Best Ballroom, Latin, & West Coast Swing Dance Lessons in Reno

  Hey Reno, want to learn how to Ballroom, Latin or West Coast Swing dance? I have started a great Youtube channel that will help you learn how to dance social partner dance.  Actually, I have several and listed below, but this channel is designed for the very beginner ballroom, Latin, and swing dancer. (Even you the one with two left feet)  The love of my life said she wanted to learn how to dance ballroom and Latin.  I said okay, but we have to video it so others can learn along with you.   She said, ummmmmm, okay.  So, with a little wine to coax her with we started filming.  Now I post them here...   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93oGLAToG3iD0fUjs_aCFQ We film them and I exclusively teach at the non-profit ballroom dance studio The Ballroom of Reno School of Dance. They have 7000 square feet of space, great people running the ballroom, Latin, and swing dance programs.  The fact they are a non-profit that have started some great pr...

  What is the Best West Coast Swing Dance Class and Dancing in Reno or Sparks? What would you think I am going to say is the best West Coast Swing class and lessons in Reno (and Sparks) are ? The answer will actually surprise you.  I truly believe we have several excellent teachers in Reno, Sparks, and Carson.  I just have been blessed to be able to teach at what I believe and feel is the best ballroom dance studio in Reno.  and have been received warmly by our local west coast swing community. Naming all the great west coast swing dance teachers in Reno would get me in trouble because I will of course forget someone but the few I feel that teach true westie style swing and not that caricature we call " ballroom west coast swing " version are Dani Canziani, Tim Renner, Angie Bryan, and Mark Blume (who doesn't teach anymore but has a great Escape Game Puzzle Room business called Keystone Escape Games)   Dani was my original teacher and is a national swing dance ...

Why Ballroom, Latin or Swing Dancing? I have been dancing Ballroom Latin and Swing in Reno for over 18 years.  I started dancing ballet, jazz, and tap as a teenager and even moved to Los Angeles and danced in some shows.  But I quickly realized I was not good enough to make a career at it until someone introduced me to ballroom dance. I discovered it did not hurt my body and it was fun dancing with someone instead of by myself.  It did take some time to learn and understand how to lead and follow but with some practice I got it.  I love ballroom dances !  I love Latin dancing !  I love West Coast Swing dance !  Heck, I just love dance and I love dancing ballroom, latin and west coast swing in Reno and Sparks.  (okay, anywhere, but Reno, Sparks and Carson areas have such a great dance community and they have become my dance family) We do not find dance, dance finds us.  That may be a weird thing to say but I believe it.  We know we want t...

Ballroom dances, Latin dancing and West Coast Swing dance whether here in Reno or Sparks Nv is huge and everyone wants to look good on the social dance floor.   You don't need to be competing to want to become the best dancer you can become.   Turns are a big part of looking your best on the ballroom dance floor.  Here is a video I made at the Ballroom of Reno School of Dance to help make turns easy...okay easier.  Turns are what you put into them and if you practice for just five minutes a day.  Yeah, I said five minutes you will become really good at turns, but if you don't practice anything, well you won't. Watch the video and see what I mean then get up and do the stupid thing we taught you! Oh, by the way, you have always wanted to dance or get back into dancing. It is a fantastic way to meet new people, have a wonderful date night, or dance to get back into shape. Move your body every day through Ballroom, Latin, and West Coast Swing and have som...

  Where are the best Ballroom, Latin, and Swing Dance lessons in Reno? Well, if you know me you know I am going to say at The Ballroom of Reno   but give me a chance to explain myself. When I moved to Reno years ago I looked at all the ballroom dance studios and discovered one thing very quickly.  I sure as hell would not take a lesson from the level of teachers that were teaching around here at the time. Now I was a former DanceSport finalist and was then just starting to compete in West Coast Swing and was looking for a partner.  So, my level of expectation is much higher than someone just starting out.  But what I saw mostly was "business as usual" at the ballroom studios.  Kind of slick, kind of slimy, and wanting you to buy more lessons all the time.   I decided I would rent some floor space and start my dance teaching business here in Reno Nv.  I loved the dancers and the people, just not the studios.  So, I stayed as an indep...