don't you show us what the figures are, one by one, posted at your next convenience, to show us that you are so much more intelligent than us to identify each figure that Marcus and Karen did here, such as fish tail, or running right turn, or outside change etc.. the students are eager to understand what all the SQQ,SSQQ,SQQ,SQ&Q meant. And the video did not offer that kind of information. You have to go to "Simply Beautiful Ballroom" YouTube Dancvewu net
georgewu5 5 months ago
@Kate0603: Not exactly. The International Style came from the UK ISTD which chose to document partner dancing in early 20th century in the same way that they documented ballet and other dances as cultural heritage items. Before that, there were many, many interpretations of the music in partner dancing. To choose one version to document, they held competitions, and the styles of dancing deemed the most attractive and representative were chosen and documented in the "syllabus" and preserved.
singlemalt25 8 months ago
used to do this with my dance teacher :')
liltinysarah 8 months ago
@liltinysarah I m sure your teacher had found out what each figure was; but did you know what they are yet? Can you name the Running right turn, the Chase to the right ( slow quick and quick), the outside change, and the Fish tail etc.? As a student, one haS to know all those names of the figures in order to learn. If you don't. that is the reason why you kept on going back to pay your dance teacher for the same lesson, over and over again. YouTube Dancewu net
georgewu5 5 months ago
ehhh ill stick with the salsa XD
blacklove319 8 months ago
@geoffroyskater
Try to do it, and then you can comment.
Kate0603 10 months ago
It's not some dubstep sh*t, let me tell ye...
Gilgondaren 11 months ago
This semi competition style of quickstep is ok if you have the floor practically to yourself because you need a lot of space to cover the ground at that rate. But try it on a busy dance floor on a Saturday evening and see how popular you are with all the other regular dancers who happily get by with the original albeit outdated version. The quickstep used to be a dance for ordinary public to enjoy,not primadonnas..At least not when l and thousands of others practiced it 40 odd years ago.How sad!
crankbv1 11 months ago
@crankbv1 I think the most important thing is something call floorcraft. imo, a dancer could not dance the full routine on a busy dance floor BUT you can sneak in the odd quick open reverse when the floor permit. yes, i know of these jerks on have no regard to the other dancers. keep on dancing!
slam5 11 months ago
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crankbv1 11 months ago
@crankbv1
That's very true. It looks amazing if you can take up so much space, but at a ball or dance you almost never have that much room on the floor. The only time I was ever able to execute similar moves was at a military ball where virtually nobody was able to dance, and my partner and I only had to share the dance floor with one other couple.
Kate0603 10 months ago
@crankbv1
The problem is that ballroom dancing (in the US, not so much in Europe) has not been a part of the regular mainstream social scene for decades, and the focus in the dancing subculture is on competition dancing. Few people know how to dance anymore, and those that learn study at studios that want to turn virtually everybody into a competitive dancer.
Kate0603 10 months ago
@Kate0603 Thank you for your comments. l was beginning to think l was alone in my opinions regarding ballroom dancing but which you highlight so succinctly. As you rightly point out,the only people who seem to take it up tend to be competition orientated...pot hunters..as we used to call them. Sadly,for them,behind the glitz and glamour there is little room for enjoyment,whilst ever more complex patterns are introduced which clearly were never intended for general public participation.
crankbv1 10 months ago
Nice amalgamations! Takes work, but it's worth it.
defelice33 1 year ago
good basic :) more look at e x t r e m a. net.pl
bazylenko 1 year ago
kwekk slow ... can ANYONE remember that combination...?
missbs1 1 year ago
thanks :)
ltami10 1 year ago
Chjo.... I want to know how to dance quickstep... :)
TheaKour 1 year ago
if that's the basic... I'm fucked.
