Basic Dance Clinic

Basic Dance Clinic Course (for non-members) is a two-hour session of dance training and instructional on 4 main types of ballroom dances namely Swing, Cha-cha, Tango and Boogie led by the Director of Basic Dance Clinic and assisted by Dance Instructors to new students or beginners.

Advance Dance Clinic

Advance Dance Clinic Course (for members only) is a two-hour session of dance training on a specific type of Ballroom Dance; usually of a more advanced or level of variations and styles either on Rumba, Samba, Salsa, Cha-cha, Boogie and other ballroom dances.

This session is administered and taught by the Director of Membership and Resident Choreographer to the whole membership. This training session is advanced; and is attentive to the details and techniques of ballroom dancing.

Both courses conduct a Final Examination where top students/members are selected by qualified judges.

These top students/members will compete with their best performances and choreography by a Dance Instructor that culminate the batch’s courses in the so-called Graduation Ball. Champion dance couples are honored in this event.

Since its inception in 1996, the Dance Clinic program have become one of the most popular socio-cultural activities among the Filipino community in the UAE. From its humble beginnings with only 11 students during its inaugural batch, it now boasts of producing more than 2,690 graduates (as of January 2008).


FDC-D's Basic Dance Steps
SWING
01. Move sideways to arms forward Hands on the hip
02. Hands on the left shoulder
03. Hands on the right shoulder
04. Hands on right shoulder in double handhold
05. Left catch
06. Right catch
07. Underarm turn for man & lady
08. Behind man’s right shoulder
09. Ballroom/close hold
10. Ballroom with double turn
CHA CHA
01. Side basic/cucaracha
02. Cross back/hand to-hand
03. Cross front/new yorker
04. Shoulder to shoulder
05. Half turn for lady
06. Full turn for lady & man
07. Triple steps
08. Triple steps with right to right handhold and left to left handhold
09. Change places
10. Behind man’s shoulder
TANGO
01. Basic Side & cross
02. Ocho
03. Rock steps with tap
04. Zig-zag/grapevine
05. Squaring
06. Basic with 3 dips ending
07. Two sides with dip
BOOGIE
01. Move sideways to arms forward Hands on the hip
02. Hands on the left shoulder
03. Hands on the right shoulder
04. Hands on right shoulder in double handhold
05. Left catch
06. Right catch
07. Underarm turn for man & lady
08. Behind man’s right shoulder
09. Ballroom/close hold
10. Ballroom with double turn
11. Three steps forward/backward & point sideward
12. Kick & twist
 


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