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Partner Dance in Western Cape

Inside Partner Dance, in Western Cape

  • Ballroom 4 entries

    The standard partner dances, danced in a hold and travelling anticlockwise around the room.

  • Latin 5 entries

    Latin American dances worked as a set technique, danced on the spot with the hips driven from the floor.

  • Social Latin 4 entries

    The Latin and Afro-Latin dances danced in clubs, led and followed on the night rather than set as figures.

  • Swing 2 entries

    Partner dances danced to swung jazz, on a bounce and with the follower sent out and drawn back.

  • Wedding Dance 3 entries

    A first dance taught to one couple for one occasion.

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