BlakeyBoy57 1 year ago 89
@BlakeyBoy57 Don't worry. I think it will take 3+ years to get to this point if you practise. The term basic refers to the steps are syllabus steps. Plus they are doing it letter perfect.
slam5 1 year ago
@BlakeyBoy57 It is just basic indeed.. so poses, but lots of bias and locksteps. ^^
92cucaracha 10 months ago
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@BlakeyBoy57 It is just basic indeed.. no poses, but lots of bias and locksteps. ^^
92cucaracha 10 months ago
@BlakeyBoy57 It's not the basic. :) The real basic is standing in diagonal position, man goes two steps forward (left leg first) and than there is quarter turning on "quick, quick" on left side. Than the woman goes forward in the same way but she starts with right leg and you turn quarter turn to right.
JTruneckova 10 months ago
@JTruneckova
Well, strictly, you're describing 'the basic step in quickstep', as opposed to this, which is 'a basic quickstep' in that it only involves syllabus steps
camrichard1 9 months ago
@BlakeyBoy57 It is meaningless if the video just announcing the slow and the quick steps without phrasing each figure clearly and slowly, like the video tape "Simply Beautiful Ballroom dancing by Marcus and Karen Hilton." Firstly danced the entire routine with music.Secondly danced with the slow and quick steps announced. Thirdly,close-up with detail, plenty of time allowed for the student to absorb each figure before going into the next . I found it more useful for myself was to sketch them !
georgewu5 5 months ago
@BlakeyBoy57 It is not your fault not to be able to understand one figure out of the entire video here. It is the wrong title for a beatiful quick step,---If the word "basic" is taken out, use the tape as a demonstration of how a quickstep is done by the world best ballroom couple, Marcus and Karen. Then the students like us will not be insulted for not intelligent enough to learn the BASIC ! About 21 years ago, when I first started sketched for myself.The rest was history. YouTube Dancewu net
georgewu5 5 months ago
Quelle est la chanson?
Co to za piosenka?
What is the song?
bukolcik 1 year ago
@bukolcik look below! :-)
slam5 1 year ago
@bukolcik Swing and dance, from Klaus Hallen Tanzorchster
kalorie99 1 year ago
anyone making jokes about this, this is just a basic routine. when you see people doing real difficult routines in quickstep, you see there isnt any room to make even one mistake, cause you'll both hit the floor and slide on for about 3 meters, yes it goes that fast.
clawcarboy18 1 year ago
What's the song name?
ltami10 1 year ago
@ltami10 it is "when the saints go marching in"
slam5 1 year ago
i think that quickstep is like flying across the floor,. it is a joyful entertaining dance and the dancers have the ability to move quick without making any mistake ... this is too low for me and some kind of boring ... they have skill but their routine is not joyful as it needs to be
Twoapplepie 2 years ago
lol! they have skill? really?
9 times professional world champion...
you have no idea, do you? this is a basic routine. look up other videos of them.
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TheVittoricci 2 years ago
you have nice dance step look it so beautly it soft heart
appsp1 2 years ago
how should you learn something from it?? you won't even learn the normal steps quick quick slow.....
hardtobeTHEgod 2 years ago
kwekkwekkwek slow kwekkwekkwek hehehhe ;D
rRdoomernik 2 years ago 37
@rRdoomernik Yep, that's basic.
terabrat 3 months ago
im assuming this the international standard version
Jvargas0026 2 years ago
slow slow quick quick slow quick quick slow..
slow slow slow slow quick quick quick quick quick slow...xD
SaFiiLaPriinCes 2 years ago
If you watch how he steps, you will notice that a 'slow' step is taken with the heel, while a 'quick' step is taken on the ball of the foot.
sebastinovich 2 years ago
@sebastinovich - Not exclusively.
In a quickstep basic starting with the right foot forward for the leader, for example, the footwork is heel, toe, toe, toe-lower, and repeat, where the timing is slow, quick, quick, slow, so the last slow is initially danced on a toe.
TobyHine 2 years ago
I wanna learn that.
maciekdb1994 2 years ago
gosh he's chatching he's breath,.. its hard
marduk1894 2 years ago
i swear he says snow at times...looks fun, but the quick/slow/snow, confusing as it can get...
ghanes14 2 years ago
It's his accent. It's a bit nasal so does sound a bit like he's saying "snow" but he does say "slow".
