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Balboa is a form of [[:Category:Swing Dancing|swing dance]] that gained popularity in the '30s and '40s.  It is led with a full body connection and emphasizes subtle movements much like [[:Category:Blues Dancing|blues dancing]], making it more appealing to dance than watch.  While Balboa can and is danced to a variety of tempos, its basic is so small that it makes it a good dance for much faster tempos which may be suicide to [[:Category:Lindy Hop|Lindy Hop]] to for example.  Also, because it is done in such a close embrace at all times Balboa is an ideal choice for a particularly crowded ballroom.
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Balboa is a form of [[AURA:SwingDancing|swing dance]] that gained popularity in the '30s and '40s.  It is led with a full body connection and emphasizes subtle movements much like [[AURA:BluesDancing|blues dancing]], making it more appealing to dance than watch.  While Balboa can and is danced to a variety of tempos, its basic is so small that it makes it a good dance for much faster tempos which may be suicide to [[AURA:LindyHop|Lindy Hop]] to for example.  Also, because it is done in such a close embrace at all times Balboa is an ideal choice for a particularly crowded ballroom.
  
 
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* [[AURA:Dancing|Dancing]] & [[AURA:Dance|Dance]]
Blues Dancing
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Lindy Hop
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* [[AURA:SwingDancing|Swing Dancing]]
West Coast Swing
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* [[AURA:LindyHop|Lindy Hop]]
East Coast Swing
 
Tango Dancing
 
Collegiate Shag
 
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 12 May 2009

Balboa is a form of swing dance that gained popularity in the '30s and '40s. It is led with a full body connection and emphasizes subtle movements much like blues dancing, making it more appealing to dance than watch. While Balboa can and is danced to a variety of tempos, its basic is so small that it makes it a good dance for much faster tempos which may be suicide to Lindy Hop to for example. Also, because it is done in such a close embrace at all times Balboa is an ideal choice for a particularly crowded ballroom.

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