This section contains Harry Smith Hampshire’s thoughts on how you can become a ballroom champion.
He discusses it from many angles, analyses basic technique as well as the mental elements, he basically gives you a very thorough analysis of the ballroom (standard) dance technique.
Contents:
1. The Basic Posture Of The Ideal Stance And Hold
2. Body Contact
3. It’s not what you do
4. The Will-To-Win
5. The Four Flows – Part 1
6. The four flows part 2
7. The Four Flows Part 3, Rise & Fall
8. The Four Flows Part 4, Sway
9. Co-ordination of the four flows of movement
10. Contrast in Dance
11. Tango, the no flow dance
12. Tango Part 2
13. The Anthony Hurley Lecture
14. The Hiltons’ championship approach lecture
15. Cabaret Showtime
16.Lessons and Practice
17. Quickstep Development
18. The Lady Dancer – Bobbie Irvine and Friends at the World Congress
19. Harry and Doreen’s 1954 Blackpool Quickstep
20. Recap
21. Following
22. Characterization
23. Lessons and Practice – the crucial hours
24. A continuous ladder of progression
25. Feet of class, Feet of clay
26. Three Little Words
27. Artistry in Sport
28. Will to Win
29. Awareness
30. Slicing Through The Air
31. Concentration, Inspiration, Perspiration
32. The Viennese Waltz
33. Characterization, Part 2
34. Putting Overdrive Into Your Quickstep
Basic Concepts of Ballroom Dancing, by Ruth Horrocks
1. Body Positions, Part 1
2. Body Positons Continued
3. Following
4. Leading
5. Movement