Luubelaar 2 years ago
so helpful when learning quickstep. And timing and rythm are everything, so this is a great little video.
theothercavetroll 2 years ago
Is there any relationship between this and ... dance ? Slow quick quick slow slow slow quick quick slow slow quick quick slow quick quick slow slow quick quick slow slow slow slow slow quick quick slow slow .... uuuf ! ;-))))
batkojomo 2 years ago
this is the timing of the steps
hibiscus161 2 years ago
sory for the gramatical errors hahaha
pok94pok 2 years ago
i'm a boy lived in spain and i must dance salsa and quickstep in the P.E
!! LoL it's crazy. And i don't have music for them.Please tell me a song for dance quickstep
pok94pok 2 years ago
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jaymibakker 2 years ago
It is easy;p It's basic
pczg1 3 years ago
It looks so easy, doesn't it?
dorsiflector 3 years ago
:D sie macht keinen einzigen fersenschritt...die sie normalerweise machen müsste ...oh man :D
001Lolly 3 years ago
normalerweise heisst aber nur wenn sie einen vorwärts slow-schritt macht :)
andreyostr 2 years ago
Whoa that was good. I'm taking modern ballroom dances as PE, and we have to dance the quick step. Heaven help me. Haha.
yoyopay 3 years ago 2
Does anyone know where I can get my hands on this Exact version of this song? I know it's from "Kiss me kate" and called "Too darn hot", but I cannot seem to find this version anywhere :o,, can anyone give a hint? I need it! cause this is an awesome piece of music :)
Yesboxette 3 years ago
It is call "Swing and Dance". You can find it in one of Klaus Hallen's collection.
slam5 3 years ago
what music is this?
JoanaLopesSilva 3 years ago
what music is it ? *fell in love*
kabbeldiing 3 years ago
I like the quickstep because it fits my personality. However, it seems contradictory because it supposed fast and yet controlled. The hold is hardest aspect. Latin forget it expect maybe for few of them, I simply cannot get the rhythm straight nor are my hips that flexible no matter how much I push from my knees or abdomen, Also I think some woof costumes are immodest. Don't slap together three or four pieces of fabric and call it a costume.
MagEakaWebutante 3 years ago
about the costumes your right. i also irritate me at some of the costumes. Latin is my personality. ballroom the most execpt the Tango. ive you wan't some tips for latin i can give you some. and yhe problem of most people with latin is the rhythm. you must listen to the under tones not the front tones. That's where the problem starts.
greatz
K1mberly1986 3 years ago
K: in my opinion, Joanna Leunis from your region Holland, is one of the best International Latin dancers I have ever seen.----dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
Your right. she's one of the best. And the thing about lucky with my teacher your right. But the american en dutch way of learning to dance is So different. If been in america for a few months. For learning for ballroomdancing. I had a great time but i prefer the dutch way. I think whe have allot of great dancers. In latin but also ballroom. its to bad that there are not enough sponsors here. Never mind. how long do you dance Georgewu5?
K1mberly1986 3 years ago
hi to all... i really like to learn the ballroom.. can anyone put on the names of the syllabus here in this dance.. tnx
DanzwintZ 3 years ago
If any one wants to learn to dance like a world champion both in Latin and Standard Ballroom, and could not afford several hundred dollars a private lesson, what would he or she do? Take lessons from the instructors locally? No way! The instructors themselves are still struggling to learn from the best privately from the videos! Why not learn directly? Buy the videos or DVD by the Champions one likes to learn from. It costs only a few private lessons! Own & use them forever!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
But learning from the videos is not for every body. I have met many dancers in my life time who confessed they could not learn any thing from the books or videos. Well, not everyone in the world can be visual, can draw beautiful pictures either. Some people just did not have the talent to do certain things, so long they did not try to knock down other people is very secured of them! they did not get intimidated by not able to do something!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
When I learned Standard ballroom, I have been learning ONLY from the BEST in the world---Marcus Hilton! But when I learned International latin, I have been learnong from Donnie Burns, Shirley Ballas, Slavik, Michael, and Joanna. Because I think Marcus is the best in the world as a Ballroom dancer, there is no one can catch up with him! And he is a true gentleman! That is why he is always on the top!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
someone asked for name of this video... video file name i have is called "Marcus and Karen Hilton Ballroom Light and Shade" but playing video there is "Beautiful basics" headline
TeslaSerb 3 years ago
Georgewu, you are writing only malevolent gossips about the best standard dancer at this moment in all the world, Mirko...It' simply shameful..And if you only listen to false gossips and do only bla bla bla, I know Mirko and I can say is really a wonderful boy.
