hey! just wondering if anyone does any sequence as well as latin and modern dance?

dont really here of many other people doing this outside of the uk.

plz post.

Here in the US, we have something called Round Dancing? Wonder if it's the same?

I haven't seen any Round dancing, but I hear that it uses Ballroom patterns, but you have to know the choregraphy for the song. I haven't been really interested, because the folks I know who do it, are completely lost (and they admit it) on a normal ballroom floor, because while they know the foot patterns, they have no floor craft or ability to join patterns together to get around the floor.

I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with sequence nor round dancing (I only dance international style Latin and Standard). Can anybody care to explain to me what these dances are? I'm dying to learn!

Thanks!

tango

As I understand it, round dancing is choreographed to a particular tune, with a main repeating group plus intro and breaks etc. A caller gives the cues for each figure as it appears.

Sequence is similar; no caller, and a fixed 16 bar repeated pattern which can be danced to any suitable tune. Around 30 to 40 new dances are published each year, and have been for about 50 years! They use standard ballroom and latin figures and variations. Classical (aka Old Time) is another style similar to what I think is called vintage in the US. This includes saunters, 2-steps (not cowboy), gavottes and medium speed waltzes with lots of rotaries and 3rds and 5ths.

Apart from the UK, sequence is popular in Oz and NZ.

For more info and a forum, see www.sequencedancing.co.uk

Thanks for the description, Social Dancer! Sequence does sound like a lot of fun! I'm always happy to learn new dances. In fact I'm starting Flamenco in a couple of days and I"m really excited about it. Anybody here learning or have learned Flamenco before?

tango

Ihave actually heard of sequence - just a few weeks ago from a lady from the UK It does sound a bit like round dancing. DH and I did round dancing many years ago and enjoyed it a lot. We did everything from two-step to paso doble, waltz and tango. But we always wanted to be able to put the steps together on our own and dance anywhere so we started ballroom classes.

Some advantages of round dancing are that the choreographers can put in all kinds of reverse line of dance moves and fun bridges, intros and finishes that fit the music. I have found one big difference as a follower is that rounds are typically done in square dance garb (ie. big crinolines) and I actually got some of the leads by feeling his leg on my skirt. Those big petticoats were like fluffy antenae

tourist

I've never heard of round dancing and it certainly isn't social dancing!
I do do Latin american and ballroom aswell all competitively!

Maybe round dancing is like it ! never heard of it or seen it !