1Fallaway 3 years ago
Ops...I don't mean that you can be stupid, absolutely, but maybe you find teachers not good at all...I am Italian, I am studying standard dance taking lessons directly from Pino William, Fabio Selmi, Mirko Gozzoli, their partners and their trainers (international competitors)...that's what I mean for "good teachers". You got complete literature about dance on your website, but TO DANCE is another thing..is foot action, breathing, sweating, feeling. Not videos, not books, no words..
1Fallaway 3 years ago
1F: Without your stating your background, I already knew that you were from Mirko! believe me! I knew about Him ever since there was a small Korean fellow insisting that Mirko was better than Hilton! Well, in the dancing circle, I overheard that Mirko is not a nice person. That amounts to a lot to me! After all, the character of a person is very important also! Hilton is a gentleman! and Mirko is not!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
Another Mirko, lost the lawsuit in Hong Kong court to his student, a wealthy 60 years old Chinese woman banker involved with U.S. millions of dallars! That was in the news last year. Character of that Mirko is very low!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
You can't learn to dance standard dances looking at VHS or DVD. The only way to learn to dance is sweating and hard working on the floor quite every day for years, in a very goood school with very good teachers.
1Fallaway 3 years ago
1F: Those " very good teachers" I know they all took lessons SECRETLY from the videos of the World Champions. I saw them in Vancover, Seattle, New york, Connecticut all over. My teacher, Mr. popov, the Russian Champion in Seattle 1992, told me that he did that and also took notes the way I told him I did. So why not go to buy a video or two by the World Champions. Remember being poor does not stop people from enjoying the dancing the World Champions way of doing it.---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
I have had trouble dancing Latin for years since 1983. It is not me being particular stupid, just because I was taught at the very beginning by the "very good teachers" from Arthur Murray. Only a few years ago I started with "Simply Beautiful Latin" by Ballas. then I watched and sketched from Donnie Burns,Fairweather,Slavik, Michael and Joanna Leunis. I began enjoying Latin very much without inventing the wheel on Monday Morning.---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
1F: Go to my website to see for yourself.---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
hard to imagine that "they took lessons SECRETLY from the videos of the World Champions" as a 100% thing for everyone. to each his own, i guess, but it sounds really generalizing and biased...
grifhinx 3 years ago
The fact that you hanged around the World Champions Marcus and Karen Hilton's videos many times here in the past proved that you are secretly learning from the best,but so ashamed to admit that you have to learn, as if you already know them all. It indicated that you are full of shit,you have no room for more knowledge, because you are full of! With that kind of attitude,you cannot be a better dancer,at least you cannot be as good as the Hiltons! What a shame!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
This are the videos by the World Champions Marcus and Karen Hilton! Why are you here if you are not trying to learn something? This is the proof that people do try to, secretly or openly,learn from the best videos possible,but ashamed to admit that! But why ashamed? you know them all already?! Humble yourself a little bit might do you some good- you might learn something!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
Most people I met in the dancing circle thought that they are the best in the world!Are they?!Really?!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
i'm replying to this afterwards.
and to learn dance steps? clever notion, but just to get some old music into my player, do i even have to get that? honestly, i, and, more likely, other people, have other reasons for watching videos like these. give it a thought perhaps. and your zeal and fanaticism to these "world champions" of yours isn't exactly appealing much...
grifhinx 3 years ago
This is an absolutely basic routine and is absolutely clear an clean. If you are studying standard dances since 1992 and you still got trouble to understand this routine there's something wrong...Since 1992, you still need to 'syllabus' steps...in 16 years the Hiltons has been about ten time world champion...mmhh..
1Fallaway 3 years ago
In "Simply Beautiful Ballroom- by marcus and Karen Hilton" named each figure clearly in the the routine, therefore I understood every time what I was learning from. But this video also by the Hiltons, called "HILTON BASIC QUICKSTEP" is not "BASIC" at all, because I, as a student, did not know what figures I was learning from, and got lost right at the beginning. I have been learning from the World Champions Marcus and Karen Hilton since 1992, and still had trouble with it!---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
Quickstep is leuk, vooral om zelf te dansen! <3
truusdeboer123 3 years ago
very very elegant, very cool.
ImAWiseguy123 3 years ago
Can anyone give recommandations on good "How-To"-DVDs, that teach you those figures shown in this video? Thx in advance!
fippsbozz 3 years ago
I am afraid the Hiltons did not make the DVD yet after the video tapes- at least I did not find them listed. But those VHS are excellent and clear instructions. Marcus and Karen Hilton- Developing choreography, Ballroom. and Simply Beautiful Ballroom. I, myself, am also looking for the DVD for the same, but so far no luck. Try dancevision(dot)com------ dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
thank you very much!
fippsbozz 3 years ago
fippsbozz: you are very welcome! dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
This may just be making my ignorance obvious, but this is exactly (or at least in my mind), the waltz, but slightly quicker...still a nice dance though
Rocketlauncher111 3 years ago
International quickstep is more like speeding up the Arthur Murray style foxtrot which is SLOW SLOW QUICK QUICK SLOW ------ That was what I thought over the years! That was also my confusion for over 18 years! Among the five international ballroom dances, I confessed that the quickstep gave me the most problems because I started learning the American style 24 years ago, American Foxtrot counted that way! I never could really UNLEARN it after I changed into International style! dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
Actually the quickstep is derivative of the foxtrot.
MagEakaWebutante 3 years ago
basically it's the faster version with added tricks and footwork
grifhinx 3 years ago
but much more fun!
alexwmurphy 3 years ago
that was........a waste of time my parnets r going over this and they showed it to me....... -.-
BlackBlur888 4 years ago
ready? and... slow-quick-quick-slow-slow-slow-quick-quick-slow-slow-quick-quick-slow-quick-quick-slow-slow-quick-quick-slow-slow-slow-slow-quick-quick-slow-slow-quick-quick-quick-quick-quick-quick-slow-quick-quick-slow-quick-quick-slow-quick-quick-slow-slow...
AboveSuspicion 4 years ago 2
AboveSuspicion: Feel really sorry for you. There must be a better way to learn such a beautiful dance! why don't you go to my web site, see there is anything I can help. As I said before, the figures are all mixed up and even an experienced student would find it hard to identify each. I am writng a 3-D dance book to include each figure spelled out clearly, may be that will help. It helped me learning! dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 4 years ago
you don't really have freetime to repeat all the things he says in the right order :P
clanlessnoob 3 years ago
It's very galling to me when they call this stuff "basic." Been dancing for years and I might as well be a blind man on stilts compared to them.
PeterJDeer 4 years ago
i think basic as in no "open" steyp.
slam5 4 years ago
Where is this dance studio. I see lots of videos which are filmed in this studio - or one which looks identical to it. Just interested to know where it is ?? Anyone know ?
jrepsch1 4 years ago
beautiful
sixsasha6 4 years ago
melvynharbour 4 years ago 3
cshorte 3 years ago
csh: There were 3 different versions of routine for this quick step here in YouTube. If we cannot agree upon what the names of the each figures are, how can we ever learn to dance this routine? Therefore I believed that is the producer's job to name each figure clearly before going into the next figure. If the student not sure what the name of the next figure is, how can the student know how to dance the next eighteen figures here? Go to "Simply Beautiful Ballroom-Hilton"to learn.dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
dude wtf are you talking about? im just finishing up what melvynharbour was doing, if i have a few wrong then fix em, otherwise don't put some bullshit up about disagreement when i see none thus far.
cshorte 3 years ago
Yes I get it... but they could have done something else than the bascis
pk22cm 4 years ago
Must say that one excellent feature of this clip is that there is none of that hideous hopping and skipping about that so often makes male quickstep dancers appear of questionable sexual orientation. The music is crap, but it always is with the quickstep.
Czerniakowska 4 years ago
Speak for yourself. I'm gay and I love quickstep. So don't write about "questionable sexual orientation"... sounds nasty of you. And I adore exaggeration and campy figurer of quickstep. That's why I love quickstep, actully :D
innuendo48 4 years ago
Seems as though you're supporting the very point I made. Since I'm not gay, why then would I like the campy figures and exaggeration? Incidentally, in what sense did you take me to be speaking for anyone other than myself? Did I inadvertently give the impression that I was speaking on behalf of some movement?
Czerniakowska 4 years ago
who gives a crap. i enjoy this. does that make me a lesbian. HELL NO! I am as straight as straight can be. if you don;t like it then don;t watch
stlbabygirl14 4 years ago
You're missing the BASIC point, which was whether the steps shown in this clip were truly basic, at least in the sense in which a layman would apply that term. As for the Quickstep's campy hops and skips that make my blood run cold, they are not actually on view in this clip. So, it's a good clip but mistitled. Can we at least agree on that?
Czerniakowska 4 years ago
fine
stlbabygirl14 4 years ago
Does anybody knows where the music is from ??
Thanks a lot
Ralf
m040261 4 years ago
Hi Ralf,
music is from " kiss me kate" Title: too darn hot
goldstein12 4 years ago
Hello goldstein,
thanks a lot
Ralf
m040261 4 years ago
Cole Porter I think. He was responsible for much of the outdated crap to which the Quickstep is almost invariably danced.
Czerniakowska 4 years ago
smrtpro: you have my admiration going back to dancing. dancewu dot net
georgewu5 4 years ago
Not sure I got the point of this clip, which I had hoped might be instructional, not some guy rolling off a succession of "Slows" and "Quicks". A nice clip to watch and all that but it taught me precisely nothing.
Czerniakowska 4 years ago
Anglia1011 4 years ago
Quick step was the easiest dance to learn from many years ago, because it was very similar to the Arthur Murray foxtrot S S Q Q S. But because it is so identical that I got confused even to this date. That is why I always said it was more difficult to unlearn something! dancewu dot net
georgewu5 4 years ago
duck timing
arky1 4 years ago
cueck cueck slow, cueck slow, cueck cueck cueck cueck cueck slow slow
sloooooow
cueeeeeeeeeeeck
its a duck by the way
arky1 4 years ago
that got me laughing with tears! so funny :D
Antonakis 4 years ago
Who knows this routine? A Know some figures.
quickatun 4 years ago
Which video is this clip. What's the name. Where can I get it?
akojib 4 years ago
I have returned to ballroom dancing after 6 years. Although my technique was a bit sloppy, I was surprised to remember most my these steps in this video. I now have to wear neoprene braces on both knees, but I once again enjoy having a woman in my arms and dancing. Thank you for posting this great example of the quickstep.
smrtpro 5 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this lovely clip, I really hope to decode parts of your dancing , and have the fun dancing with my wife
ilfkari 5 years ago
You know, if you are taking lessions with your wife in the near future and like to learn this router, just ask your teacher to teach you the routine. The routine is gold/silver level syllabus. If you like to dance that well, it will take a little hard work though. :-)
slam5 4 years ago